Texas Rangers @ Kansas City Royals

53-42, 21-23 Away

Final

38-58, 23-31 Home


TEX
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	1
0	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	-	6	10	1

RangersTop 1st
- L. Hochevar pitching for KC
  TEX
  KC
- Pitch
  1
  Ball
  2
  Strike Looking
  3
  Fly Out
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 1st
- D. Holland pitching for TEX
  TEX
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RangersTop 2nd
- L. Hochevar pitching for KC
  TEX
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 2nd
- D. Holland pitching for TEX
  TEX
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RangersTop 3rd
- L. Hochevar pitching for KC
  TEX
  KC
- T Teagarden safe at first on throwing error by third baseman M Teahen.
  1
  0
- I Kinsler scored, M Young to second on wild pitch by L Hochevar.
  2
  0
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error
RoyalsBottom 3rd
- D. Holland pitching for TEX
  TEX
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RangersTop 4th
- L. Hochevar pitching for KC
  TEX
  KC
- H Blalock to second on wild pitch by L Hochevar.
  2
  0
- N Cruz stole second.
  3
  0
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 4th
- D. Holland pitching for TEX
  TEX
  KC
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RangersTop 5th
- L. Hochevar pitching for KC
  TEX
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 5th
- D. Holland pitching for TEX
  TEX
  KC
- 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
RangersTop 6th
- L. Hochevar pitching for KC
  TEX
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 6th
- J. Grilli pitching for TEX
  TEX
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RangersTop 7th
- L. Hochevar pitching for KC
  TEX
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 7th
- J. Jennings pitching for TEX
  TEX
  KC
- 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
RangersTop 8th
- J. Soria pitching for KC
  TEX
  KC
- W Bloomquist at first base.
  3
  6
- M Maier in center field.
  3
  6
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 8th
- W. Eyre pitching for TEX
  TEX
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RangersTop 9th
- J. Soria pitching for KC
  TEX
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors

Rangers
2
Royals
0

Game 1

25/7

Rangers
3
Royals
6

Game 2

26/7

Rangers
7
Royals
2

Game 3

26/7

Kauffman Stadium

12:10 AM, 26 July 2009

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 27,602

Game Time:2:35

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Mike Muchlinski
First Base Umpire - Jerry Crawford
Second Base Umpire - Phil Cuzzi
Third Base Umpire - Tom Hallion

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Seattle	90	72	.556	-	L3
Houston	87	75	.537	3	W2
Texas	81	81	.500	9	L2
Athletics	76	86	.469	14	L2
Los Angeles	72	90	.444	18	L2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	88	74	.543	-	W2
Detroit	87	75	.537	1	L1
Kansas City	82	80	.506	6	W2
Minnesota	70	92	.432	18	L1
Chicago	60	102	.370	28	W1

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Texas Rangers @ Kansas City Royals

L. Hochevar6-3

D. Holland3-6

J. Soria15

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Pitch
1 Ball
2 Strike Looking
3 Fly Out