Texas 2, Kansas City 1
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(12-16)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
Texas 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 2 5 0
WP: S. Ponson (1-0) S: C.J. Wilson (6)
LP: Z. Greinke (3-1)
(11-18)
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Scoring Summary
Bot 1st: Texas
- I. Kinsler homered to deep left
Top 3rd: Kansas City
- M. Grudzielanek singled to center, T. Pena Jr. scored
Bot 6th: Texas
- R. Vazquez homered to deep right
 Kansas City
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
J. Gathright cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .247
M. Grudzielanek 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .316
D. DeJesus lf 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 .354
J. Guillen dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .176
M. Teahen rf 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 .269
B. Butler 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .291
A. Gordon 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .292
J. Buck c 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .225
T. Pena Jr. ss 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .152
    A. Callaspo ph-ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .368
 Totals 30 1 6 1 2 6 10  
 Batting
RBI - M Grudzielanek (4).
2-out RBI - M Grudzielanek.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Guillen 1.
GIDP - A Gordon 2.
Team LOB - 4.
 Base Running
CS - D DeJesus (1, 2nd base by S Ponson).
 Texas
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
I. Kinsler 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .298
R. Vazquez ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .265
M. Young dh 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 .307
J. Hamilton cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .322
D. Murphy rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .278
B. Boggs lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .556
B. Broussard 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167
J. Saltalamacchia c 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .300
G. Duran 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .211
 Totals 28 2 5 2 0 9 7  
 Batting
HR - I Kinsler (2, 1st inning off Z Greinke 0 on, 0 Out), R Vazquez (1, 6th inning off Z Greinke 0 on, 1 Out).
S - G Duran.
RBI - I Kinsler (13), R Vazquez (3).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Vazquez 1, D Murphy 1.
Team LOB - 3.
 Fielding
DP - 2 (I Kinsler-R Vazquez-B Broussard, B Broussard-R Vazquez-B Broussard).
 Kansas City
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
Z. Greinke (L, 3-1) 7.0 4 2 2 0 9 2 1.47
L. Nunez 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.38
 Texas
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
S. Ponson (W, 1-0) 8.0 6 1 1 2 5 0 1.35
C.J. Wilson (S, 6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.00
Pitches-strikes - Z Greinke 105-68; L Nunez 12-9; S Ponson 108-76; C Wilson 14-9.
Ground balls-fly balls - Z Greinke 6-6; L Nunez 2-1; S Ponson 12-6; C Wilson 1-1.
Batters faced - Z Greinke 25; L Nunez 4; S Ponson 29; C Wilson 3.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Tim Welke. 1B--Chuck Meriwether. 2B--Bill Welke. 3B--Chris Guccione.
Time: 2:10.
Attendance: 14,563.
Weather: 77 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 28 mph, in from right.

Updated on Thursday, May 1, 2008 4:24 pm ET

  
 Top Batters
 Kansas City
M. Grudzielanek Mark Grudzielanek
1-4
1 RBI
 Texas
R. Vazquez Ramon Vazquez
2-4, 1 HR
1 RBI