May 20, 1991 Seattle Mariners at Kansas City Royals Box Score and Play by Play

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BOS 3
MIL 0 CAL 6
CHW 3 CLE 3
NYY 1 DET 11
BAL 5 SEA 8
@KCR 6 TOR 1
@OAK 0 SDP 7
@ATL 3 HOU 4
LAD 1

Standings at end of play this day

Kauffman Stadium, Attendance: 27,088

Monday, May 20, 1991, (null)
Time of Game: 2:55

Mariners

23-15

Won 1

1st

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Mariners        0  2  3   0  0  0   0  1  2    8 10  0
Royals          2  0  2   1  1  0   0  0  0    6 11  1

W: R Swan (1-0), L: J Montgomery (1-2), S: M Jackson (4)

Royals

14-22

Lost 2

7th, 8 GB

BATTING

Seattle Mariners             AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
H Cotto RF                    0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .865         0   0   
  G Briley PH-RF-LF           5   1   1   0    0   1  .216  .558   20    1   0   
H Reynolds 2B                 4   1   1   0    1   0  .310  .742   17    4   4   CS
K Griffey CF                  4   1   1   1    1   0  .301  .798   22    2   0   
K Griffey LF                  3   2   3   0    2   0  .303  .829   27    1   0   2B
  J Buhner PR-RF              0   0   0   0    0   0  .208  .779         0   0   
E Martinez 3B                 5   2   1   0    0   1  .339  .955   14    1   3   
P O'Brien 1B                  3   1   1   2    0   0  .241  .703   10   14   0   SF
A Davis DH                    4   0   2   4    0   0  .193  .591   26    0   0   3B
O Vizquel SS                  4   0   0   0    0   1  .212  .560   12    0   5   
D Valle C                     3   0   0   0    1   1  .168  .527   18    4   0   

R DeLucia P                                                              0   0
  B Swift P                                                              0   1
  R Swan P                                                               0   1
  M Jackson P                                                            0   0
Totals                       35   8  10   7    5   4              166   27  14

BATTING

2B: K Griffey (5, off B Saberhagen).

3B: A Davis (1, off B Saberhagen).

SF: P O'Brien (2, off J Montgomery).

TB: K Griffey 4; A Davis 4; P O'Brien; K Griffey; G Briley; E Martinez; H Reynolds.

RBI: A Davis 4 (20); P O'Brien 2 (25); K Griffey (15).

2-out RBI: A Davis 2; P O'Brien; K Griffey.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 4 for 10.

FIELDING

DP: 2. E Martinez-H Reynolds-P O'Brien; O Vizquel-H Reynolds-P O'Brien.

BASERUNNING

CS: H Reynolds (3, 2nd base by B Saberhagen/M Macfarlane).

Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
B McRae CF                    5   1   1   0    0   0  .239  .650   11    3   0   3B
N Liriano 2B                  5   3   3   1    0   0  .409  .818   13    1   6   
J Eisenreich LF               4   0   2   0    1   0  .294  .702   21    0   0   
D Tartabull RF                3   1   1   2    1   1  .299  .815   15    0   0   HR
  G Thurman RF                0   0   0   0    0   0  .275  .726         1   0   
T Puhl DH                     4   0   1   2    0   0  .235  .585   17    0   0   
C Martinez 1B                 3   0   0   0    1   2  .189  .611   16   10   1   GDP,IW
M Macfarlane C                4   0   0   0    0   0  .255  .747   13    4   1   GDP
K Stillwell SS                4   0   2   0    0   0  .262  .636   13    1   2   
B Pecota 3B                   4   1   1   1    0   0  .288  .762   18    6   1   HR

B Saberhagen P                                                           0   1
  J Montgomery P                                                         1   0
Totals                       36   6  11   6    3   3              137   27  12

BATTING

3B: B McRae (2, off R DeLucia).

