Final
Rangers look for series victory vs. Royals
Sep 5, 2007 - 3:59 PM Kansas City (62-76) at Texas (64-74) 8:05 pm EDTARLINGTON, Texas (Ticker) - The Texas Rangers will look for a series victory on Wednesday when they take on the Kansas City Royals in the rubber game of the three-game series.
The Rangers claimed a 9-8 victory on Tuesday after dropping the opener, 8-1. Monday's defeat snapped a five-game home winning streak, but Texas has been hot of late, winning eight of its last 10 contests.
Vicente Padilla (4-9, 3.36 ERA) takes the hill for the Rangers, who have given him nearly six runs of support a start.
The 29-year-old Padilla has faced the Royals once this season, holding them scoreless over five innings, but not factoring in a 4-3 win on August 15.
Kyle Davies (2-3, 6.75) will look for back-to-back wins for the first time since being acquired from the Atlanta Braves at the trade deadline. Davies allowed three runs - two earned - and four hits over five innings en route to a 9-4 victory of the Minnesota Twins on Friday.
The Royals are 3-3 on a seven-game road trip.
- AL
FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
KANSAS CITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 1
TEXAS 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 x 3 6 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: KAN - KYLE DAVIES, JOHN BALE (6TH), RYAN BRAUN (7TH), JOAKIM SORIA
(8TH) AND JOHN BUCK
TEX - VICENTE PADILLA, WES LITTLETON (7TH), BILL WHITE
(7TH), JAMEY WRIGHT (
Sep 5 10:48 PM - AL
AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY JOHN BUCK (18) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH 1
OUT IN THE 7TH OFF WES LITTLETON SCORED JOEY GATHRIGHT.
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 2, TEXAS 3
DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: T PENA JR (.257, 0-FOR-2)
Royals vs. RangersSep 5 10:08 PM - AL
AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY HANK BLALOCK SCORED BRAD WILKERSON.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, H BLALOCK ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 0
TEXAS 3 BOTTOM, 6TH
DUE UP FOR TEXAS: G LAIRD (.222, 0-FOR-2)
Royals vs. RangersSep 5 9:55 PM - AL
AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY MICHAEL YOUNG SCORED FRANK CATALANOTTO.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M YOUNG ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 0
TEXAS 2 BOTTOM, 5TH
DUE UP FOR TEXAS: J BOTTS (.220, 0-FOR-2)
Royals vs. RangersSep 5 9:26 PM - AL
AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY HANK BLALOCK SCORED BRAD WILKERSON.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, H BLALOCK ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 0
TEXAS 1 BOTTOM, 2ND
DUE UP FOR TEXAS: G LAIRD (.223, 8 HR, 42 RBI)
Royals vs. RangersSep 5 8:32 PM
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