Game Wrapup


	KC fights back, falls short

Rangers 9, Royals 8

Billy Buckner walked three and struck out a pair in four-plus innings. (LM Otero/AP)

Smith's three-run homer

German's RBI single

By Conor Nicholl / MLB.com

The Royals rallied from a five-run deficit to tie the game in the fifth inning, but two innings later, a Jason LaRue throwing error allowed the go-ahead run to score. Jason Smith smacked a three-run homer in the fourth and Mike Sweeney went 3-for-5 with two runs.

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Series at a glance:

Mon. 09/03: KC 8, TEX 1
Tue. 09/04: TEX 9, KC 8
Wed. 09/05: TEX 3, KC 2

Kansas City (62-76)
Lost 1

Texas 9, Kansas City 8

Texas (64-74)
Won 1

September 4, 2007

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	1	8	12	1
Texas	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	X	9	13	0

Standings thru 9/4/07 | Gameday | Royals Stats | Rangers Stats

Kansas City	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
DeJesus, CF	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	.268
Grudzielanek, 2B	5	1	2	1	0	1	5	.305
Gload, 1B	4	1	0	0	1	1	5	.300
Buck, C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231
Sweeney, DH	5	2	3	1	0	0	2	.259
Teahen, RF	4	1	2	1	1	0	1	.290
Gordon, 3B-1B	4	0	0	0	0	3	4	.250
c-Brown, PH	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.245
Smith, SS	3	1	1	4	0	2	0	.202
d-Butler, PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.305
1-Huber, PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Gathright, LF	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.320
a-German, PH-3B	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	.265
LaRue, C	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	.145
b-Costa, PH-LF	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.236
e-Pena, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.258
Totals	37	8	12	8	6	9	22
a-Walked for Gathright in the 8th. b-Grounded into a forceout for LaRue in the 8th. c-Grounded into a forceout for Gordon in the 9th. d-Singled for Smith in the 9th. e-Grounded into a forceout for Costa in the 9th. 1-Ran for Butler in the 9th.
BATTING 2B: Grudzielanek (29, Millwood), Sweeney 2 (13, Millwood, Millwood), Gathright (7, Millwood). HR: Smith (5, 4th inning off Millwood, 2 on, 2 out). TB: Grudzielanek 3; Sweeney 5; Teahen 2; Smith 4; Butler; Gathright 2; German; LaRue. RBI: Sweeney (32), Smith 4 (14), Teahen (54), Grudzielanek (45), German (34). 2-out RBI: Sweeney; Smith 3; German. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Teahen; Grudzielanek 2; Gathright; Sweeney 2; Pena. SF: Smith. GIDP: Gload. Team LOB: 10. FIELDING E: LaRue (4, throw). DP: 2 (Buckner-Smith-Gload, Gload-Smith-Buckner).

Texas	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Catalanotto, 1B	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	.268
a-Byrd, PH-CF	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	.300
Kinsler, 2B	4	2	3	2	1	0	0	.272
Young, SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	.306
Botts, LF	4	1	3	2	0	1	1	.224
1-Cruz, PR-RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212
Wilkerson, RF-1B	2	1	1	2	2	1	0	.239
Blalock, DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	.277
Saltalamacchia, C	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.271
Murphy, CF-RF-LF	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.404
Vazquez, 3B	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	.242
Totals	31	9	13	8	4	4	12
a-Popped out for Catalanotto in the 6th. 1-Ran for Botts in the 7th.
BATTING 2B: Kinsler (20, Buckner), Botts 2 (6, Buckner, Musser), Murphy (7, Gobble). 3B: Vazquez (3, Buckner). HR: Wilkerson (20, 1st inning off Buckner, 1 on, 1 out), Saltalamacchia (10, 1st inning off Buckner, 0 on, 2 out). TB: Kinsler 4; Young; Botts 5; Wilkerson 4; Saltalamacchia 4; Murphy 3; Vazquez 4. RBI: Kinsler 2 (55), Botts 2 (10), Wilkerson 2 (61), Saltalamacchia (28), Byrd (57). 2-out RBI: Saltalamacchia. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Blalock. S: Vazquez. SF: Byrd. GIDP: Blalock; Catalanotto. Team LOB: 5. BASERUNNING SB: Young (12, 2nd base off Nunez/LaRue), Kinsler (18, 3rd base off Nunez/LaRue). CS: Cruz (3, 2nd base by Gobble/LaRue), Kinsler (2, 2nd base by Musser/LaRue). FIELDING DP: (Benoit-Kinsler-Young-Wilkerson).

Kansas City	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Buckner	4.0	7	6	6	3	2	2	5.40
Musser	1.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	4.18
Nunez (L, 2-3)	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	4.54
Gobble	1.1	1	1	1	0	1	0	3.40
Riske	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.29

Texas	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Millwood	5.0	8	6	6	3	7	1	5.30
Wright	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	3.88
Rheinecker (W, 2-1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.62
Francisco (H, 18)	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.77
Benoit (H, 17)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61
Wilson (S, 11)	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	2.89

Buckner pitched to 1 batter in the 5th.
Nunez pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.

HBP: Blalock (by Gobble), DeJesus (by Francisco).
Pitches-strikes: Buckner 74-45, Musser 30-18, Nunez 15-9, Gobble 27-16, Riske 4-4, Millwood 98-64, Wright 17-9, Rheinecker 10-8, Francisco 16-7, Benoit 6-5, Wilson 17-11.
Ground outs-fly outs: Buckner 8-2, Musser 1-2, Nunez 0-1, Gobble 1-1, Riske 0-2, Millwood 3-5, Wright 2-0, Rheinecker 1-1, Francisco 1-0, Benoit 2-1, Wilson 2-0.
Batters faced: Buckner 20, Musser 7, Nunez 4, Gobble 5, Riske 2, Millwood 26, Wright 5, Rheinecker 3, Francisco 4, Benoit 2, Wilson 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Musser 1-0, Nunez 1-0, Gobble 1-0, Riske 1-1, Benoit 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Paul Emmel. 1B: Dan Iassogna. 2B: Angel Campos. 3B: Ron Kulpa.
Weather: 82 degrees, drizzle.
Wind: 9 mph, In from RF.
T: 3:33.
Att: 18,892.

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