GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: KANSAS CITY (61-75) at TEXAS (63-73)

AL: KANSAS CITY at TEXAS

<div class="pre">AL AT TEXAS - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: N Cruz in right field.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 7
TEXAS 1 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: D DeJesus (.270, 1-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at TEXAS

<div class="pre">AL AT TEXAS - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: D Murphy in left field.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 7
TEXAS 1 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: D DeJesus (.270, 1-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at TEXAS

<div class="pre">AL AT TEXAS - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: G Quiroz catching.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 7
TEXAS 1 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: D DeJesus (.270, 1-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at TEXAS

<div class="pre">AL AT TEXAS - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: J Hairston Jr at third base.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 7
TEXAS 1 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: D DeJesus (.270, 1-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at TEXAS

<div class="pre">AL AT TEXAS - PITCHING CHANGE
TEX: WES LITTLETON (3-1, 3.25) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 7, TEXAS 1

DUE UP FOR KANSASCITY: D DEJESUS (.270, 1-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at TEXAS

<div class="pre">AL AT TEXAS - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: W Littleton relieved M Wood.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 7
TEXAS 1 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: D DeJesus (.270, 1-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at TEXAS

<div class="pre">AL AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY MARK TEAHEN SCORED MARK GRUDZIELANEK.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M TEAHEN ON FIRST, B BUTLER ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 8
TEXAS 1 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: A GORDON (.253, 3-FOR-5, 4 RBI)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at TEXAS

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
KANSAS CITY 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 8 16 0
TEXAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 (BOT 9)

CURRENT PITCHERS: KAN - JOEL PERALTA
TEX - WES LITTLETON

DUE UP FOR TEXAS: B WILKERSON (.238, 1-FOR-3)
D MURPHY (.405, 1-FOR-3)
H BLALOCK (.285, 0-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at TEXAS

<div class="pre">KANSAS CITY (8) VS TEXAS (1) - MID 9TH - IN PROGRESS

KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D DeJesus cf 4 2 1 0 2 0 2 .269
M Grudzielanek 2b 3 3 1 0 3 0 1 .304
R Gload 1b 6 1 3 2 0 0 1 .304
B Butler dh 5 1 2 1 1 2 4 .302
M Teahen rf 5 1 3 1 1 2 3 .288
A Gordon 3b 6 0 3 4 0 1 3 .252
S Costa lf 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .239
a-E Brown ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245
b-J Gathright ph-lf 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .320
J Buck c 4 0 1 0 0 1 5 .231
T Pena Jr ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .259

Totals 41 8 16 8 9 6 22

a-hit for S Costa in the 7th; b-walked for E Brown in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - S Costa (6, K Loe); M Teahen (25, M Wood). HR - R Gload (7, 8th
inning off M Wood 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - A Gordon 4 (54), R Gload 2 (47), B Butler
(44), M Teahen (53). 2-out RBI - A Gordon 2, M Teahen. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - J Buck 3, D DeJesus 2, T Pena Jr 1, M Teahen 2, A Gordon 1, B
Butler 1. Team LOB - 16.

BASERUNNING: SB - D DeJesus 2 (9, 2nd base off S Feldman/J Saltalamacchia 2),
A Gordon (14, 2nd base off S Feldman/J Saltalamacchia).


TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
F Catalanotto lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .270
a-N Cruz ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .212
I Kinsler 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .267
M Young ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .307
M Byrd cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .301
B Wilkerson 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .238
D Murphy rf-lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .405
H Blalock dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .285
J Saltalamacchia c 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255
G Quiroz c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R Vazquez 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .237
b-J Hairston Jr ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .192

Totals 31 1 7 1 0 6 7

a-struck out looking for F Catalanotto in the 8th; b-grounded to second for R
Vazquez in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - B Wilkerson (16, Z Greinke); F Catalanotto (19, Z Greinke). 3B -
I Kinsler (2, J Bale). RBI - M Young (70). 2-out RBI - M Young. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - H Blalock 1, M Young 1, I Kinsler 1. Team LOB - 6.

