Texas Rangers vs. Kansas City Royals - Box Score - July 26, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Jul 26, 2009

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Texas won 2-1

Game 1: Friday, July 24
Texas	2	Final
Kansas City	0	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, July 25
Texas	3	Final
Kansas City	6	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, July 26
Texas	7	Final
Kansas City	2	Final
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Rangers 7

(54-42, 22-23 away)

Royals 2

(38-59, 23-32 home)

Alerts

2:10 PM ET, July 26, 2009

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	7	13	1
KC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	4	1

W: D. Nippert (3-0)

L: R. Mahay (1-1)

Texas Rangers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
I Kinsler 2B	5	2	2	1	0	0	11	.244	.317	.483
M Young 3B	4	0	3	2	1	0	16	.317	.373	.503
D Murphy LF	4	0	1	1	1	1	26	.284	.364	.450
M Byrd CF	4	0	1	1	1	1	21	.280	.321	.460
H Blalock 1B	5	0	1	0	0	1	23	.254	.297	.512
A Jones DH	4	1	2	1	1	1	21	.228	.338	.528
N Cruz RF	4	2	1	0	1	1	21	.268	.337	.543
J Saltalamacchia C	4	2	2	0	0	0	11	.246	.295	.373
E Andrus SS	3	0	0	0	0	2	16	.251	.311	.342
Totals	37	7	13	6	5	7	166
BATTING 2B: M Young (29, S Ponson); A Jones (13, R Mahay) HR: A Jones (15, 8th inning off J Cruz 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: M Young 2 (41), M Byrd (46), A Jones (35), I Kinsler (60), D Murphy (27) S: E Andrus 2-out RBI: M Young, M Byrd GIDP: M Young Rangers RISP: 6-18 (D Murphy 0-2, A Jones 0-1, M Young 2-2, I Kinsler 1-3, N Cruz 1-1, J Saltalamacchia 0-1, H Blalock 1-4, M Byrd 1-3, E Andrus 0-1) Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING SB: N Cruz (17, 3rd base off J Wright/J Buck); I Kinsler (22, 3rd base off J Wright/J Buck); M Young (7, 2nd base off J Wright/J Buck) Picked Off: A Jones (1st base by J Buck)
FIELDING E: I Kinsler (7, ground ball)

Texas Rangers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
K Millwood	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	43-28	3.39
D Nippert (W, 3-0)	4.2	1	1	1	2	1	0	62-36	3.54
D O'Day (H, 13)	1.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	16-12	1.91
W Eyre	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	15-9	4.91
Totals	9.0	4	2	2	2	7	0	136-85
PITCHING HBP: J Buck (By D Nippert) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: K Millwood 5/8; D Nippert 7/18; D O'Day 2/4; W Eyre 3/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: K Millwood 7-4-11-6; D Nippert 9-3-11-13; D O'Day 5-4-2-1; W Eyre 1-2-2-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: K Millwood 2-2; D Nippert 7-6; D O'Day 0-1; W Eyre 0-2 Game Scores: K Millwood 56

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D DeJesus LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	20	.260	.325	.408
R Freel CF-RF	3	0	0	0	1	0	14	.234	.345	.277
B Butler 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	22	.285	.344	.452
M Teahen RF-3B	3	1	0	0	1	2	19	.293	.348	.443
A Callaspo 2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	11	.304	.354	.457
M Olivo DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	15	.239	.271	.457
J Buck C	3	0	1	1	0	2	16	.216	.296	.412
A Gordon 3B	3	0	1	1	0	0	9	.184	.340	.263
M Maier PR-CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.212	.288	.307
Y Betancourt SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	7	.238	.263	.316
Totals	32	2	4	2	2	7	136
BATTING 2B: A Callaspo (27, W Eyre) RBI: A Gordon (5), J Buck (21) 2-out RBI: A Gordon, J Buck Royals RISP: 2-6 (A Gordon 1-2, Y Betancourt 0-1, M Olivo 0-1, J Buck 1-2) Team LOB: 6
FIELDING E: A Callaspo (12, pop up) DP: 1 (A Callaspo-Y Betancourt-B Butler). Outfield Assist: D DeJesus (D Murphy at Home).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
S Ponson	6.0	5	0	0	3	4	0	102-57	6.79
R Mahay (L, 1-1)	0.0	2	2	0	0	0	0	3-2	4.13
J Wright	0.2	2	1	0	1	1	0	24-17	4.87
J Cruz	0.2	3	4	4	1	0	1	18-11	6.31
R Colon	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	19-13	5.16
Totals	9.0	13	7	4	5	7	1	166-100
PITCHING R Mahay pitched to 2 batters in the 7th First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: S Ponson 10/23; R Mahay 1/2; J Wright 3/6; J Cruz 2/6; R Colon 3/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: S Ponson 15-8-18-16; R Mahay 0-0-0-2; J Wright 4-1-8-4; J Cruz 3-0-3-5; R Colon 2-4-4-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Ponson 9-3; R Mahay 0-0; J Wright 1-0; J Cruz 2-0; R Colon 1-2 Game Scores: S Ponson 63

Scoring Summary

			TEX	KC
	7th	I Kinsler safe at first on error by second baseman A Callaspo, N Cruz scored, J Saltalamacchia to third.	1	0
	7th	M Young singled to left, J Saltalamacchia scored, I Kinsler to second.	2	0
	7th	M Byrd singled to right, I Kinsler scored, M Young to third, D Murphy to second.	3	0
	7th	A Gordon singled to right center, M Teahen scored, J Buck to third.	3	1
	8th	A Jones homered to left.	4	1
	8th	I Kinsler singled to left, N Cruz scored, J Saltalamacchia to third.	5	1
	8th	M Young singled to left, J Saltalamacchia scored, I Kinsler to third.	6	1
	8th	D Murphy grounded out to second, I Kinsler scored, M Young to second.	7	1
	9th	J Buck singled to shallow left, A Callaspo scored.	7	2
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Game Notes

RANGERS STARTING PITCHER KEVIN MILLWOOD LEFT THE GAME IN THE BOTTOM OF THE THIRD INNING DUE TO A TIGHT LEFT GLUTEUS MUSCLE.

Game Information

Stadium	Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Attendance	16,847 (44.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:07
Weather	85 degrees, sunny
Wind	7 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Jerry Crawford, First Base - Phil Cuzzi, Second Base - Tom Hallion, Third Base - Mike Muchlinski