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Royals
@ Rangers
Rangers Ballpark In Arlington
August 15, 2007
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Kansas City Royals, played on August 15, 2007 at Rangers Ballpark In Arlington.
Game Summary
| Date | August 15, 2007 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Home Team |
Texas Rangers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 15, 2007 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Texas Rangers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Gil Meche |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Vicente Padilla |
| Ballpark | Rangers Ballpark In Arlington |
| City | Arlington |
| State | TX |
| Attendance | 24,529 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 56 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: John Hirschbeck 1B: Wally Bell 2B: Laz Diaz 3B: Bill Welke |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| David DeJesus | Center Fielder |
| Mark Grudzielanek | Second Baseman |
| Mark Teahen | Right Fielder |
| Billy Butler | DH |
| Ross Gload | First Baseman |
| Alex Gordon | Third Baseman |
| John Buck | Catcher |
| Joey Gathright | Left Fielder |
| Tony Pena | Shortstop |
| Buddy Bell | Manager |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Frank Catalanotto | Left Fielder |
| Ian Kinsler | Second Baseman |
| Michael Young | Shortstop |
| Marlon Byrd | Center Fielder |
| Jason Botts | DH |
| Nelson Cruz | Right Fielder |
| Gerald Laird | Catcher |
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia | First Baseman |
| Ramon Vazquez | Third Baseman |
| Ron Washington | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Rangers
Rangers Ballpark In Arlington
August 15, 2007
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Padilla
DeJesus strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Grudzielanek vs. Padilla
Grudzielanek strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Padilla
Teahen strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Catalanotto vs. Meche
Catalanotto hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kinsler vs. Meche
Kinsler strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Meche
Young hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Padilla
Butler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kinsler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Gload vs. Padilla
Gload hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Padilla
Gordon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kinsler settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Buck vs. Padilla
Buck strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Byrd vs. Meche
Byrd hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Botts vs. Meche
Botts strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Meche
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Laird vs. Meche
Laird hits a fly ball into right field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gathright vs. Padilla
Gathright bunts towards the mound. Padilla fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Padilla
Pena hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vazquez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
DeJesus vs. Padilla
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground into right field. Here's the throw into the infield and Laird commits an error. Pena is thrown out. DeJesus moves all the way to home. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Grudzielanek vs. Padilla
Grudzielanek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kinsler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Saltalamacchia vs. Meche
Saltalamacchia takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Vazquez vs. Meche
Vazquez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Meche fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Catalanotto vs. Meche
Catalanotto strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Padilla
Teahen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kinsler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Padilla
Butler strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gload vs. Padilla
Gload hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kinsler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Kinsler vs. Meche
Kinsler strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Meche
Young hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Byrd vs. Meche
Byrd hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Buck fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Botts vs. Meche
Botts hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Padilla
Gordon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Catalanotto. Gordon reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Buck vs. Padilla
Buck strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Gathright vs. Padilla
Gathright strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Pena vs. Padilla
Pena strikes out. Laird drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Pena out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Meche
Cruz hits a fly ball into right field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Laird vs. Meche
Laird hits a fly ball into center field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Saltalamacchia vs. Meche
Saltalamacchia hits a fly ball into right field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Wood
Mike Wood now pitching.
DeJesus hits a fly ball into left field. Catalanotto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grudzielanek vs. Wood
Grudzielanek hits a fly ball into center field. Byrd settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Wood
Teahen strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Vazquez vs. Meche
Vazquez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Catalanotto vs. Meche
Catalanotto hits a popup towards third. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kinsler vs. Meche
Kinsler hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Vazquez moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Young vs. Meche
Young hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of DeJesus. Young reaches second base with a double. Vazquez scores. Kinsler goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Byrd vs. Meche
Byrd hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Pena. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Botts vs. Meche
Botts hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gload fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Meche covering. It's a double play. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 1 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Wood
Butler hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Catalanotto. Butler reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gload vs. Wood
Gload hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Butler moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Gordon vs. Francisco
Frank Francisco now pitching.