FIELDING: Outfield assists - D Murphy (A Gordon at 2nd base). DP: 1 (B
Wilkerson).


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TEXAS - 000 000 01 -- 1
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KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
Z Greinke 5 5 0 0 0 4 0 3.87
J Bale 2 2/3 1 1 1 0 2 0 4.18
J Peralta 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.78

TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era
K Loe 3 5 2 2 4 3 0 5.36
S Feldman 2 2/3 3 2 2 3 1 0 6.06
J Rheinecker 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.75
M Wood 1 2/3 6 3 3 1 0 1 4.20
W Littleton 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 3.41

WP - S Feldman. HBP - J Buck (by M Wood). Pitches-strikes: Z Greinke 82-55; J
Bale 41-27; J Peralta 6-5; K Loe 68-38; S Feldman 45-24; J Rheinecker 11-7; M
Wood 35-22; W Littleton 22-13. Ground balls-fly balls: Z Greinke 5-6; J Bale
3-3; J Peralta 1-0; K Loe 3-2; S Feldman 6-1; J Rheinecker 0-0; M Wood 3-1; W
Littleton 0-3. Batters faced: Z Greinke 20; J Bale 9; J Peralta 2; K Loe 17; S
Feldman 14; J Rheinecker 2; M Wood 12; W Littleton 6.

UMPIRES: HP--Ron Kulpa. 1B--Paul Emmel. 2B--Dan Iassogna. 3B--Angel Campos.

Weather: 79 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 5 mph, in from right.</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at TEXAS

<div class="pre">AL AT TEXAS - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: E German at second base.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 8
TEXAS 1 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR TEXAS: B Wilkerson (.238, 1-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at TEXAS

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
KANSAS CITY 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 8 16 0
TEXAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: KAN - ZACK GREINKE, JOHN BALE (6TH), JOEL PERALTA (8TH) AND JOHN
BUCK

TEX - KAMERON LOE, SCOTT FELDMAN (4TH), JOHN RHEINECKER
(6TH), MIKE WOOD (7TH), WES LITTLETON (9TH) AND JARROD
SALTALAMACCHIA, GUILLERMO QUIROZ (9TH)

HOME RUNS: KAN - ROSS GLOAD (7) OFF MIKE WOOD IN THE 8TH, 0 ON

TEX - NONE</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at TEXAS

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
KANSAS CITY 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 8 16 0
TEXAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: KAN - ZACK GREINKE, JOHN BALE (6TH), JOEL PERALTA (8TH) AND JOHN
BUCK

TEX - KAMERON LOE, SCOTT FELDMAN (4TH), JOHN RHEINECKER
(6TH), MIKE WOOD (7TH), WES LITTLETON (9TH) AND JARROD
SALTALAMACCHIA, GUILLERMO QUIROZ (9TH)


WP - ZACK GREINKE (6-5)
LP - KAMERON LOE (6-11)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: KAN - ROSS GLOAD (7) OFF MIKE WOOD IN THE 8TH, 0 ON

TEX - NONE


TIME: 3:09 ATT: 19,214

PROBABLES: KAN - BILLY BUCKNER (0-0, 1.17)
TEX - KEVIN MILLWOOD (9-11, 5.11)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at TEXAS

<div class="pre">KANSAS CITY (8) VS TEXAS (1) - FINAL

KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D DeJesus cf 4 2 1 0 2 0 2 .269
M Grudzielanek 2b 3 3 1 0 3 0 1 .304
E German 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263
R Gload 1b 6 1 3 2 0 0 1 .304
B Butler dh 5 1 2 1 1 2 4 .302
M Teahen rf 5 1 3 1 1 2 3 .288
A Gordon 3b 6 0 3 4 0 1 3 .252
S Costa lf 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .239
a-E Brown ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245
b-J Gathright ph-lf 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .320
J Buck c 4 0 1 0 0 1 5 .231
T Pena Jr ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .259

Totals 41 8 16 8 9 6 22

a-hit for S Costa in the 7th; b-walked for E Brown in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - S Costa (6, K Loe); M Teahen (25, M Wood). HR - R Gload (7, 8th
inning off M Wood 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - A Gordon 4 (54), R Gload 2 (47), B Butler
(44), M Teahen (53). 2-out RBI - A Gordon 2, M Teahen. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - J Buck 3, D DeJesus 2, T Pena Jr 1, M Teahen 2, A Gordon 1, B
Butler 1. Team LOB - 16.

