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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas 4, Kansas City 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 77°
Umpires: Home - Chad Fairchild, 1B - Eric Cooper, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Bill Miller
Attendance: 10811

Mitch Moreland went deep for the second straight night, Nelson Cruz had a two-run single and the Texas Rangers held on for a 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday.

Cruz gave the Rangers an early 2-0 lead with a two-run single in the first. Andres Blanco added a RBI double in the fourth, and then Moreland came through with a solo shot in the sixth.

The Royals were in it all night. Mike Aviles had a sacrifice fly in the third to keep them within one. And, in the fourth, Yuniesky Betancourt belted a solo home run to make it a one-run game. Betancourt had a RBI double in the seventh to make it, once again, a one-run game.

Wilson Betemit and Billy Butler had two well-hit balls in the ninth for the Royals, but Cruz tracked them both down in right field.

Texas starter Tommy Hunter (12-2) went 5 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on seven hits with four walks and three strikeouts. Rangers closer Neftali Feliz threw a scoreless ninth to record his 34th save.

Kansas City starter Bryan Bullington (1-4) went 5 1/3 innings, allowing four runs on eight hits with three walks and three strikeouts.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Texas   Kansas City
Tommy Hunter Player Bryan Bullington
Win W/L Loss
5.2 IP 5.1
3 Strikeouts 3
7 Hits 8
3.18 ERA 6.75
Hitting
Texas   Kansas City
David Murphy Player Mitch Maier
3 Hits 3
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
3 TB 4
.600 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Texas 10 1 14 .278 19 6 4 3 3 0
Kansas City 10 1 16 .303 16 3 3 5 0 0