Texas 13, Kansas City 12
When: 8:05 PM ET, Thursday, May 6, 2010
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature:
87°
Umpires:
Home -
Jeff Kellogg, 1B -
Larry Vanover, 2B -
Mark Carlson, 3B -
Jeff Nelson
Attendance:
15132
By SportsDirect Inc.
Josh Hamilton and Vladimir Guerrero drilled back-to-back home runs in the eighth inning to lift the Texas Rangers to a wild 13-12 victory over the Kansas City Royals in Thursday’s opener of a four-game series.
The Royals grabbed a one-run lead in the top of the eighth on Kila Ka’aihue’s pinch-hit single before the pair of Texas sluggers took Royals closer Joakim Soria (0-1) deep.
Frank Francisco (4-3) picked up the win despite surrendering the lead before Neftali Feliz struck out two in a perfect ninth for his seventh save.
The Rangers jumped out to an 8-0 lead after a six-run second inning, highlighted by a three-run home run from Justin Smoak.
Kansas City scored two runs apiece in the fourth and fifth innings to pull within 8-4, but the Rangers responded with a single run in the fifth.
The Royals later rallied for five runs in the sixth off Texas reliever Dustin Nippert to tie things at 9-9 on RBI hits from Jason Kendall and Mitch Maier and Scott Podsednik’s three-run homer.
Guerrero launched his first homer of the game, a two-run shot in the sixth, before the Royals answered in the seventh when Alberto Callaspo roped a two-run shot to again even the score.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Kansas City |
|
Texas |
|
Kyle Davies
|
Player |
Matt Harrison
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
4.0 |
IP |
5.0 |
|
2 |
Strikeouts |
1 |
|
9 |
Hits |
4 |
|
20.25 |
ERA |
7.20 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Kansas City
|
11 |
3 |
21 |
.306 |
9 |
6 |
12 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
| Texas
|
15 |
4 |
31 |
.395 |
12 |
7 |
13 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
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