Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 6, Texas 5
When: 2:10 PM ET, Thursday, June 12, 2008
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 84°
Umpires: Home - Mike DiMuro, 1B - Larry Vanover, 2B - Mike Everitt, 3B - Tim McClelland
Attendance: 15515
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 84°
Umpires: Home - Mike DiMuro, 1B - Larry Vanover, 2B - Mike Everitt, 3B - Tim McClelland
Attendance: 15515
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Texas | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| Kansas City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
Team Records
| Team | W/L | Home | Away | Streak |
| Texas | 34-34 | 17-16 | 17-18 | L1 |
| Kansas City | 26-41 | 13-18 | 13-23 | W1 |
Recap Quick Hits
- With this win, the Kansas City Royals have a 13-18 record at home this season. The Texas Rangers have a 17-18 record on the road.
- Kansas City has a streak of 1 straight up win. The Royals have won 3 of their last 10 games.
- Texas has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Rangers have won 5 of their last 10 games.
- Ron Mahay pitched 0.2 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 2.48. Joakim Soria closed out the game to get the save and has 15 saves for the season. Frank Francisco took the loss for Texas.
- Alex Gordon, Mike Aviles hit homeruns for Kansas City. Ian Kinsler, German Duran hit homeruns for Texas.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Texas | Kansas City | |
| Eric Hurley | Player | Brian Bannister |
| Loss | W/L | Loss |
| 6.0 | IP | 7.0 |
| 3 | Strikeouts | 4 |
| 6 | Hits | 6 |
| 6.00 | ERA | 5.14 |
Hitting
| Texas | Kansas City | |
| Josh Hamilton | Player | Alex Gordon |
| 2 | Hits | 2 |
| 0 | RBI | 2 |
| 0 | HR | 1 |
| 4 | TB | 6 |
| .500 | Avg | .500 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| Texas | 7 | 2 | 16 | .212 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kansas City | 8 | 2 | 16 | .258 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |