BATTING - 2B: Laird (1,off Gobble).
HR: Mench (24,6th inning off Nunez 1 on 2 out); Teixeira (35,7th inning off
Affeldt 2 on 2 out); Laird (1,9th inning off Camp 1 on 0 out).
GDP: M. Young (18,off Nunez); Teixeira (16,off Camp).
Team LOB: 5.
Starting Lineups:
Texas Rangers Kansas City Royals
1. Matthews cf Guiel cf
2. M. Young ss Hocking 2b
3. Teixeira dh Long lf
4. Soriano 2b Stairs dh
5. Blalock 3b Brown rf
6. Mench lf Teahen 3b
7. Nevin 1b Berroa ss
8. DeRosa rf Huber 1b
9. Laird c Buck c
Volquez p Gobble p
RANGERS 1ST: Matthews flied to left; M. Young singled to right;
Teixeira flied to right; Soriano flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Guiel struck out; Hocking flied to left; Long
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers
0, Royals 0.
RANGERS 2ND: Blalock flied to right; Mench flied to right; Nevin
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Stairs doubled to left; Brown grounded out (third to
first); Teahen walked; Berroa homered to left-center [Stairs
scored, Teahen scored]; Huber grounded out (shortstop to first);
Buck was called out on strikes; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers
0, Royals 3.
RANGERS 3RD: DeRosa struck out; Laird doubled to right; Matthews
popped to third; M. Young singled to right [Laird scored];
Teixeira singled to center [M. Young to third]; Soriano popped
to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 3.
ROYALS 3RD: Guiel singled to center; Hocking singled to left
[Guiel to third]; Long walked [Hocking to second]; Stairs walked
[Guiel scored, Hocking to third, Long to second]; Brown doubled
to center [Hocking scored, Long scored, Stairs to third]; Teahen
doubled to center [Stairs scored, Brown scored]; KARSAY REPLACED
VOLQUEZ (PITCHING); Berroa grounded out (shortstop to first);
Karsay threw a wild pitch [Teahen to third]; Huber grounded out
(shortstop to first); Buck struck out; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, Royals 8.
RANGERS 4TH: Blalock flied to center; Mench grounded out
(shortstop to first); Nevin flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Royals 8.
ROYALS 4TH: Guiel homered to right; Hocking walked; Long singled
to left [Hocking to second]; Stairs singled to center [Hocking
scored, Long to second]; DIAZ RAN FOR STAIRS; Brown flied to
center [Long to third]; Teahen hit a sacrifice fly to left [Long
scored]; Berroa grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 11.
RANGERS 5TH: DIAZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); DeRosa singled to
right; Laird was called out on strikes; Matthews walked [DeRosa
to second]; NUNEZ REPLACED GOBBLE (PITCHING); M. Young grounded
into a double play (shortstop to first) [Matthews out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 11.
ROYALS 5TH: RAMIREZ REPLACED KARSAY (PITCHING); Huber flied to
right; Buck popped to first; Guiel grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 11.
RANGERS 6TH: Teixeira popped to shortstop; Soriano grounded out
(pitcher unassisted); Blalock walked; Mench homered to
left-center [Blalock scored]; Nevin grounded out (third to
first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 11.
ROYALS 6TH: Hocking singled to left; Long singled to center
[Hocking to second]; Diaz singled to left [Hocking to third,
Long to second]; Brown lined to right; Teahen popped to third;
Berroa singled to center [Hocking scored, Long scored, Diaz to
second]; Huber forced Berroa (third to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 13.
RANGERS 7TH: AFFELDT REPLACED NUNEZ (PITCHING); DeRosa singled
to left; Laird popped to first; Matthews struck out; M. Young
singled to right [DeRosa to second]; Teixeira homered to left
[DeRosa scored, M. Young scored]; Soriano struck out; 3 R, 3 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Royals 13.
ROYALS 7TH: SHOUSE REPLACED RAMIREZ (PITCHING); Buck singled to
right; Guiel doubled to right [Buck to third]; Hocking walked;
Long grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Buck
scored (no RBI), Guiel to third, Hocking out at second]; Diaz
singled to center [Guiel scored]; Brown homered to center [Diaz
scored]; Teahen grounded out (first to pitcher); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Rangers 6, Royals 17.
RANGERS 8TH: BURGOS REPLACED AFFELDT (PITCHING); AMBRES REPLACED
LONG (PLAYING LF); Blalock popped to third; Mench lined to
center; Nevin struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6,
Royals 17.
ROYALS 8TH: ALOMAR REPLACED BLALOCK (PLAYING C ); GONZALEZ
REPLACED M. YOUNG (PLAYING 1B); NEVIN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
3B); DEROSA CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); LAIRD CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); FELDMAN REPLACED SHOUSE (PITCHING);
Berroa grounded out (third to first); Huber lined to second;
Buck doubled to right; Guiel flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Rangers 6, Royals 17.
RANGERS 9TH: CAMP REPLACED BURGOS (PITCHING); DeRosa singled to
left; Laird homered to left-center [DeRosa scored]; Matthews
reached on an error by Huber [Matthews to first]; Gonzalez
singled to left [Matthews to second]; Teixeira grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Matthews to third,
Gonzalez out at second]; Soriano struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1
LOB. Rangers 8, Royals 17.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Rangers 8 12 0 5
Royals 17 18 1 5