HR: B Pecota (2, off B Swift; 4th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep LF); D Tartabull (5, off R DeLucia; 1st inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep LF-CF).

IBB: C Martinez (2, by B Swift).

TB: B Pecota 4; D Tartabull 4; B McRae 3; N Liriano 3; J Eisenreich 2; K Stillwell 2; T Puhl.

GIDP: M Macfarlane (2); C Martinez (4).

RBI: D Tartabull 2 (20); T Puhl 2 (3); N Liriano (1); B Pecota (12).

2-out RBI: D Tartabull 2; B Pecota.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 2 for 8.

FIELDING

E: D Tartabull (3).

PITCHING

Seattle Mariners              IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
R DeLucia                      2.1   6   4   4    1   2   1   4.73   14   44-25   17· 2· 6    2· 4· 5· 0     30    -     1.08  -0.39
B Swift                        2.2   3   2   2    2   0   1   1.80   11   40-21   17· 3· 1    7· 2· 0· 0          2-0    1.42  -0.03
R Swan, W (1-0)                3     2   0   0    0   1   0   1.13   11   39-22   16· 0· 6    6· 4· 0· 0          0-0    1.22   0.20
M Jackson, S (4)               1     0   0   0    0   0   0   2.05    3   11-7     4· 0· 3    3· 0· 0· 0          0-0    1.31   0.09
Totals                         9    11   6   6    3   3   2          39  134-75   54· 5·16   18·10· 5· 0          2-0

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
B Saberhagen                   7     7   6   6    4   3   0   3.23   31  111-60   41· 3·16   10· 9· 5· 0     38    -     1.21  -0.23
J Montgomery, BS (1), L (1-2)  2     3   2   2    1   1   0   3.98   10   44-24   15· 4· 5    4· 2· 2· 0          1-1    2.03  -0.40
Totals                         9    10   8   8    5   4   0          41  155-84   56· 7·21   14·11· 7· 0          1-1

B Saberhagen faced 1 batter in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: R Swan (3); B Saberhagen (6); J Montgomery (2).

IBB: B Swift (1; C Martinez).

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - John Hirschbeck, 3B - Dave Phillips.

Time of Game: 2:55.

Attendance: 27,088.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 72° F, Wind 1mph out to Leftfield, Overcast, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Seattle Mariners              Kansas City Royals                   
1. H Cotto              RF    1. B McRae              CF 
2. H Reynolds           2B    2. N Liriano            2B 
3. K Griffey            CF    3. J Eisenreich         LF 
4. K Griffey            LF    4. D Tartabull          RF 
5. E Martinez           3B    5. T Puhl               DH 
6. P O'Brien            1B    6. C Martinez           1B 
7. A Davis              DH    7. M Macfarlane         C  
8. O Vizquel            SS    8. K Stillwell          SS 
9. D Valle              C     9. B Pecota             3B 

   R DeLucia            P        B Saberhagen         P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 9   2  6-6  1-3  2   33%  83% K Griffey       J Montgomery    Wild Pitch; Briley Scores; Reynolds to 3B
   b 1   2  0-0  1--  3  -19%  29% D Tartabull     R DeLucia       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Liriano Scores; Tartabull Scores
   t 3   2  2-3  1-3  4   18%  79% A Davis         B Saberhagen    Triple to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Martinez Scores; O'Brien Scores
   t 8   0  6-5  ---  5   15%  40% K Griffey       B Saberhagen    Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
   b 3   1  5-3  12-  4  -14%  49% T Puhl          R DeLucia       Single to SS (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B); Liriano Scores; Eisenreich to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Mariners Batting, Tied 0-0, Bret Saberhagen facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
                  Greg Briley pinch hits for Henry Cotto batting 1st
   O      ---  5   48%  G Briley        Popfly: 3B (Short 3B Line)
   O      ---  2   46%  H Reynolds      Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   45%  K Griffey       Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Royals 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Rich DeLucia facing 1-2-3
                  Greg Briley moves to RF
   O      ---  3   47%  B McRae         Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
          ---  4   45%  N Liriano       Single (Ground Ball to Weak 3B)
   O      1--  1   48%  J Eisenreich    Lineout: CF
   RR     1--  3   29%  D Tartabull     Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Liriano Scores; Tartabull Scores
   O      ---  5   30%  T Puhl          Lineout: CF
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Royals 2.

