Texas Rangers vs. Kansas City Royals - Box Score - August 25, 2008 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 25, 2008

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Texas leads 1-0 (as of 8/25)

Game 1: Monday, August 25
Texas	9	Final
Kansas City	4	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, August 26
Texas	2	Final
Kansas City	1	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, August 27
Texas	3	Final
Kansas City	2	Final
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Rangers 9

(64-68, 31-35 away)

Royals 4

(56-75, 29-37 home)

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8:10 PM ET, August 25, 2008

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	9	19	0
KC	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	11	0

W: S. Feldman (5-5)

L: G. Meche (10-10)

Texas Rangers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
J Arias 2B	6	1	3	0	0	0	2	.409
M Young SS	5	3	3	0	1	0	1	.290
J Hamilton CF	5	2	2	1	0	3	3	.301
M Bradley DH	4	0	3	3	0	0	2	.325
B Boggs PR-DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232
H Blalock 1B	5	0	1	0	0	1	5	.263
M Byrd LF	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	.298
N Cruz RF	5	1	3	3	0	0	3	.600
G Laird C	5	0	1	0	0	0	3	.281
C Davis 3B	4	1	1	1	1	1	3	.269
Totals	43	9	19	9	2	5	23
BATTING 2B: M Bradley (28, G Meche); N Cruz (1, G Meche); J Arias (2, J Fulchino) HR: N Cruz (1, 3rd inning off G Meche 2 on, 2 Out); C Davis (13, 8th inning off J Peralta 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: M Bradley 3 (68), N Cruz 3 (3), C Davis (37), J Hamilton (116), M Byrd (40) SF: M Byrd, M Bradley 2-out RBI: M Bradley, N Cruz 3 GIDP: C Davis Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Arias 1, M Young 1, G Laird 1, H Blalock 1, M Bradley 1 Team LOB: 11
BASERUNNING SB: G Laird (2, 2nd base off G Meche/J Buck)
FIELDING DP: 3 (C Davis-J Arias-H Blalock, M Young-H Blalock, J Arias-M Young-H Blalock). PB: G Laird.

Texas Rangers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
S Feldman (W, 5-5)	7.0	8	3	2	0	3	0	97-63	5.01
W Madrigal	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	19-12	5.18
J Rupe	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	13-10	4.58
Totals	9.0	11	4	3	0	3	0	129-85
PITCHING WP: W Madrigal; J Rupe 2 Batters faced: S Feldman 27; W Madrigal 4; J Rupe 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Feldman 10-8; W Madrigal 1-2; J Rupe 2-1 Game Scores: S Feldman 54

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
M Aviles SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	.330
A Callaspo 2B	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	.300
D DeJesus LF-RF	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	.291
J Guillen RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	.247
E German LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235
M Teahen 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.243
B Butler DH	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	.264
R Gload 1B	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	.280
J Buck C	4	1	1	1	0	1	2	.224
J Gathright CF	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.247
Totals	35	4	11	4	0	3	14
BATTING 2B: J Buck (21, S Feldman) RBI: A Callaspo (5), D DeJesus (58), J Buck (41), R Gload (34) GIDP: J Guillen, J Gathright, J Buck Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Guillen 1, M Teahen 2 Team LOB: 4
FIELDING DP: 1 (G Meche-J Buck-R Gload).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
G Meche (L, 10-10)	6.1	14	5	5	1	4	1	104-72	4.13
J Peralta	0.2	2	3	3	1	0	1	20-11	5.76
R Tejeda	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	19-14	3.86
J Fulchino	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	17-12	9.00
Totals	9.0	19	9	9	2	5	2	160-109
PITCHING Batters faced: G Meche 33; J Peralta 5; R Tejeda 5; J Fulchino 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: G Meche 7-8; J Peralta 1-1; R Tejeda 1-2; J Fulchino 0-2 Game Scores: G Meche 28

Scoring Summary

			TEX	KC
	1st	M Bradley doubled to deep left, M Young scored.	1	0
	3rd	M Bradley hit sacrifice fly to left, M Young scored.	2	0
	3rd	N Cruz homered to right, J Hamilton and M Byrd scored.	5	0
	3rd	A Callaspo singled to center, J Buck scored, M Aviles to second.	5	1
	3rd	D DeJesus singled to left, M Aviles scored, A Callaspo to second.	5	2
	7th	J Buck grounded into fielder's choice to third, B Butler scored, R Gload out at second.	5	3
	8th	C Davis homered to center.	6	3
	8th	J Hamilton singled to right, J Arias scored, M Young to third.	7	3
	8th	M Bradley singled to right, M Young scored, J Hamilton to second.	8	3
	8th	M Byrd hit sacrifice fly to right, J Hamilton scored.	9	3
	9th	R Gload singled to left, B Butler scored.	9	4
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