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Texas Rangers @ Kansas City Royals

1996-05-25 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 23668 · 69°F, night, dry · Wind 7 mph L to R · 2:16

Texas Rangers defeated Kansas City Royals 2–1. Rick Helling earned the win and Mike Henneman picked up the save. Ivan Rodriguez went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	8
KCA	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3

W: Rick Helling L: Chris Haney SV: Mike Henneman

Umpires — HP: Durwood Merrill · 1B: Dale Scott · 2B: Dave Phillips · 3B: Brian O'Nora · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Damon Buford	3	0	0	0	1	1
Mark McLemore	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ivan Rodriguez	4	1	2	1	0	1
Mickey Tettleton	4	0	2	0	0	0
Dean Palmer	4	0	0	0	0	2
Rene Gonzales	3	1	1	0	1	0
Lou Frazier	3	0	1	0	0	0
Rikkert Faneyte	2	0	1	1	0	0
Kevin Elster	3	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bip Roberts	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Goodwin	4	0	0	0	0	2
Keith Lockhart	3	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Vitiello	4	0	0	0	0	1
Michael Tucker	3	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Damon	3	1	2	0	0	0
Jose Offerman	1	0	0	0	2	0
Mike Macfarlane	3	0	1	1	0	0
David Howard	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Hamelin	1	0	0	0	0	1

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rick Helling	8.0	3	3	5
Mike Henneman	1.0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chris Haney	9.0	8	2	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Damon Buford: 63/G6
Mark McLemore: 43/G4M
Ivan Rodriguez: S6/G56
Mickey Tettleton: D7/L7D.1XH(762)

Bot 1

Bip Roberts: 43/G4
Tom Goodwin: K
Keith Lockhart: W
Joe Vitiello: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 2

Dean Palmer: 53/G56S
Rene Gonzales: W
Lou Frazier: 53/G5.1-2
Rikkert Faneyte: S7/L7S.2-H;BX2(754)

Bot 2

Michael Tucker: 7/F7M
Johnny Damon: S9/G34
Jose Offerman: W.1-2
Mike Macfarlane: D7/L5D.2-H;1XH(762);B-3
David Howard: K

Top 3

Kevin Elster: K
Damon Buford: W
Mark McLemore: POCS2(136)
Mark McLemore: 63/G6

Bot 3

Bip Roberts: 7/F78M
Tom Goodwin: K
Keith Lockhart: 8/F78D

Top 4

Ivan Rodriguez: HR/F89XD
Mickey Tettleton: 53/G5
Dean Palmer: K
Rene Gonzales: S8/L8LD
Lou Frazier: 8/F8RD

Bot 4

Joe Vitiello: K
Michael Tucker: 4/F89S
Johnny Damon: S4/G4M
Jose Offerman: 8/F89M

Top 5

Rikkert Faneyte: 9/L9M
Kevin Elster: 13/G13S
Damon Buford: K

Bot 5

Mike Macfarlane: 8/F89M
David Howard: 5/L5
Bip Roberts: 5/L5

Top 6

Mark McLemore: D7/G5L
Ivan Rodriguez: K
Mickey Tettleton: S7/L56.2-3
Dean Palmer: K
Rene Gonzales: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 6

Tom Goodwin: 5/F5DF
Keith Lockhart: 9/F89XD
Joe Vitiello: 53/G56

Top 7

Lou Frazier: S5/G25
Rikkert Faneyte: 14/SH/BG23.1-2
Kevin Elster: CS3(25)
Kevin Elster: 13/G13

Bot 7

Michael Tucker: K
Johnny Damon: 9/F9D
Jose Offerman: W
Mike Macfarlane: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 8

Damon Buford: 8/F78D
Mark McLemore: 63/G6
Ivan Rodriguez: 9/L89D

Bot 8

David Howard: 9/F9D
Bip Roberts: 63/G6M
Tom Goodwin: 6/L6

Top 9

Mickey Tettleton: 53/G56
Dean Palmer: 3/P3D
Rene Gonzales: 63/G6M

Bot 9

Keith Lockhart: 6/F5DF
Joe Vitiello: 53/G5S
Bob Hamelin: K