BASERUNNING: SB - D DeJesus 2 (9, 2nd base off S Feldman/J Saltalamacchia 2),
A Gordon (14, 2nd base off S Feldman/J Saltalamacchia).


TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
F Catalanotto lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .270
a-N Cruz ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .212
I Kinsler 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .267
M Young ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .307
M Byrd cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .301
B Wilkerson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .237
D Murphy rf-lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .395
H Blalock dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .283
J Saltalamacchia c 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255
G Quiroz c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R Vazquez 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .237
b-J Hairston Jr ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .192

Totals 34 1 7 1 0 6 7

a-struck out looking for F Catalanotto in the 8th; b-grounded to second for R
Vazquez in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - B Wilkerson (16, Z Greinke); F Catalanotto (19, Z Greinke). 3B -
I Kinsler (2, J Bale). RBI - M Young (70). 2-out RBI - M Young. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - H Blalock 1, M Young 1, I Kinsler 1. Team LOB - 6.

FIELDING: Outfield assists - D Murphy (A Gordon at 2nd base). DP: 1 (B
Wilkerson).


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TEXAS - 000 000 010 -- 1
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KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
Z Greinke (W, 6-5) 5 5 0 0 0 4 0 3.87
J Bale 2 2/3 1 1 1 0 2 0 4.18
J Peralta 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.73

TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era
K Loe (L, 6-11) 3 5 2 2 4 3 0 5.36
S Feldman 2 2/3 3 2 2 3 1 0 6.06
J Rheinecker 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.75
M Wood 1 2/3 6 3 3 1 0 1 4.20
W Littleton 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 3.41

WP - S Feldman. HBP - J Buck (by M Wood). Pitches-strikes: Z Greinke 82-55; J
Bale 41-27; J Peralta 22-16; K Loe 68-38; S Feldman 45-24; J Rheinecker 11-7; M
Wood 35-22; W Littleton 22-13. Ground balls-fly balls: Z Greinke 5-6; J Bale
3-3; J Peralta 2-2; K Loe 3-2; S Feldman 6-1; J Rheinecker 0-0; M Wood 3-1; W
Littleton 0-3. Batters faced: Z Greinke 20; J Bale 9; J Peralta 5; K Loe 17; S
Feldman 14; J Rheinecker 2; M Wood 12; W Littleton 6.

UMPIRES: HP--Ron Kulpa. 1B--Paul Emmel. 2B--Dan Iassogna. 3B--Angel Campos.

T--3:09. Att--19,214.
Weather: 79 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 5 mph, in from
right.</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at TEXAS

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
KANSAS CITY 8
TEXAS 1 FINAL</div>

 

Greinke, Gordon help Royals crown Rangers

<h3>KANSAS CITY 8, TEXAS 1</h3>ARLINGTON, Texas (Ticker) -- Zack Greinke threw five shutoutinnings and Alex Gordon went 3-for-6 with a career-high four RBIto lead the Kansas City Royals to an 8-1 win over the TexasRangers on Monday.


Grienke (6-5) allowed five hits but struck out four to notch hisfirst win since returning to the starting rotation. Greinke,who had a three-plus month stint in the bullpen, won for thefirst time as a starter since April 10.


Greinke has now pitched 12 consecutive scoreless innings.

Texas starter Kameron Loe took the loss, lasting only threeinnings and giving up two runs on five hits. He left the gamewith right elbow soreness and will be evaluated over the nextfew days.


