Final in 8

Royals 3

(3-3, 1-3 away)

Rangers 5

(4-3, 2-2 home)

3:05 PM ET, March 4, 2009

Surprise Stadium, Surprise, Arizona 

123456789 R H E
KC 000010110 3 - -
TEX 11000030 - 5 - -
 

KANSAS CITY (3) AT TEXAS (5)

 KANSAS CITY      AB  R  H BI  TEXAS            AB  R  H BI
 C Crisp cf        3  0  2  1  I Kinsler 2b      2  1  1  0 
 D Robinson pr-cf  1  1  1  0  O Vizquel 2b      2  0  1  0 
 A Callaspo 2b     3  0  0  0  M Young 3b        2  0  1  1 
 T Murphy 2b       0  0  0  0  T Metcalf 3b      2  0  0  0 
 D DeJesus lf      3  0  0  0  J Hamilton cf     2  0  0  0 
 C Lubanski lf     1  0  0  0  J Borbon cf       2  0  0  0 
 R Gload 1b        3  0  0  0  H Blalock dh      2  1  0  0 
 K Ka'aihue 1b     1  0  0  0  M Byrd rf         2  0  1  0 
 M Jacobs dh       3  0  0  0  C Gentry rf       0  0  0  0 
 R Shealy ph-dh    1  0  0  0  D Murphy lf       2  0  0  0 
 A Gordon 3b       3  1  1  1  B Boggs lf        0  1  0  0 
 C Smith 3b        1  0  0  0  C Davis 1b        1  1  0  0 
 B Pena c          2  1  1  0  J Smoak 1b        1  1  1  3 
 C Clark c         0  0  0  0  J Saltalamacchia  2  0  1  1 
 M Tupman ph       1  0  0  0  T Teagarden c     1  0  0  0 
 L Hernandez ss    3  0  1  0  E Andrus ss       2  0  0  0 
 M Lisson ss       1  0  0  0  G Duran ss        1  0  0  0 
 S Costa rf        3  0  0  0  
 J Duarte rf       1  0  0  0  
 TOTALS           34  3  6  2  TOTALS           26  5  6  5

 KANSAS CITY               000 010 110 --  3
 TEXAS                     110 000 30x --  5

 E--T Metcalf. DP--KANSAS CITY 3. LOB--KANSAS CITY
 6, TEXAS 1. 2B--C Crisp, J Saltalamacchia, I 
 Kinsler. HR--A Gordon 1 (2) (off D Mathis), J 
 Smoak 1 (1) (off D Cortes). SB--B Pena 1 (1). S--C
 Gentry.
                                   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
  KANSAS CITY
 B Bannister                        3   3   2   2   1   2   0
 L Hochevar                         3   2   0   0   0   2   0
 D Cortes (L,0-1)                   1   1   3   3   2   1   1
 Y Yabuta                           1   0   0   0   0   1   0
  TEXAS
 K Millwood                         3   2   0   0   1   2   0
 D Holland                          2   2   1   1   0   1   0
 D Mathis (W,1-1)                   2   1   1   1   0   1   1
 W Eyre                             1   1   1   0   1   0   0
 F Francisco (S,1)                  1   0   0   0   0   1   0

 BALK--D Holland. SO--KC: M Jacobs 2, J Duarte, C 
 Crisp, R Gload. TEX: J Hamilton, H Blalock, E 
 Andrus, J Saltalamacchia, T Metcalf, T Teagarden. 
 BB--KC: B Pena, T Murphy. TEX: H Blalock, C Davis,
 B Boggs. T--2:20. A--3,331.

Game Information

StadiumSurprise Stadium, Surprise, AZ
Umpires, First Base - Casey Moser, Second Base - Delfin Colon