Kansas City Royals vs. Texas Rangers - Box Score - April 17, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Apr 17, 2009

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Kansas City leads 1-0 (as of 4/17)

Game 1: Friday, April 17
Kansas City	12	Final
Texas	3	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, April 18
Kansas City	2	Final
Texas	0	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, April 19
Kansas City	5	Final
Texas	6	Final
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Royals 12

(6-4, 3-1 away)

Rangers 3

(4-6, 4-3 home)

8:05 PM ET, April 17, 2009

Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	4	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	12	19	0
TEX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	12	0

W: G. Meche (1-0)

L: M. Harrison (0-2)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
C Crisp CF	3	1	1	3	2	1	28	.235	.409	.647
a-M Maier PH-CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
M Aviles SS	6	0	2	2	0	0	19	.216	.231	.270
T Pena SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
D DeJesus LF	5	0	0	0	1	0	19	.205	.295	.282
B Butler 1B	5	1	2	0	1	1	19	.194	.286	.258
M Teahen 3B	6	3	5	1	0	0	20	.351	.429	.514
M Jacobs DH	6	2	2	4	0	3	26	.290	.371	.710
J Buck C	4	2	2	1	1	1	14	.421	.476	1.000
A Callaspo 2B	4	2	3	0	1	0	18	.360	.407	.440
W Bloomquist RF	3	1	2	1	1	0	22	.313	.353	.375
Totals	43	12	19	12	7	6	189
a-flied out to left for C Crisp in the 8th
BATTING 2B: M Teahen (3, W Eyre); M Jacobs (4, W Eyre); J Buck (2, W Eyre); W Bloomquist (1, J Rupe) HR: M Teahen (1, 2nd inning off M Harrison 0 on, 0 Out); C Crisp (2, 2nd inning off M Harrison 2 on, 2 Out); M Jacobs (3, 8th inning off J Rupe 2 on, 0 Out) RBI: M Teahen (3), C Crisp 3 (7), M Aviles 2 (4), M Jacobs 4 (8), J Buck (9), W Bloomquist (1) S: W Bloomquist 2-out RBI: C Crisp 3 GIDP: M Aviles, B Butler Royals RISP: 7-21 (M Aviles 2-4, M Maier 0-1, A Callaspo 0-1, M Jacobs 2-4, W Bloomquist 1-2, D DeJesus 0-2, C Crisp 1-3, J Buck 1-2, B Butler 0-2) Team LOB: 12
FIELDING DP: 1 (M Teahen-A Callaspo-B Butler).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
G Meche (W, 2-5)	6.0	6	0	0	2	6	0	92-57	2.25
J Wright	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	12-9	0.00
D Waechter	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	2	17-9	4.50
H Ramirez	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	1	17-11	11.12
Totals	9.0	12	3	3	2	9	3	138-86
PITCHING G Meche pitched to 2 batters in the 7th First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: G Meche 12/25; J Wright 4/4; D Waechter 3/5; H Ramirez 2/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: G Meche 13-9-18-17; J Wright 2-2-3-2; D Waechter 3-0-1-5; H Ramirez 4-1-1-5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: G Meche 9-3; J Wright 0-1; D Waechter 3-0; H Ramirez 1-1 Game Scores: G Meche 64

Texas Rangers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
I Kinsler 2B	4	0	2	0	1	1	13	.476	.532	.905
M Young 3B	3	0	1	0	0	0	13	.308	.400	.538
a-O Vizquel PH-3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	.400	.455	.400
J Hamilton CF	3	0	0	0	0	2	9	.275	.333	.425
D Murphy CF	2	0	0	0	0	1	11	.000	.167	.000
H Blalock DH	5	1	2	1	0	0	16	.242	.278	.515
M Byrd LF	4	1	1	1	0	0	10	.393	.393	.750
N Cruz RF	3	0	1	0	1	1	19	.282	.356	.718
C Davis 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	13	.176	.243	.353
J Saltalamacchia C	4	1	1	1	0	3	18	.161	.188	.387
E Andrus SS	4	0	3	0	0	0	12	.357	.400	.571
Totals	38	3	12	3	2	9	138
a-fouled out to third for M Young in the 7th
BATTING HR: H Blalock (3, 8th inning off D Waechter 0 on, 1 Out); M Byrd (2, 8th inning off D Waechter 0 on, 1 Out); J Saltalamacchia (2, 9th inning off H Ramirez 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: H Blalock (8), M Byrd (9), J Saltalamacchia (4) GIDP: M Byrd Rangers RISP: 1-10 (D Murphy 0-1, M Young 0-2, J Hamilton 0-1, J Saltalamacchia 0-1, I Kinsler 0-1, O Vizquel 0-2, E Andrus 1-1, H Blalock 0-1) Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING SB: I Kinsler 2 (4, 2nd base off G Meche/J Buck 2); E Andrus (2, 3rd base off G Meche/J Buck)
FIELDING DP: 2 (E Andrus-I Kinsler-C Davis, M Young-C Davis).

Texas Rangers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
M Harrison (L, 4-4)	5.0	8	6	6	4	3	2	98-55	8.44
W Eyre	1.1	4	3	3	2	0	0	32-14	8.10
J Rupe	1.2	6	3	3	1	1	1	43-25	15.43
E Guardado	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	16-13	11.25
Totals	9.0	19	12	12	7	6	3	189-107
PITCHING M Harrison pitched to 2 batters in the 6th IBB: C Crisp (By W Eyre) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: M Harrison 13/26; W Eyre 5/9; J Rupe 6/12; E Guardado 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: M Harrison 14-7-15-19; W Eyre 4-1-2-7; J Rupe 6-3-6-10; E Guardado 3-3-5-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: M Harrison 9-3; W Eyre 3-1; J Rupe 0-4; E Guardado 1-0 Game Scores: M Harrison 26

Scoring Summary

			KC	TEX
	2nd	M Teahen homered to left.	1	0
	2nd	C Crisp homered to left, A Callaspo and W Bloomquist scored.	4	0
	6th	M Aviles singled to left, J Buck and A Callaspo scored, C Crisp to second.	6	0
	7th	M Jacobs doubled to right, M Teahen scored.	7	0
	7th	J Buck doubled to deep left, M Jacobs scored.	8	0
	7th	W Bloomquist doubled to right, J Buck scored.	9	0
	8th	M Jacobs homered to right, B Butler and M Teahen scored.	12	0
	8th	H Blalock homered to right.	12	1
	8th	M Byrd homered to left.	12	2
	9th	J Saltalamacchia homered to left.	12	3
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Game Notes

HANK BLALOCK AND MARLON BYRD HIT BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS FOR THE RANGERS IN THE EIGHTH INNING.

Game Information

Stadium	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, TX
Attendance	24,062 (49.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:16
Weather	61 degrees, cloudy
Wind	9 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Jerry Layne, First Base - Tony Randazzo, Second Base - Chris Guccione, Third Base - Ed Montague