Loe struggled with his control early, walking the first twobatters of the game. Two outs later, Loe walked Mark Teahen toload the bases. Gordon followed with a single up the middle toplate DeJesus and Mark Grudzielanek to give the Royals a 2-0lead.


With Scott Feldman on in relief of Loe to start the fourthinning, the Royals doubled their lead on a bunt single and astolen base by David DeJesus, followed by an RBI single by RossGload. Designated hitter Billy Butler followed with an infieldchopper that scored Grudzielanek from third.


Feldman lasted 2 2/3 innings, giving way to John Rheinecker inthe top of the sixth.


In the eighth, Gload hammered his seventh home run of the seasonoff of reliever Mike Wood.


After back-to-back hits by Butler and Teahen, Gordon belted atwo-run single to right field.


The Rangers scored their lone run in the bottom of the eighth.After Ian Kinsler tripled off reliever Joel Peralta, MichaelYoung followed with an RBI single to left.


The victory pulled the Royals (62-75) to within one win ofensuring that they would not suffer their third consecutive100-loss season.

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at TEXAS

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
KANSAS CITY (8) AT TEXAS (1) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

KANSAS CITY 1ST: D DeJesus walked. M Grudzielanek walked, D DeJesus to
second. R Gload grounded out to pitcher, D DeJesus to third, M Grudzielanek to
second. B Butler struck out swinging. M Teahen walked. A Gordon singled to
center, D DeJesus and M Grudzielanek scored, M Teahen to third. S Costa
walked, A Gordon to second. J Buck flied out to center. (2 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 2, TEXAS 0.

KANSAS CITY 4TH: S Feldman relieved K Loe. T Pena Jr grounded out to
second. D DeJesus reached on bunt single to pitcher. D DeJesus stole second.
M Grudzielanek walked. D DeJesus to third on wild pitch by S Feldman. R Gload
singled to right, D DeJesus scored, M Grudzielanek to third. B Butler grounded
out to shortstop, M Grudzielanek scored, R Gload to second. M Teahen struck
out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 4, TEXAS 0.

KANSAS CITY 8TH: M Grudzielanek grounded out to shortstop. R Gload homered
to right. B Butler reached on infield single to third. M Teahen doubled to
deep right center, B Butler to third. A Gordon singled to right, B Butler and
M Teahen scored, A Gordon thrown out at second attempting to advance on play.
J Gathright singled to center. J Buck hit by pitch, J Gathright to second.
T Pena Jr lined out to left. (3 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 7, TEXAS 0.

TEXAS 8TH: J Hairston Jr hit for R Vazquez. J Hairston Jr grounded out to
second. N Cruz hit for F Catalanotto. N Cruz struck out looking. I Kinsler
tripled to deep right center. J Peralta relieved J Bale. M Young singled to
left, I Kinsler scored. M Byrd grounded into fielder's choice to second,
M Young out at second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 7, TEXAS 1.

KANSAS CITY 9TH: N Cruz in right field. D Murphy in left field. G Quiroz
catching. J Hairston Jr at third base. W Littleton relieved M Wood. D DeJesus
flied out to center. M Grudzielanek walked. R Gload lined out to right.
B Butler singled to right, M Grudzielanek to second. M Teahen singled to center,
M Grudzielanek scored, B Butler to second. A Gordon flied out to right.
(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 8, TEXAS 1.</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at TEXAS

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
KANSAS CITY (8) AT TEXAS (1) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Kansas City Starting Lineups -- D DeJesus CF, M Grudzielanek 2B, R Gload 1B,
B Butler DH, M Teahen RF, A Gordon 3B, S Costa LF, J Buck C, T Pena Jr SS, Z
Greinke RHP.

Texas Starting Lineups -- F Catalanotto LF, I Kinsler 2B, M Young SS, M Byrd CF,
B Wilkerson 1B, D Murphy RF, H Blalock DH, J Saltalamacchia C, R Vazquez 3B,
K Loe RHP.

Umpires -- Ron Kulpa (HP), Paul Emmel (1B), Dan Iassogna (2B), Angel Campos (3B).

