Rangers 5, Royals 3
Kevin Millwood surrendered just one earned run, striking out nine. (Tony Gutierrez/AP)
By T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com
Kevin Millwood was dominant and the Rangers bats provided enough offense for him to notch his eighth win. Millwood allowed just one earned run and struck out nine in seven innings of work. Michael Young hit a solo blast and Gerald Laird added a three-run shot in the win.
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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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