Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers
April 29, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 29, 2008 at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 9, Texas Rangers 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus cf,lf 4 1 1 0
Grudzielanek 2b 6 3 4 0
Gordon 3b 5 2 2 0
Guillen lf 4 2 2 5
  Gathright pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Teahen rf 4 0 2 3
Butler dh 4 0 2 0
Gload 1b 5 0 1 1
Olivo c 5 0 0 0
Pena ss 5 0 0 0
Tomko p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Gobble p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
  Soria p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 9 14 9
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Kinsler 2b 1 0 0 0
  Duran 2b 3 1 1 0
Young ss 4 1 2 1
Hamilton rf 5 0 2 1
Bradley dh 3 0 0 0
Murphy cf 4 0 0 1
Shelton 1b 5 0 0 0
Catalanotto lf 1 1 0 0
  Boggs ph,lf 2 0 2 0
Saltalamacchia c 4 1 1 1
Vazquez 3b 4 1 2 1
Jennings p 0 0 0 0
  Feldman p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Benoit p 0 0 0 0
  Francisco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Kansas City 320 200 0209141
Texas 002 300 0005100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Tomko  3.1 7.0 5 5 3 3 0
  Mahay  W (1-0) 2.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Gobble  0.2 0.0 0 0 1 0 0
  Ramirez  1.2 1.0 0 0 1 2 0
  Soria  1 0.0 0 0 1 2 0
Totals
10.1
10
5
5
6
7
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Jennings  L (0-5) 2.0 8 5 5 1 0
  Feldman  4 3.0 2 2 3 4 1
  Wright  1 0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Benoit  1 2.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Francisco  1 1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
14
9
9
6
8

  E–Grudzielanek (1).  2B–Kansas City Gordon (6,off Jennings); Grudzielanek 3 (4,off Jennings,off Benoit,off Francisco), Texas Hamilton (10,off Tomko); Saltalamacchia (1,off Tomko); Young (8,off Tomko)..  3B–Kansas City Teahen (2,off Benoit).  HR–Kansas City Guillen (3,4th inning off Feldman 1 on 0 out).  IBB–Gordon (1,by Jennings).  Team LOB–12.  SH–Duran (3,off Tomko).  SF–Murphy (2,off Tomko).  Team–12.  U-HP–Bill Welke, 1B–Chris Guccione, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–3:41.  A–16,472.
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