Top of the 2nd, Mariners Batting, Behind 0-2, Bret Saberhagen facing 4-5-6
          ---  4   34%  K Griffey       Single (Line Drive to Deep SS-3B Hole)
          1--  3   43%  E Martinez      Single (Line Drive to Weak 2B-1B); Griffey to 3B/Adv on E9
   O      1-3  1   37%  P O'Brien       Popfly: 3B
          1-3      39%  A Davis         Wild Pitch; Martinez to 2B
   RR     -23  6   50%  " "             Single to SS (Line Drive to Deep SS); Griffey Scores; Martinez Scores
   O      1--  1   47%  O Vizquel       Foul Popfly: 3B
          1--  5   49%  D Valle         Walk; Davis to 2B
   O      12-  4   45%  G Briley        Lineout: 3B (SS-3B Hole)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Mariners 2, Royals 2.

Bottom of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Tied 2-2, Rich DeLucia facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  4   47%  C Martinez      Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  1   49%  M Macfarlane    Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
          ---  2   48%  K Stillwell     Single to SS (Line Drive to SS-2B)
   O      1--  3   50%  B Pecota        Foul Popfly: C
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mariners 2, Royals 2.

Top of the 3rd, Mariners Batting, Tied 2-2, Bret Saberhagen facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  3   48%  H Reynolds      Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
          ---  4   50%  K Griffey       Walk
          1--  7   54%  " "             Walk; Griffey to 2B
   O      12-  1   50%  E Martinez      Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; Griffey to 3B; Martinez to 1B
   R      1-3  5   61%  P O'Brien       Single (Ground Ball to Deep SS-2B); Griffey Scores; Martinez to 3B
   RR     1-3  4   79%  A Davis         Triple to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Martinez Scores; O'Brien Scores
   O      --3  6   77%  O Vizquel       Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mariners 5, Royals 2.

Bottom of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Behind 2-5, Rich DeLucia facing 1-2-3
          ---  2   68%  B McRae         Triple to CF (Fly Ball)
   R      --3  1   63%  N Liriano       Single (Line Drive to 2B-1B); McRae Scores
          1--  7   56%  J Eisenreich    Walk; Liriano to 2B
   O      12-  4   63%  D Tartabull     Strikeout Swinging
   R      12-  4   49%  T Puhl          Single to SS (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B); Liriano Scores; Eisenreich to 3B
                  Bill Swift replaces Rich DeLucia pitching
   OO     1-3  3   63%  C Martinez      Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mariners 5, Royals 4.

Top of the 4th, Mariners Batting, Ahead 5-4, Bret Saberhagen facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  4   60%  D Valle         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   59%  G Briley        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5   60%  H Reynolds      Walk
   O      1--  6   58%  K Griffey       Reynolds Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mariners 5, Royals 4.

Bottom of the 4th, Royals Batting, Behind 4-5, Bill Swift facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  3   61%  M Macfarlane    Popfly: 2B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  4   63%  K Stillwell     Groundout: P-1B
   R      ---  3   49%  B Pecota        Inside-the-park Home Run to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Pecota Scores
   O      ---  2   50%  B McRae         Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mariners 5, Royals 5.

Top of the 5th, Mariners Batting, Tied 5-5, Bret Saberhagen facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  1   47%  K Griffey       Flyball: CF
          ---  5   50%  " "             Single to 2B (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B)
   O      1--  4   46%  E Martinez      Strikeout Looking
   O      1--  1   43%  P O'Brien       Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mariners 5, Royals 5.

