July 19, 2008 Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox Play by Play and Box Score

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LAA 4
BOS 2 BAL 11
DET 10
(10) KCR 9
@CHW 1 MIN 14
TEX 2 NYY 4
OAK 3
(12) CLE 9
@SEA 6 TBR 6
TOR 4 ARI 3
LAD 2 WSN 8
@ATL 2 CIN 7
NYM 2 COL 7
PIT 1 FLA 9
PHI 5 HOU 4
CHC 1 MIL 8
@SFG 5 STL 6
SDP 5

Standings at end of play this day

Comiskey Park II, Attendance: 36,566

Saturday, July 19, 2008, 7:05pm
Time of Game: 2:51

Royals

44-54

Won 1

4th, 11½ GB

Trey Hillman

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Royals          0  0  0   0  3  0   0  6  0    9  9  0
White Sox       0  0  0   0  0  1   0  0  0    1  2  1

W: G Meche (7-9), L: G Floyd (10-6)

White Sox

55-42

Lost 1

1st

Ozzie Guillen

BATTING

Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
M Teahen RF                   5   0   0   0    0   3  .249  .718   29    4   0   
M Aviles SS-2B                4   0   1   3    1   1  .309  .832   14    3   2   2B
D DeJesus LF                  4   1   1   0    1   1  .304  .827   26    1   0   SB,IW
B Butler DH                   5   1   2   3    0   0  .256  .674   13    0   0   HR
M Grudzielanek 2B             4   0   1   0    0   0  .307  .762   21    1   0   
  T Pena PR-SS                1   1   0   0    0   0  .154  .379    7    0   0   
A Gordon 3B                   3   1   1   0    2   1  .251  .743   21    1   1   2B,SB
R Gload 1B                    4   1   0   0    1   0  .267  .644   22    6   0   
J Buck C                      4   2   2   3    0   1  .251  .710   11    7   0   HR
J Gathright CF                3   2   1   0    1   0  .252  .574   10    4   0   SB

G Meche P                                                                0   0
  R Mahay P                                                              0   1
  R Ramirez P                                                            0   0
  H Ramirez P                                                            0   1
Totals                       37   9   9   9    6   7              174   27   5

BATTING

2B: M Aviles (13, off A Russell); A Gordon (23, off G Floyd).

HR: J Buck (6, off G Floyd; 5th inn, 1 on, 0 outs to Deep LF); B Butler (4, off N Masset; 8th inn, 1 on, 0 outs to Deep CF).

IBB: D DeJesus (1, by G Floyd).

TB: J Buck 5; B Butler 5; A Gordon 2; M Aviles 2; J Gathright; M Grudzielanek; D DeJesus.

RBI: J Buck 3 (31); B Butler 3 (26); M Aviles 3 (24).

2-out RBI: M Aviles 3; B Butler.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 3 for 13.

BASERUNNING

SB: J Gathright (20, 2nd base off G Floyd/A Pierzynski); D DeJesus (8, 3rd base off G Floyd/A Pierzynski); A Gordon (4, 3rd base off G Floyd/A Pierzynski).

Chicago White Sox            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
O Cabrera SS                  2   0   0   1    0   0  .267  .683   16    0   3   SF
  J Uribe PH-SS               1   0   0   0    0   0  .216  .611    2    1   0   
A Pierzynski C                3   0   0   0    0   2  .282  .741   12    6   1   
  B Anderson PH               1   0   0   0    0   1  .227  .675    4    0   0   
C Quentin LF                  2   0   0   0    1   0  .278  .908   10    2   0   
  D Wise LF                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .341  .949    1    0   0   
J Dye RF                      3   0   0   0    0   2  .305  .918   15    3   0   HBP
  T Hall PR                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .289  .709         0   0   
J Thome DH                    4   0   0   0    0   0  .249  .875   15    0   0   
P Konerko 1B                  3   0   0   0    0   0  .216  .686    9   12   1   
N Swisher CF                  2   0   0   0    1   2  .235  .750   17    0   0   
J Crede 3B                    3   0   1   0    0   0  .257  .796    7    1   0   2B
A Ramirez 2B                  3   1   1   0    0   0  .308  .787   13    1   5   3B

G Floyd P                                                                1   2
  B Logan P                                                              0   0
  N Masset P                                                             0   0
  A Russell P                                                            0   1
Totals                       28   1   2   1    2   7              121   27  13

BATTING

2B: J Crede (17, off G Meche).

3B: A Ramirez (1, off G Meche).

SF: O Cabrera (6, off G Meche).

HBP: J Dye (4, by H Ramirez).

TB: A Ramirez 3; J Crede 2.

RBI: O Cabrera (41).

Team LOB: 4.

With RISP: 0 for 3.

FIELDING

E: J Crede (19).