Gametime Weather: 79 degrees, Cloudy, wind in from right at 5 mph.


KANSAS CITY 1ST: D DeJesus walked. M Grudzielanek walked, D DeJesus to
second. R Gload grounded out to pitcher, D DeJesus to third, M Grudzielanek to
second. B Butler struck out swinging. M Teahen walked. A Gordon singled to
center, D DeJesus and M Grudzielanek scored, M Teahen to third. S Costa
walked, A Gordon to second. J Buck flied out to center. (2 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 2, TEXAS 0.

TEXAS 1ST: F Catalanotto struck out looking. I Kinsler grounded out to
second. M Young flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 2,
TEXAS 0.

KANSAS CITY 2ND: T Pena Jr grounded out to pitcher. D DeJesus grounded out
to shortstop. M Grudzielanek singled to left. R Gload reached on infield
single to shortstop, M Grudzielanek to second. B Butler struck out swinging.
(0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 2, TEXAS 0.

TEXAS 2ND: M Byrd grounded out to second. B Wilkerson doubled to deep
right. D Murphy grounded out to pitcher, B Wilkerson to third. H Blalock
fouled out to catcher. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 2, TEXAS 0.

KANSAS CITY 3RD: M Teahen singled to center. A Gordon lined into double
play, to first, M Teahen doubled off first. S Costa doubled to deep right
center. J Buck struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 2,
TEXAS 0.

TEXAS 3RD: J Saltalamacchia struck out swinging. R Vazquez singled to
left. F Catalanotto grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, R Vazquez out
at second. I Kinsler singled to left, F Catalanotto to second. M Young flied
out to right. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 2, TEXAS 0.

KANSAS CITY 4TH: S Feldman relieved K Loe. T Pena Jr grounded out to
second. D DeJesus reached on bunt single to pitcher. D DeJesus stole second.
M Grudzielanek walked. D DeJesus to third on wild pitch by S Feldman. R Gload
singled to right, D DeJesus scored, M Grudzielanek to third. B Butler grounded
out to shortstop, M Grudzielanek scored, R Gload to second. M Teahen struck
out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 4, TEXAS 0.

TEXAS 4TH: M Byrd struck out swinging. B Wilkerson flied out to left.
D Murphy singled to right. H Blalock fouled out to catcher. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 4, TEXAS 0.

KANSAS CITY 5TH: A Gordon singled to right. A Gordon stole second. S Costa
grounded out to second, A Gordon to third. J Buck grounded into fielder's
choice to pitcher, A Gordon out at home. T Pena Jr grounded out to first.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 4, TEXAS 0.

TEXAS 5TH: J Saltalamacchia grounded out to first. R Vazquez flied out to
right. F Catalanotto doubled to deep left. I Kinsler struck out swinging.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 4, TEXAS 0.

KANSAS CITY 6TH: D DeJesus walked. D DeJesus stole second. M Grudzielanek
lined out to second. R Gload grounded out to second, D DeJesus to third.
B Butler walked. J Rheinecker relieved S Feldman. M Teahen struck out swinging.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 4, TEXAS 0.

TEXAS 6TH: J Bale relieved Z Greinke. M Young flied out to right. M Byrd
popped out to shortstop. B Wilkerson struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 4, TEXAS 0.

KANSAS CITY 7TH: A Gordon struck out swinging. E Brown hit for S Costa.
M Wood relieved J Rheinecker. J Gathright hit for E Brown. J Gathright walked.
J Buck singled to left, J Gathright to second. T Pena Jr grounded out to
pitcher, J Gathright to third, J Buck to second. D DeJesus grounded out to
first. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 4, TEXAS 0.

TEXAS 7TH: J Gathright in left field. D Murphy grounded out to pitcher.
H Blalock grounded out to second. J Saltalamacchia lined out to shortstop.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 4, TEXAS 0.

