Royals 8 - 9 Rangers
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Royals look to continue dominance of Rangers

Sep 4, 2007 - 1:02 PM Kansas City (62-75) at Texas (63-74) 8:05 pm EDT

ARLINGTON, Texas (Ticker) - The Kansas City Royals will finish the season with fewer than 100 losses for the first time in four years. The Texas Rangers have helped them along the way.

Rookie Billy Buckner makes his first-career starts as the Royals look to continue their dominance of the Rangers in the second game of a three-game series on Tuesday.

Fellow rookie Alex Gordon drove in four runs to back five scoreless innings from Zack Greinke as Kansas City posted a 8-1 win on Monday. It was the Royals' fifth win in seven games against the Rangers this season.

With a win, Kansas City can ensure it will not lose 100 games for the first time since 2003, when it finished 83-79.

Buckner (0-0, 1.17 ERA) was 9-7 with a 3.78 ERA in 27 games - 15 starts - for Class AAA Omaha. The righthander has made two relief appearances for the Royals this season.

Kevin Millwood (9-11, 5.11) gets the ball for Texas, which has won seven of nine. Millwood allowed one run and six hits in seven innings of a 5-1 win over Chicago on Thursday.

The righthander, who has pitched seven innings in each of his last four starts, is 4-3 with a 3.92 ERA in seven starts against Kansas City.








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    FINAL
    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 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: KAN - BILLY BUCKNER, NEAL MUSSER (5TH), LEO NUNEZ (6TH), JIMMY
    GOBBLE (7TH), DAVID RISKE (8TH) AND JASON LARUE, JOHN BUCK
    (8TH)
    TEX - KEVIN MILLWOOD, JAMEY WRIGHT

    Sep 4 11:38 PM


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    AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ESTEBAN GERMAN SCORED EMIL BROWN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, E GERMAN ON FIRST, B BUTLER ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 8
    TEXAS 9 TOP, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: S COSTA (.236, 0-FOR-1)

    Royals vs. RangersSep 4 11:36 PM
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    Royals vs. RangersSep 4 11:36 PM


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    AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY MARLON BYRD SCORED DAVID MURPHY.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 7
    TEXAS 9 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: I KINSLER (.273, 3-FOR-3, BB, 2 RBI)

    Royals vs. RangersSep 4 11:22 PM


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    AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MARK GRUDZIELANEK SCORED SHANE COSTA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M GRUDZIELANEK ON FIRST, D DEJESUS ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 7
    TEXAS 8 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: R GLOAD (.301, 0-FOR-3, BB)

    Royals vs. RangersSep 4 11:07 PM


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    AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JASON BOTTS SCORED MICHAEL YOUNG.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J BOTTS ON FIRST, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 6
    TEXAS 8 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: B WILKERSON (.240, 1-FOR-1, 2 BB, HR, 2 RBI)

    Royals vs. RangersSep 4 10:39 PM


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    AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
    ERROR BY JASON LARUE ALLOWED IAN KINSLER TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M YOUNG ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 6
    TEXAS 7 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: J BOTTS (.216, 2-FOR-3, RBI)

    Royals vs. RangersSep 4 10:38 PM


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    AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY JASON SMITH SCORED MIKE SWEENEY.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M TEAHEN ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 6
    TEXAS 6 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J GATHRIGHT (.322, 1-FOR-2)

    Royals vs. RangersSep 4 9:42 PM


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    AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MARK TEAHEN SCORED ROSS GLOAD.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M TEAHEN ON SECOND, M SWEENEY ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 5
    TEXAS 6 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: A GORDON (.251, 0-FOR-2)

    Royals vs. RangersSep 4 9:38 PM


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    AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY JASON SMITH (5) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT
    IN THE 4TH OFF KEVIN MILLWOOD SCORED MIKE SWEENEY AND MARK TEAHEN.
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4, TEXAS 6
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J GATHRIGHT (.318, 0-FOR-1)

    Royals vs. RangersSep 4 9:13 PM


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    AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY IAN KINSLER SCORED RAMON VAZQUEZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, I KINSLER ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1
    TEXAS 6 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: M YOUNG (.306, 0-FOR-1)

    Royals vs. RangersSep 4 8:47 PM


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    AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY JARROD SALTALAMACCHIA (6) TO RIGHT CENTER
    WITH 2 OUT IN THE 1ST OFF BILLY BUCKNER.
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1, TEXAS 5
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: D MURPHY (.395, 1 HR, 7 RBI)

    Royals vs. RangersSep 4 8:30 PM


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    AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY BRAD WILKERSON (20) TO LEFT CENTER WITH
    1 OUT IN THE 1ST OFF BILLY BUCKNER SCORED JASON BOTTS.
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1, TEXAS 4
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: H BLALOCK (.283, 6 HR, 20 RBI)

    Royals vs. RangersSep 4 8:29 PM


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    AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JASON BOTTS SCORED IAN KINSLER.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J BOTTS ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1
    TEXAS 2 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: B WILKERSON (.237, 19 HR, 59 RBI)

    Royals vs. RangersSep 4 8:25 PM


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    AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY IAN KINSLER SCORED FRANK CATALANOTTO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, I KINSLER ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1
    TEXAS 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: M YOUNG (.307, 7 HR, 70 RBI)

    Royals vs. RangersSep 4 8:20 PM


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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    KANSAS CITY 1 1 2 0
    TEXAS 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: KAN - BILLY BUCKNER
    TEX - KEVIN MILLWOOD

    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: F CATALANOTTO (.270, 9 HR, 37 RBI)
    I KINSLER (.267, 18 HR, 53 RBI)
    M YOUNG (.307, 7 HR

    Royals vs. RangersSep 4 8:14 PM

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