PITCHING

Kansas City Royals            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
G Meche, W (7-9)               6.1   2   1   1    1   6   0   4.55   22   91-59   38·10·11    2·10· 3· 0     70    -     0.96   0.25
R Mahay, H (15)                0.2   0   0   0    1   0   0   1.81    3   14-7     3· 0· 4    1· 0· 1· 0          1-0    1.32   0.09
R Ramirez                      1     0   0   0    0   0   0   2.76    3    8-6     4· 0· 2    1· 2· 0· 0          1-0    0.06   0.00
H Ramirez                      1     0   0   0    0   1   0   1.76    4    8-6     3· 2· 1    2· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.01   0.00
Totals                         9     2   1   1    2   7   0          32  121-78   48·12·18    6·12· 4· 0          2-0

Chicago White Sox             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
G Floyd, L (10-6)              6     4   3   1    3   6   1   3.52   26  100-66   41· 8·17   10· 4· 3· 0     59    -     1.00  -0.06
B Logan                        1     1   1   1    0   1   0   3.18    4   13-12    3· 1· 8    1· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.52   0.02
N Masset                       0     2   3   3    1   0   1   4.14    3   12-5     3· 0· 2    1· 1· 0· 0          1-1    0.35  -0.10
A Russell                      2     2   2   2    2   0   0   5.59   10   37-20   13· 2· 5    4· 4· 0· 0          2-2    0.12  -0.02
Totals                         9     9   9   7    6   7   2          43  162-103  60·11·32   16·10· 4· 0          3-3

R Mahay faced 1 batter in the 8th inning.
B Logan faced 1 batter in the 8th inning.
N Masset faced 3 batters in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: G Floyd (7); N Masset (2).

IBB: G Floyd (5; D DeJesus).

HBP: H Ramirez (1; J Dye).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Andy Fletcher, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Bob Davidson, 3B - Alfonso Marquez.

Time of Game: 2:51.

Attendance: 36,566.

Weather: 76° F, Wind 5mph out to Leftfield, Cloudy, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Kansas City Royals            Chicago White Sox                    
1. M Teahen             RF    1. O Cabrera            SS 
2. M Aviles             SS    2. A Pierzynski         C  
3. D DeJesus            LF    3. C Quentin            LF 
4. B Butler             DH    4. J Dye                RF 
5. M Grudzielanek       2B    5. J Thome              DH 
6. A Gordon             3B    6. P Konerko            1B 
7. R Gload              1B    7. N Swisher            CF 
8. J Buck               C     8. J Crede              3B 
9. J Gathright          CF    9. A Ramirez            2B 

   G Meche              P        G Floyd              P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 5   0  0-0  1--  2   20%  75% J Buck          G Floyd         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Gload Scores/unER
   t 8   0  1-3  1--  3    8%  96% B Butler        N Masset        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); DeJesus Scores
   t 5   2  0-2  1-3  1    8%  83% B Butler        G Floyd         Single to LF (Line Drive); Gathright Scores/unER; DeJesus to 2B
   b 7   0  3-1  ---  4   -7%  71% C Quentin       G Meche         Walk
   t 2   1  0-0  1-3  4   -7%  50% J Buck          G Floyd         Strikeout Swinging

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Gavin Floyd facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  5   48%  M Teahen        Strikeout Looking
          ---  4   50%  M Aviles        Walk
          1--      52%  D DeJesus       Wild Pitch; Aviles to 2B
   O      -2-  9   48%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  3   45%  B Butler        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0.

Bottom of the 1st, White Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Gil Meche facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  7   47%  O Cabrera       Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  3   49%  A Pierzynski    Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   50%  C Quentin       Lineout: RF (Short RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0.

Top of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Gavin Floyd facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  2   48%  M Grudzielanek  Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
          ---  4   52%  A Gordon        Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
          -2-      55%  R Gload         Gordon Steals 3B
          --3  6   57%  " "             Walk
   O      1-3  4   50%  J Buck          Strikeout Swinging
   O      1-3  1   45%  J Gathright     Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, White Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Gil Meche facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  6   47%  J Dye           Flyball: CF (Short CF)
   O      ---  3   49%  J Thome         Popfly: 3B (Deep SS)
   O      ---  3   50%  P Konerko       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0.

Top of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Gavin Floyd facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   47%  M Teahen        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   46%  M Aviles        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5   44%  D DeJesus       Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, White Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Gil Meche facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  5   47%  N Swisher       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  2   42%  J Crede         Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF)
   O      -2-  4   46%  A Ramirez       Popfly: 2B (Deep 1B)
   O      -2-  3   50%  O Cabrera       Popfly: SS (Deep SS-3B Hole)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0.

Top of the 4th, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Gavin Floyd facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  3   47%  B Butler        Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  6   45%  M Grudzielanek  Flyball: RF (CF-RF)
   O      ---  1   44%  A Gordon        Lineout: 3B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0.

Bottom of the 4th, White Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Gil Meche facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  6   47%  A Pierzynski    Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   49%  C Quentin       Popfly: 1B (Weak 2B-1B)
   O      ---  3   50%  J Dye           Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0.