KANSAS CITY 8TH: M Grudzielanek grounded out to shortstop. R Gload homered
to right. B Butler reached on infield single to third. M Teahen doubled to
deep right center, B Butler to third. A Gordon singled to right, B Butler and
M Teahen scored, A Gordon thrown out at second attempting to advance on play.
J Gathright singled to center. J Buck hit by pitch, J Gathright to second.
T Pena Jr lined out to left. (3 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 7, TEXAS 0.

TEXAS 8TH: J Hairston Jr hit for R Vazquez. J Hairston Jr grounded out to
second. N Cruz hit for F Catalanotto. N Cruz struck out looking. I Kinsler
tripled to deep right center. J Peralta relieved J Bale. M Young singled to
left, I Kinsler scored. M Byrd grounded into fielder's choice to second,
M Young out at second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 7, TEXAS 1.

KANSAS CITY 9TH: N Cruz in right field. D Murphy in left field. G Quiroz
catching. J Hairston Jr at third base. W Littleton relieved M Wood. D DeJesus
flied out to center. M Grudzielanek walked. R Gload lined out to right.
B Butler singled to right, M Grudzielanek to second. M Teahen singled to center,
M Grudzielanek scored, B Butler to second. A Gordon flied out to right.
(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 8, TEXAS 1.

TEXAS 9TH: E German at second base. B Wilkerson flied out to left.
D Murphy grounded out to first. H Blalock flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 8, TEXAS 1.</div>

 

Greinke, Gordon help Royals crown Rangers

<h3>KANSAS CITY 8, TEXAS 1</h3>ARLINGTON, Texas (Ticker) -- Zack Greinke threw five shutoutinnings and Alex Gordon went 3-for-6 with a career-high four RBIto lead the Kansas City Royals to an 8-1 win over the TexasRangers on Monday.


Grienke (6-5) allowed five hits but struck out four to notch hisfirst win since returning to the starting rotation. Greinke,who had a three-plus month stint in the bullpen, won for thefirst time as a starter since April 10.


Greinke has now pitched 12 consecutive scoreless innings.

"I was a little tired the last two innings, but I probably had acouple more bursts in me," Grienke said of his longest startingouting since May 1. "I've been happy with all of my starts sofar."


Texas starter Kameron Loe took the loss, lasting only threeinnings and giving up two runs on five hits. He left the gamewith right elbow soreness and will be evaluated over the nextfew days.


"I've been battling with (the elbow) my last couple of starts,"Loe said. "It would hurt off and on tonight. I might have tomiss another start, but hopefully not. I might just have topush it back a couple of days."


Loe struggled with his control early, walking the first twobatters of the game. Two outs later, Loe walked Mark Teahen toload the bases. Gordon followed with a single up the middle toplate DeJesus and Mark Grudzielanek to give the Royals a 2-0lead.


With Scott Feldman on in relief of Loe to start the fourthinning, the Royals doubled their lead on a bunt single and astolen base by David DeJesus, followed by an RBI single by RossGload. Designated hitter Billy Butler followed with an infieldchopper that scored Grudzielanek from third.


Feldman lasted 2 2/3 innings, giving way to John Rheinecker inthe top of the sixth.


In the eighth, Gload hammered his seventh home run of the seasonoff of reliever Mike Wood.


"I wouldn't say we're on a hitting tirade. This game's crazy.We almost had a perfect game pitched against us the othernight," Gload said. "We're just getting good at-bats right nowand guys are getting hits on the strikes they're seeing."

After back-to-back hits by Butler and Teahen, Gordon belted atwo-run single to right field.


"It's all about guys getting on in front of you," Gordon said ofhis career-high four-RBI night.


The Rangers scored their lone run in the bottom of the eighth.After Ian Kinsler tripled off reliever Joel Peralta, MichaelYoung followed with an RBI single to left.


The victory pulled the Royals (62-75) to within one win ofensuring that they would not suffer their third consecutive100-loss season.


"That was one of our better games in just about every aspect -defensively, hitting and it all starts with pitching," Royalsmanager Buddy Bell said. "(Greinke) is throwing good. Hehasn't given up a run. Maybe we should have done this sooner."