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Rangers
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
August 26, 2008
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Texas Rangers, played on August 26, 2008 at Kauffman Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 26, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 26, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Kevin Millwood |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Zack Greinke |
| Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 17,004 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 31 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Gary Darling 1B: Paul Emmel 2B: Bill Miller 3B: Jerry Meals |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Joaquin Arias | Second Baseman |
| Michael Young | Shortstop |
| Josh Hamilton | Center Fielder |
| Milton Bradley | DH |
| Hank Blalock | First Baseman |
| Marlon Byrd | Left Fielder |
| Nelson Cruz | Right Fielder |
| Gerald Laird | Catcher |
| Ramon Vazquez | Third Baseman |
| Ron Washington | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mike Aviles | Shortstop |
| Alberto Callaspo | Second Baseman |
| David DeJesus | Left Fielder |
| Jose Guillen | Right Fielder |
| Mark Teahen | Third Baseman |
| Billy Butler | DH |
| Ross Gload | First Baseman |
| Miguel Olivo | Catcher |
| Joey Gathright | Center Fielder |
| Trey Hillman | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Rangers
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
August 26, 2008
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Arias vs. Greinke
Arias hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aviles fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Aviles. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Greinke
Young hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Arias moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Hamilton vs. Greinke
Hamilton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gload scoops it up and throws to first, with Greinke covering, for the out. Arias moves to third. Young moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
Bradley vs. Greinke
Bradley hits a fly ball into left field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Arias tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Blalock vs. Greinke
Blalock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Aviles vs. Millwood
Aviles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Arias scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Callaspo vs. Millwood
Callaspo hits a fly ball into center field. Hamilton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Millwood
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vazquez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Byrd vs. Greinke
Byrd hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aviles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Greinke
Cruz strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Laird vs. Greinke
Laird hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Millwood
Guillen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Teahen vs. Millwood
Teahen hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Butler vs. Millwood
Butler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vazquez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Vazquez vs. Greinke
Vazquez bunts in front of the plate. Olivo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Arias vs. Greinke
Arias hits a line drive off the glove of Greinke. The ball bounces into foul territory, and onto the outfield grass. Arias reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Greinke
Young strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Hamilton vs. Greinke
Hamilton strikes out. There goes Arias. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Bradley vs. Greinke
Bradley takes first base on ball four. Hamilton moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 123
Blalock vs. Greinke
Blalock hits a fly ball into left field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gload vs. Millwood
Gload strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Olivo vs. Millwood
Olivo strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Gathright vs. Millwood
Gathright hits a ball on the ground towards short. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Byrd vs. Greinke
Byrd hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Greinke
Cruz hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Laird vs. Greinke
Laird hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Byrd moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Vazquez vs. Greinke
Vazquez strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Arias vs. Greinke
Arias strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Aviles vs. Millwood
Aviles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Callaspo vs. Millwood
Callaspo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Arias scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Millwood
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Guillen vs. Millwood
Guillen hits a fly ball into left field. Byrd settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Greinke
Young hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Greinke fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hamilton vs. Greinke
Hamilton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Greinke fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bradley vs. Greinke
Bradley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Millwood
Teahen hits a fly ball into center field. Hamilton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Millwood
Butler hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gload vs. Millwood
Gload hits a fly ball into center field. Hamilton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Olivo vs. Millwood
Olivo hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Byrd. Olivo reaches second base with a double. Butler goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gathright vs. Millwood
There goes Olivo. The throw from Laird and he is safe. Olivo steals third. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Gathright vs. Millwood
Gathright is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Aviles vs. Millwood
Aviles hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Blalock vs. Greinke
Blalock hits a fly ball into center field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Byrd vs. Greinke
Byrd hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Greinke, and towards Aviles, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Greinke
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aviles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Callaspo vs. Millwood
Callaspo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Arias scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Millwood
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Millwood
Guillen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Teahen vs. Millwood
Teahen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blalock scoops it up and throws to first, with Millwood covering, for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Laird vs. Ramirez
Ramon Ramirez now pitching.
Laird hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gathright. Laird reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Vazquez vs. Ramirez
Vazquez bunts in front of the plate. Olivo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Laird moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Arias vs. Ramirez
Arias hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aviles fields it and throws to home to get Laird. Vazquez moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Young vs. Ramirez
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aviles fields it and throws to second for the out. Vazquez moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hamilton vs. Ramirez
Hamilton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Millwood
Butler hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blalock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Butler for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Gload vs. Millwood
Gload hits a fly ball into left field. Byrd settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Olivo vs. Millwood
Olivo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Gathright vs. Millwood
Gathright hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Arias scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bradley vs. Ramirez
Bradley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Blalock vs. Ramirez
Brandon Boggs pinch runs for Milton Bradley.
Blalock hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Olivo picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Olivo. Boggs goes all the way around to score. Blalock moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Byrd vs. Ramirez
Byrd hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aviles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Blalock moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Cruz vs. Ramirez
Cruz is walked intentionally. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Laird vs. Ramirez
Laird hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aviles fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Aviles vs. Millwood
Aviles hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Callaspo vs. Millwood
Callaspo bunts towards the mound. Millwood fields it and throws to first for the out. Aviles moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
DeJesus vs. Millwood
DeJesus hits a popup towards short. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Guillen vs. Millwood
Guillen hits a line drive into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Vazquez vs. Nunez
Leo Nunez now pitching.
Vazquez hits a fly ball into left field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Arias vs. Nunez
Arias hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of DeJesus. Arias reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Nunez
Young hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Arias moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Hamilton vs. Nunez
Hamilton hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Rangers, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Millwood
Teahen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Arias scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Millwood
Butler hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Gload vs. Millwood
Jason Smith pinch runs for Billy Butler.
Gload hits a fly ball into center field. Hamilton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Olivo vs. Millwood
Olivo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
German vs. Millwood
Esteban German pinch hits for Joey Gathright.
German hits a ball on the ground towards short. Young fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/26/2008 -- Texas at Kansas City (N)
Texas AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Arias J, 2b 5 1 2 0 Aviles M, ss 4 0 1 0
Young M, ss 5 0 1 0 Callaspo A, 2b 3 0 0 0
Hamilton J, cf 5 0 0 0 DeJesus D, lf 4 0 1 0
Bradley M, dh 1 0 0 1 Guillen J, rf 4 0 2 0
Boggs B, pr 0 1 0 0 Teahen M, 3b 4 0 0 0
Blalock H, 1b 4 0 1 0 Butler B, dh 4 1 2 0
Byrd M, lf 4 0 1 0 Smith J, pr 0 0 0 0
Cruz N, rf 3 0 0 0 Gload R, 1b 4 0 0 0
Laird G, c 4 0 2 0 Olivo M, c 4 0 3 1
Vazquez R, 3b 4 0 1 0 Gathright J, cf 2 0 0 0
German E, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 2 8 1 34 1 9 1
Texas 100 000 010 -- 2
Kansas City 000 010 000 -- 1
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Millwood K (W) 9.0 9 1 1 0 2
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Greinke Z 6.0 4 1 0 1 5
Ramirez R (L) 2.0 3 1 0 2 0
Nunez L 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
E -- Aviles M, Olivo M
DP -- Texas 1, Kansas City 1
LOB -- Texas 10, Kansas City 8
2B -- Arias J 2, Olivo M, Laird G
SB -- Olivo M
SH -- Callaspo A
SF -- Bradley M
HBP -- by Millwood K (Gathright J)
WP -- Greinke Z
T -- 2:31
A -- 17004
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