Top of the 5th, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Gavin Floyd facing 7-8-9
          ---  3   55%  R Gload         Reached on E5 (Ground Ball to Weak SS)
   RR     1--  2   75%  J Buck          Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Gload Scores/unER
          ---  1   78%  J Gathright     Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--      80%  M Teahen        Gathright Steals 2B
   O      -2-  6   79%  " "             Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B); Gathright to 3B
   O      --3  4   74%  M Aviles        Strikeout Swinging
          --3  4   75%  D DeJesus       Intentional Walk
   R      1-3  1   83%  B Butler        Single to LF (Line Drive); Gathright Scores/unER; DeJesus to 2B
          12-      83%  M Grudzielanek  DeJesus Steals 3B
   O      1-3  6   80%  " "             Lineout: 1B (2B-1B)
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 0.

Bottom of the 5th, White Sox Batting, Behind 0-3, Gil Meche facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  5   83%  J Thome         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  3   85%  P Konerko       Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  6   86%  N Swisher       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 0.

Top of the 6th, Royals Batting, Ahead 3-0, Gavin Floyd facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  4   85%  A Gordon        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  8   84%  R Gload         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  2   83%  J Buck          Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 0.

Bottom of the 6th, White Sox Batting, Behind 0-3, Gil Meche facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  4   86%  J Crede         Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
          ---  4   79%  A Ramirez       Triple to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
   RO     --3  6   80%  O Cabrera       Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly (CF-RF); Ramirez Scores
   O      ---  3   81%  A Pierzynski    Popfly: SS (Deep 3B)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 1.

Top of the 7th, Royals Batting, Ahead 3-1, Boone Logan facing 9-1-2
                  Boone Logan replaces Gavin Floyd pitching
   O      ---  3   79%  J Gathright     Flyball: LF (Short LF)
   O      ---  4   78%  M Teahen        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   77%  M Aviles        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 1.

Bottom of the 7th, White Sox Batting, Behind 1-3, Gil Meche facing 3-4-5
          ---  4   71%  C Quentin       Walk
   O      1--  5   77%  J Dye           Strikeout Looking
                  Ron Mahay replaces Gil Meche pitching
   O      1--  5   81%  J Thome         Groundout: P-1B; Quentin to 2B
   O      -2-  3   86%  P Konerko       Lineout: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 1.

Top of the 8th, Royals Batting, Ahead 3-1, Boone Logan facing 3-4-5
          ---  3   88%  D DeJesus       Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
                  Nick Masset replaces Boone Logan pitching
   RR     1--  3   96%  B Butler        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); DeJesus Scores
          ---  4   97%  M Grudzielanek  Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--      97%  A Gordon        Wild Pitch; Grudzielanek to 2B
          -2-  5   98%  " "             Walk
                  Adam Russell replaces Nick Masset pitching; Tony Pena pinch runs for Mark Grudzielanek batting 5th
   O      12-  2   97%  R Gload         Flyball: LF (Short LF)
   R      12-  3   99%  J Buck          Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Pena Scores; Gordon to 3B
          1-3  5   99%  J Gathright     Walk; Buck to 2B
   O      123  4   98%  M Teahen        Popfly: 2B (2B-1B)
   RRR    123  2  100%  M Aviles        Double to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF Line); Gordon Scores; Buck Scores; Gathright Scores
   O      -2-  4  100%  D DeJesus       Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
                  6 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 9, White Sox 1.

Bottom of the 8th, White Sox Batting, Behind 1-9, Ron Mahay facing 7-8-9
                  Mike Aviles moves to 2B; Tony Pena moves to SS
          ---  6  100%  N Swisher       Walk
                  Ramon Ramirez replaces Ron Mahay pitching
   O      1--  1  100%  J Crede         Flyball: LF (Short LF)
   O      1--  5  100%  A Ramirez       Flyball: CF (Short CF)
                  Juan Uribe pinch hits for Orlando Cabrera batting 1st
   O      1--  2  100%  J Uribe         Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 9, White Sox 1.

Top of the 9th, Royals Batting, Ahead 9-1, Adam Russell facing 4-5-6
                  Juan Uribe moves to SS; Dewayne Wise replaces Carlos Quentin playing LF batting 3rd
   O      ---  3  100%  B Butler        Flyball: RF
   O      ---  7  100%  T Pena          Groundout: P-1B
          ---  6  100%  A Gordon        Walk
   O      1--  1  100%  R Gload         Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 9, White Sox 1.

Bottom of the 9th, White Sox Batting, Behind 1-9, Horacio Ramirez facing 2-3-4
                  Horacio Ramirez replaces Ramon Ramirez pitching; Brian N. Anderson pinch hits for A.J. Pierzynski batting 2nd
   O      ---  4  100%  B Anderson      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1  100%  D Wise          Groundout: 1B unassisted
          ---  1  100%  J Dye           Hit By Pitch
                  Toby Hall pinch runs for Jermaine Dye batting 4th
   O      1--  2  100%  J Thome         Groundout: P-1B (Front of Home)
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 9, White Sox 1.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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