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	Rangers rolled by Royals

Royals 8, Rangers 1

Kameron Loe threw 68 pitches over three innings Monday, 38 for strikes. (RM Otero/AP)

Young's RBI single

By Drew Davison / MLB.com

Starter Kameron Loe allowed a pair of runs over three innings before leaving with right elbow soreness and the bats had no answer for KC's Zack Greinke, collecting five hits off him over five innings. The Rangers got their run on a Michael Young single in the eighth.

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Series at a glance:

Mon. 09/03: KC 8, TEX 1
Tue. 09/04: TEX 9, KC 8
Wed. 09/05: TEX 3, KC 2

Kansas City (62-75)
Won 2

Kansas City 8, Texas 1

Texas (63-74)
Lost 1

September 3, 2007

	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

Standings thru 9/3/07 | Gameday | Royals Stats | Rangers Stats

Kansas City	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
DeJesus, CF	4	2	1	0	2	0	2	.269
Grudzielanek, 2B	3	3	1	0	3	0	1	.304
German, 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263
Gload, 1B	6	1	3	2	0	0	4	.304
Butler, DH	5	1	2	1	1	2	5	.302
Teahen, RF	5	1	3	1	1	2	3	.288
Gordon, 3B	6	0	3	4	0	1	3	.252
Costa, LF	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	.239
a-Brown, PH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245
b-Gathright, PH-LF	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	.320
Buck, C	4	0	1	0	0	1	5	.231
Pena, SS	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	.259
Totals	41	8	16	8	9	6	29
a-Batted for Costa in the 7th. b-Walked for Brown in the 7th.
BATTING 2B: Costa (6, Loe), Teahen (25, Wood). HR: Gload (7, 8th inning off Wood, 0 on, 1 out). TB: DeJesus; Grudzielanek; Gload 6; Butler 2; Teahen 4; Gordon 3; Costa 2; Gathright; Buck. RBI: Gordon 4 (54), Gload 2 (47), Butler (44), Teahen (53). 2-out RBI: Gordon 2; Teahen. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Buck 3; Butler; Teahen 2; DeJesus 2; Pena; Gordon. Team LOB: 16. BASERUNNING SB: DeJesus 2 (9, 2nd base off Feldman/Saltalamacchia, 2nd base off Feldman/Saltalamacchia), Gordon (14, 2nd base off Feldman/Saltalamacchia).

Texas	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Catalanotto, LF	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	.270
b-Cruz, PH-RF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.212
Kinsler, 2B	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	.267
Young, SS	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	.307
Byrd, CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.301
Wilkerson, 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.237
Murphy, RF-LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.395
Blalock, DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.283
Saltalamacchia, C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.271
Quiroz, C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Vazquez, 3B	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.237
a-Hairston, PH-3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192
Totals	34	1	7	1	0	6	8
a-Grounded out for Vazquez in the 8th. b-Struck out for Catalanotto in the 8th.
BATTING 2B: Wilkerson (16, Greinke), Catalanotto (19, Greinke). 3B: Kinsler (2, Bale). TB: Catalanotto 2; Kinsler 4; Young; Wilkerson 2; Murphy; Vazquez. RBI: Young (70). 2-out RBI: Young. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Blalock; Young; Kinsler. Team LOB: 6. FIELDING Outfield assists: Murphy (Gordon at 2nd base). DP: (Wilkerson).

Kansas City	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Greinke (W, 6-5)	5.0	5	0	0	0	4	0	3.87
Bale	2.2	1	1	1	0	2	0	4.18
Peralta	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.73

Texas	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Loe (L, 6-11)	3.0	5	2	2	4	3	0	5.36
Feldman	2.2	3	2	2	3	1	0	6.06
Rheinecker	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	5.75
Wood	1.2	6	3	3	1	0	1	4.20
Littleton	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	3.41

WP: Feldman.
HBP: Buck (by Wood).
Pitches-strikes: Greinke 82-55, Bale 41-27, Peralta 22-16, Loe 68-38, Feldman 45-24, Rheinecker 11-7, Wood 35-22, Littleton 22-13.
Ground outs-fly outs: Greinke 5-6, Bale 3-3, Peralta 2-2, Loe 3-3, Feldman 6-1, Rheinecker 0-0, Wood 3-1, Littleton 0-3.
Batters faced: Greinke 20, Bale 9, Peralta 5, Loe 17, Feldman 14, Rheinecker 2, Wood 12, Littleton 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Peralta 1-1, Rheinecker 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Ron Kulpa. 1B: Paul Emmel. 2B: Dan Iassogna. 3B: Angel Campos.
Weather: 79 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 5 mph, In from RF.
T: 3:09.
Att: 19,214.

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner

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