Kansas City 8, Texas 1
Preview - Box Score - Recap

(62-75)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 8 16 0
Texas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 0
WP: Z. Greinke (6-5)
LP: K. Loe (6-11)
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  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 1st: Kansas City
- A. Gordon singled to center, M. Grudzielanek and D. DeJesus scored, M. Teahen to third
Top 4th: Kansas City
- R. Gload singled to right, D. DeJesus scored, M. Grudzielanek to third
- B. Butler grounded out to shortstop, M. Grudzielanek scored, R. Gload to second
Top 8th: Kansas City
- R. Gload homered to deep right
- A. Gordon singled to right, M. Teahen and B. Butler scored, A. Gordon out at second
Bot 8th: Texas
- M. Young singled to left, I. Kinsler scored
Top 9th: Kansas City
- M. Teahen singled to center, M. Grudzielanek scored, B. Butler to second
 Kansas City
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
D. DeJesus cf 4 2 1 0 2 0 2 .269
M. Grudzielanek 2b 3 3 1 0 3 0 1 .304
    E. German 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263
R. Gload 1b 6 1 3 2 0 0 1 .304
B. Butler dh 5 1 2 1 1 2 4 .302
M. Teahen rf 5 1 3 1 1 2 3 .288
A. Gordon 3b 6 0 3 4 0 1 3 .252
S. Costa lf 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .239
    E. Brown ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245
    J. Gathright ph-lf 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .320
J. Buck c 4 0 1 0 0 1 5 .231
T. Pena Jr. ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .259
 Totals 41 8 16 8 9 6 22  
 Batting
2B - S Costa (6, K Loe); M Teahen (25, M Wood).
HR - R Gload (7, 8th inning off M Wood 0 on, 1 Out).
RBI - A Gordon 4 (54), R Gload 2 (47), B Butler (44), M Teahen (53).
2-out RBI - A Gordon 2, M Teahen.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Buck 3, D DeJesus 2, T Pena Jr 1, M Teahen 2, A Gordon 1, B Butler 1.
Team LOB - 16.
 Base Running
SB - D DeJesus 2 (9, 2nd base off S Feldman/J Saltalamacchia 2), A Gordon (14, 2nd base off S Feldman/J Saltalamacchia).
 Texas
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
F. Catalanotto lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .270
    N. Cruz ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .212
I. Kinsler 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .267
M. Young ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .307
M. Byrd cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .301
B. Wilkerson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .237
D. Murphy rf-lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .395
H. Blalock dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .283
J. Saltalamacchia c 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255
    G. Quiroz c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R. Vazquez 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .237
    J. Hairston Jr. ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .192
 Totals 34 1 7 1 0 6 7  
 Batting
2B - B Wilkerson (16, Z Greinke); F Catalanotto (19, Z Greinke).
3B - I Kinsler (2, J Bale).
RBI - M Young (70).
2-out RBI - M Young.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - H Blalock 1, M Young 1, I Kinsler 1.
Team LOB - 6.
 Fielding
Outfield assists - D Murphy (A Gordon at 2nd base).
DP - 1 (B Wilkerson).
 Kansas City
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
Z. Greinke (W, 6-5) 5.0 5 0 0 0 4 0 3.87
J. Bale 2.2 1 1 1 0 2 0 4.18
J. Peralta 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.73
 Texas
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
K. Loe (L, 6-11) 3.0 5 2 2 4 3 0 5.36
S. Feldman 2.2 3 2 2 3 1 0 6.06
J. Rheinecker 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.75
M. Wood 1.2 6 3 3 1 0 1 4.20
W. Littleton 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3.41
WP - S Feldman.
HBP - J Buck (by M Wood).
Pitches-strikes - Z Greinke 82-55; J Bale 41-27; J Peralta 22-16; K Loe 68-38; S Feldman 45-24; J Rheinecker 11-7; M Wood 35-22; W Littleton 22-13.
Ground balls-fly balls - Z Greinke 5-6; J Bale 3-3; J Peralta 2-2; K Loe 3-2; S Feldman 6-1; J Rheinecker 0-0; M Wood 3-1; W Littleton 0-3.
Batters faced - Z Greinke 20; J Bale 9; J Peralta 5; K Loe 17; S Feldman 14; J Rheinecker 2; M Wood 12; W Littleton 6.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Ron Kulpa. 1B--Paul Emmel. 2B--Dan Iassogna. 3B--Angel Campos.
Time: 3:09.
Attendance: 19,214.
Weather: 79 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 5 mph, in from right.
Game Notes
TEXAS PITCHER KAMERON LOE LEFT THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE FOURTH INNING WITH A SORE LEFT ELBOW.
CORRECTION: TEXAS PITCHER KAMERON LOE LEFT THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE FOURTH INNING WITH A SORE RIGHT ELBOW.

Updated on Tuesday, Sep 4, 2007 5:27 am ET

  
 Top Batters
 Kansas City
A. Gordon A. Gordon
3-6
4 RBI
 Texas
I. Kinsler I. Kinsler
2-4