Rangers 5, Royals 3
Billy Butler continued his hot hitting, picking up two hits on Tuesday. (Tony Gutierrez/AP)
By Alan Eskew / Special to MLB.com
Kyle Davies allowed four runs in five-plus innings before tiring in the sixth. Davies left in line for the win, but the bullpen could not hold the lead, surrendering a three-run shot to Gerald Laird, which proved the winning margin. Billy Butler tallied two hits and an RBI in the losing effort.
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Texas 5, Kansas City 3
Today's Boxes 8/14/07
FLA 14, ARI 5
BAL 12, NYY 0
DET 6, CLE 2
NYM 5, PIT 4
PHI 3, WSH 2
BOS 2, TB 1
TOR 4, LAA 1
ATL 5, SF 4
CIN 6, CHC 5
STL 12, MIL 4
OAK 4, CWS 3
SD 8, COL 0
MIN 11, SEA 3
HOU 7, LAD 4
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Standings thru 8/14/07 | Gameday | Royals Stats | Rangers Stats
Kansas City AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
DeJesus , CF4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275
Grudzielanek , 2B3 2 2 0 1 0 0 .302
Teahen , RF4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .289
Butler , DH3 1 2 1 1 0 0 .302
1-Pena , PR-DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272
Gload , 1B3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286
a-German , PH-3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284
Gordon , 3B-1B4 0 0 0 0 3 4 .242
Brown , LF4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .230
Smith , SS2 0 0 0 2 2 0 .202
LaRue , C3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .149
b-Buck , PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .227
Totals 31 3 4 1 4 11 10
BATTING 2B : Grudzielanek (24, Millwood).TB : Grudzielanek 3; Butler 2.RBI : Butler (34).2-out RBI : Butler.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Gordon 3.GIDP : Buck.Team LOB : 6.
Texas AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Catalanotto , LF4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .251
Murphy , LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .556
Kinsler , 2B4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .252
Young , SS4 1 2 1 0 2 2 .307
Byrd , CF4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .319
Botts , DH2 1 1 0 2 1 0 .244
Cruz , RF4 1 1 1 0 0 4 .209
Laird , C4 1 2 3 0 1 2 .235
Saltalamacchia , 1B4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .254
Wilkerson , 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .232
Vazquez , 3B4 0 0 0 0 3 0 .238
Totals 34 5 10 5 2 9 14
BATTING 2B : Catalanotto (15, Davies), Laird (14, Davies), Byrd (14, Davies).HR : Young (7, 4th inning off Davies, 0 on, 0 out), Laird (7, 6th inning off Riske, 2 on, 0 out).TB : Catalanotto 2; Kinsler; Young 5; Byrd 3; Botts; Cruz; Laird 6.RBI : Young (64), Cruz (22), Laird 3 (38).Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Byrd; Saltalamacchia 2; Young; Cruz.Team LOB : 7.BASERUNNING SB : Kinsler (15, 2nd base off Davies/LaRue).FIELDING E : Saltalamacchia 2 (6, fielding, throw).DP : (Young-Kinsler-Wilkerson).
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Davies (L, 5-9)5.0 8 4 4 1 7 1 5.72
Riske (BS, 2)2.0 2 1 1 1 1 1 2.28
Bale 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.46
Texas IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Millwood (W, 8-9)7.0 4 3 1 1 9 0 5.63
Benoit (H, 14)0.2 0 0 0 2 1 0 2.71
Wilson (S, 5)1.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.17
WP : Davies.HBP : German (by Wilson).Pitches-strikes : Davies 98-65, Riske 34-22, Bale 13-10, Millwood 102-66, Benoit 18-8, Wilson 17-8.Ground outs-fly outs : Davies 4-4, Riske 1-4, Bale 2-0, Millwood 5-7, Benoit 0-1, Wilson 3-0.Batters faced : Davies 24, Riske 9, Bale 3, Millwood 27, Benoit 4, Wilson 5.Inherited runners-scored : Riske 2-2, Wilson 2-0.Umpires : HP: Laz Diaz. 1B: Bill Welke. 2B: John Hirschbeck. 3B: Wally Bell.Weather : 99 degrees, clear.Wind : 5 mph, In from LF.T : 2:54.Att : 23,906.Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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