| Final - 9.3.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Rangers | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
| Kansas City Royals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
After seeing the ineffable Yu Darvish throw a flawless game to the first 17 Royals who came to the plate, the Royals feigned fire in the belly and staged a pseudo-comeback only to come up predictably short against the vastly superior Rangers.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| Texas Rangers | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Kinsler, 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .265 |
| Elvis Andrus, SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .298 |
| Josh Hamilton, CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .290 |
| Adrian Beltre, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .318 |
| Nelson Cruz, RF | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .264 |
| Michael Young, DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .267 |
| David Murphy, LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .324 |
| Geovany Soto, C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .233 |
| Mike Olt, 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 |
| Mitch Moreland, 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Totals | 36 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 10 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yu Darvish (W, 14-9) | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4.29 | 0 | 87-60 |
| Mike Adams (, 3-3) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.60 | 0 | 19-12 |
| Joe Nathan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.41 | 0 | 15-11 |
| Kansas City Royals | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Lough, RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .357 |
| Tony Abreu, SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .361 |
| Alex Gordon, LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .297 |
| Billy Butler, DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .309 |
| Mike Moustakas, 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .254 |
| Lorenzo Cain, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 |
| Eric Hosmer, 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 |
| Brayan Pena, C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .247 |
| Johnny Giavotella, 2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .228 |
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Chen (L, 10-11) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5.28 | 0 | 101-71 |
| Louis Coleman | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4.19 | 0 | 31-22 |
| Francisley Bueno | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.64 | 0 | 20-11 |