Bottom of the 5th, Royals Batting, Tied 5-5, Bill Swift facing 2-3-4
          ---  3   39%  N Liriano       Single to SS (Ground Ball)
          1--  2   27%  J Eisenreich    Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Deep 2B); Liriano to 3B
          1-3  7   23%  D Tartabull     Walk; Eisenreich to 2B
   RO     123  5   21%  T Puhl          Groundout: 2B-1B (Weak SS-2B); Liriano Scores; Eisenreich to 3B; Tartabull to 2B
          -23  4   20%  C Martinez      Intentional Walk
   OO     123  4   34%  M Macfarlane    Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (SS-2B)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Mariners 5, Royals 6.

Top of the 6th, Mariners Batting, Behind 5-6, Bret Saberhagen facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  5   30%  A Davis         Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  1   27%  O Vizquel       Foul Popfly: 3B (3B-C Foul)
   O      ---  5   26%  D Valle         Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mariners 5, Royals 6.

Bottom of the 6th, Royals Batting, Ahead 6-5, Russ Swan facing 8-9-1
                  Russ Swan replaces Bill Swift pitching
   O      ---  4   28%  K Stillwell     Popfly: 2B
   O      ---  3   29%  B Pecota        Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  3   30%  B McRae         Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mariners 5, Royals 6.

Top of the 7th, Mariners Batting, Behind 5-6, Bret Saberhagen facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   26%  G Briley        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  4   23%  H Reynolds      Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
   O      ---  1   21%  K Griffey       Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mariners 5, Royals 6.

Bottom of the 7th, Royals Batting, Ahead 6-5, Russ Swan facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  1   23%  N Liriano       Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
          ---  5   21%  J Eisenreich    Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Deep SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  1   22%  D Tartabull     Groundout: P-1B; Eisenreich to 2B
   O      -2-  3   25%  T Puhl          Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 1B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mariners 5, Royals 6.

Top of the 8th, Mariners Batting, Behind 5-6, Bret Saberhagen facing 4-5-6
                  Gary Thurman replaces Danny Tartabull playing RF batting 4th
          ---  5   40%  K Griffey       Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
                  Jeff Montgomery replaces Bret Saberhagen pitching
   O      -2-  4   37%  E Martinez      Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B); Griffey to 3B
   RO     --3  3   42%  P O'Brien       Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep RF); Griffey Scores
   O      ---  8   39%  A Davis         Groundout: 1B-P
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mariners 6, Royals 6.

Bottom of the 8th, Royals Batting, Tied 6-6, Russ Swan facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  5   44%  C Martinez      Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  5   47%  M Macfarlane    Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  3   45%  K Stillwell     Single to 2B (Fly Ball to Deep SS-2B)
          1--      42%  B Pecota        Wild Pitch; Stillwell to 2B
   O      -2-  6   50%  " "             Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Mariners 6, Royals 6.

Top of the 9th, Mariners Batting, Tied 6-6, Jeff Montgomery facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  4   44%  O Vizquel       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   40%  D Valle         Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  5   43%  G Briley        Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  3   50%  H Reynolds      Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Deep 2B-1B); Briley to 3B
   R      1-3      83%  K Griffey       Wild Pitch; Briley Scores; Reynolds to 3B
   R      --3  5   92%  " "             Single to 2B (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B); Reynolds Scores
          1--  6   92%  " "             Walk; Griffey to 2B
                  Jay Buhner pinch runs for Ken Griffey batting 4th
   O      12-  2   91%  E Martinez      Flyball: CF
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Mariners 8, Royals 6.

Bottom of the 9th, Royals Batting, Behind 6-8, Mike Jackson facing 1-2-3
                  Mike Jackson replaces Russ Swan pitching; Greg Briley moves to LF; Jay Buhner moves to RF
   O      ---  1   96%  B McRae         Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  4   99%  N Liriano       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  6  100%  J Eisenreich    Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Mariners 8, Royals 6.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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