Gordon strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1-3
Buck vs. Francisco
Buck takes first base on ball four. Gload moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Gathright vs. Francisco
Jason Smith pinch runs for Billy Butler.
Gathright hits a line drive towards cemter. Byrd catches it and throws to home to double up Smith. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 1 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Meche
Cruz hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Laird vs. Meche
Laird bunts towards the mound. Meche fields it and throws to first for the out. Cruz moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Saltalamacchia vs. Meche
Saltalamacchia takes first base on ball four. Cruz moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Vazquez vs. Gobble
Jimmy Gobble now pitching.
Gobble fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Gobble. Cruz scores. Saltalamacchia moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Vazquez vs. Gobble
Vazquez strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sosa vs. Peralta
Sammy Sosa pinch hits for Frank Catalanotto. Joel Peralta now pitching.
Sosa hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Peralta fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 1 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Benoit
David Murphy now playing left field. Joaquin Benoit now pitching.
Pena takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
DeJesus vs. Benoit
DeJesus strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Grudzielanek vs. Benoit
Grudzielanek strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Teahen vs. Benoit
Teahen strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 1 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Kinsler vs. Peralta
Kinsler hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Peralta
Young hits a line drive towards short. Pena reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Byrd vs. Peralta
Byrd strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Botts vs. Peralta
Botts strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 1 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Wilson
C.J. Wilson now pitching. Emil Brown pinch hits for Jason Smith.
Brown hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
German vs. Wilson
Esteban German pinch hits for Ross Gload.
There goes Brown. The throw from Laird and he is safe. Brown steals second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
German vs. Wilson
German takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Gordon vs. Wilson
Gordon hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Buck vs. Wilson
Buck hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Murphy. Buck reaches second base with a double. Brown scores. German moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Gathright vs. Wilson
Gathright hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. German scores. Buck moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Pena vs. Wilson
Pena hits a ball on the ground towards third. Vazquez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/15/2007 -- Kansas City at Texas (N)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Texas AB R H RBI
DeJesus D, cf 4 1 1 0 Catalanotto F, lf 3 0 0 0
Grudzielanek M, 2b 4 0 0 0 Sosa S, ph 1 0 0 0
Teahen M, rf 4 0 0 0 Murphy D, lf 0 0 0 0
Butler B, dh 3 0 1 0 Kinsler I, 2b 4 2 2 1
Smith J, pr 0 0 0 0 Young M, ss 4 0 1 2
Brown E, ph 1 1 0 0 Byrd M, cf 4 0 1 0
Gload R, 1b 3 0 2 0 Botts J, dh 4 0 0 0
German E, ph 0 1 0 0 Cruz N, rf 3 1 2 0
Gordon A, 3b 4 0 1 0 Laird G, c 2 0 0 0
Buck J, c 3 0 1 1 Saltalamacchia J, 1b 1 0 0 0
Gathright J, lf 4 0 1 1 Vazquez R, 3b 2 1 0 0
Pena T, ss 3 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 3 8 2 28 4 6 3
Kansas City 001 000 002 -- 3
Texas 000 002 11x -- 4
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Meche G (L) 6.1 5 3 2 3 4
Gobble J 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Peralta J 1.1 1 1 1 0 2
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Padilla V 5.0 4 1 0 0 8
Wood M (W)* 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Francisco F 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Benoit J 1.0 0 0 0 1 3
Wilson C (S) 1.0 2 2 1 1 0
* Pitched to 2 batters in 7th
E -- Laird G, Pena T, Gobble J, Saltalamacchia J
DP -- Kansas City 2, Texas 2
LOB -- Kansas City 6, Texas 4
2B -- Gordon A, Young M, Butler B, Buck J
HR -- Kinsler I
SB -- Brown E
SH -- Laird G
WP -- Meche G
T -- 2:56
A -- 24529
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