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	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Kansas City 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 6 1 Texas 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 0 X 7 6 0 WP: C. Lewis (7-9) LP: D. May (8-7)

Scoring Summary

Bot 2nd: Texas

-M. Teixeira homered to left

-H. Blalock homered to right

Bot 4th: Texas

-M. Teixeira homered to left

Top 5th: Kansas City

-K. Harvey homered to left, R. Ibanez scored

Bot 6th: Texas

-M. Teixeira doubled to deep left center, A. Rodriguez scored, R. Palmeiro out at home

Bot 7th: Texas

-M. Young hit sacrifice fly to center, H. Blalock scored

-A. Rodriguez singled to right, M. Thames scored, T. Greene to second

-S. Spencer walked, T. Greene scored, A. Rodriguez to third, R. Palmeiro to second

Top 8th: Kansas City

-K. Harvey homered to right center

Kansas City
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
A. Guiel rf	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.277
J. Randa 3b	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.282
M. Sweeney dh	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.314
C. Beltran cf	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.302
R. Ibanez lf	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.298
K. Harvey 1b	3	2	2	3	0	0	0	.266
D. Relaford 2b	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260
A. Berroa ss	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.288
B. Mayne c	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246
M. DiFelice c	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.256
Totals	31	3	6	3	1	3	5

Batting HR - K Harvey 2 (11, 5th inning off C Lewis 1 on, 1 Out, 8th inning off C Lewis 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - K Harvey 3 (56). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Randa 1. GIDP - M Sweeney, R Ibanez. Team LOB - 2.

Fielding E - K Harvey (11, ground ball). Outfield assists - R Ibanez (R Palmeiro at Home).

Texas
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
M. Young 2b	3	0	0	1	0	1	2	.298
R. Christenson cf	4	0	0	0	0	3	2	.183
A. Rodriguez ss	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	.305
R. Palmeiro dh	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	.262
S. Spencer lf	3	0	0	1	1	1	2	.257
M. Teixeira 1b	4	2	3	3	0	1	3	.260
H. Blalock 3b	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	.318
M. Thames rf	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	.212
T. Greene c	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	.223
Totals	29	7	6	7	6	9	11

Batting 2B - M Teixeira (24, D May); H Blalock (27, J Grimsley). HR - M Teixeira 2 (22, 2nd inning off D May 0 on, 1 Out, 4th inning off D May 0 on, 2 Out), H Blalock (25, 2nd inning off D May 0 on, 1 Out). SF - M Young. RBI - M Teixeira 3 (69), H Blalock (77), M Young (62), A Rodriguez (101), S Spencer (43). 2-out RBI - M Teixeira 2, A Rodriguez, S Spencer. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Teixeira 2. Team LOB - 5.

Fielding DP - 2 (A Rodriguez-M Young-M Teixeira, M Young-A Rodriguez-M Teixeira).

Kansas City
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
D. May (L, 8-7)	6.0	4	4	3	2	6	3	3.59
J. Grimsley	0.2	1	3	3	2	1	0	5.00
N. Field	0.1	1	0	0	2	1	0	4.00
M. MacDougal	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.66
Texas
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
C. Lewis (W, 7-9)	7.0	4	3	3	0	2	2	7.85
B. Shouse	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.21
J. Powell	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8.12
E. Ramirez	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.35

Pitches-strikes - D May 107-63; J Grimsley 28-16; N Field 18-9; M MacDougal 9-6; C Lewis 89-57; B Shouse 12-6; J Powell 12-8; E Ramirez 9-7.

Ground balls-fly balls - D May 5-6; J Grimsley 0-1; N Field 0-0; M MacDougal 1-1; C Lewis 15-4; B Shouse 1-1; J Powell 1-0; E Ramirez 2-0.

Batters faced - D May 24; J Grimsley 5; N Field 4; M MacDougal 3; C Lewis 24; B Shouse 4; J Powell 2; E Ramirez 2.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Terry Craft. 1B--Marty Foster. 2B--Dan Iassogna. 3B--Rob Drake. Time: 2:30. Attendance: 24,005. Weather: 70 degrees, rain. Wind: 8 mph, right to left.

Game Notes

THE HOME RUNS BY TEXAS' MARK TEIXEIRA AND HANK BLALOCK IN THE SECOND INNING WERE BACK-TO-BACK.

Updated on Monday, Sep 1, 2003 11:19 pm ET