April 5, 2004 Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals Play by Play and Box Score

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KCR 9
CHW 7 MIN 7
CLE 4
(11) OAK 5
TEX 4 DET 7
@TOR 0 CHC 7
@CIN 4 SFG 5
@HOU 4 SDP 8
@LAD 2 PIT 2
PHI 1 MIL 8
@STL 6

Standings at end of play this day

Kauffman Stadium, Attendance: 41,575

Monday, April 5, 2004, 2:10PM
Time of Game: 2:46

White Sox

0-1

Lost 1

4th, 1 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
White Sox       0  4  0   1  0  0   2  0  0    7 12  1
Royals          0  1  0   0  1  0   1  0  6    9 13  0

W: D Carrasco (1-0), L: D Marte (0-1)

Winning Run scored with 1 out

Royals

1-0

Won 1

1st

BATTING

Chicago White Sox            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
W Harris 2B                   4   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000   22    3   3   SH
J Valentin SS                 5   1   1   1    0   3  .200  .600   30    1   3   2B
M Ordonez RF                  4   0   1   1    0   0  .250  .500   14    5   0   
F Thomas DH                   3   1   1   0    1   1  .333  .833   18    0   0   
C Lee LF                      4   2   2   1    0   1  .500 1.750   14    2   0   HR
P Konerko 1B                  4   1   3   2    0   0  .750 1.750   17    9   0   2B,SB
J Crede 3B                    4   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000   13    0   4   
A Rowand CF                   4   1   1   0    0   1  .250  .500   26    1   0   GDP
S Alomar C                    4   1   3   2    0   0  .750 2.250    7    4   1   HR

M Buehrle P                                                              0   1
  C Politte P                                                            0   0
  B Koch P                                                               0   0
  D Marte P                                                              0   0
Totals                       36   7  12   7    1   7              161   25  12

BATTING

2B: J Valentin (1, off S Camp); P Konerko (1, off B Anderson).

HR: C Lee (1, off B Anderson; 4th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF-CF); S Alomar (1, off B Anderson; 2nd inn, 1 on, 2 outs to LF).

SH: W Harris (1, off B Anderson).

TB: S Alomar 6; C Lee 5; P Konerko 4; J Valentin 2; F Thomas; M Ordonez; A Rowand.

GIDP: A Rowand (1).

RBI: S Alomar 2 (2); P Konerko 2 (2); J Valentin (1); C Lee (1); M Ordonez (1).

2-out RBI: S Alomar 2; M Ordonez; J Valentin.

Team LOB: 4.

With RISP: 4 for 10.

FIELDING

DP: 3. J Valentin-W Harris-P Konerko; J Crede-W Harris-P Konerko; M Buehrle-J Valentin-P Konerko.

PB: S Alomar (1).

E: M Buehrle ().

BASERUNNING

SB: P Konerko (1, 2nd base off N Field/B Santiago).

Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
A Berroa SS                   5   1   1   0    0   1  .200  .400   23    1   3   GDP
C Beltran CF                  5   1   2   2    0   0  .400 1.400   20    1   0   HR
M Sweeney 1B                  4   0   1   0    0   1  .250  .750   14   11   0   2B
J Gonzalez RF                 4   1   2   0    0   0  .500 1.000   13    2   0   GDP
J Randa 3B                    3   2   1   0    1   0  .333  .833   16    0   3   GDP
K Harvey DH                   3   1   1   0    1   0  .333  .833   12    0   0   
B Santiago C                  4   2   2   3    0   0  .500 2.000   21    7   1   HR,2B
A Guiel LF                    4   0   1   1    0   1  .250  .500   13    1   0   
D Relaford 2B                 1   0   1   0    0   0 1.000 2.000    2    0   2   
  T Graffanino PR-2B          1   0   0   0    1   1  .000  .500   13    4   1   
  M Stairs PH                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  M Lopez PH                  1   1   1   3    0   0 1.000 5.000    5    0   0   HR

B Anderson P                                                             0   1
  S Camp P                                                               0   0
  N Field P                                                              0   0
  D Carrasco P                                                           0   1
Totals                       35   9  13   9    3   4              152   27  12

BATTING

2B: B Santiago (1, off B Koch); M Sweeney (1, off C Politte).

HR: B Santiago (1, off M Buehrle; 5th inn, 0 on, 1 out to LF-CF); C Beltran (1, off D Marte; 9th inn, 1 on, 1 out to LF); M Lopez (1, off D Marte; 9th inn, 2 on, 1 out to CF).

TB: B Santiago 6; C Beltran 5; M Lopez 4; J Gonzalez 2; M Sweeney 2; A Guiel; A Berroa; J Randa; D Relaford; K Harvey.

GIDP: A Berroa (1); J Gonzalez (1); J Randa (1).

RBI: M Lopez 3 (3); B Santiago 3 (3); C Beltran 2 (2); A Guiel (1).

2-out RBI: A Guiel.

Team LOB: 4.

With RISP: 3 for 7.

FIELDING

DP: 2. B Anderson-A Berroa-M Sweeney; M Sweeney.

PITCHING

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
M Buehrle                      6.2   8   3   2    1   1   1   2.70   26   93-57   38· 2·17   11· 7· 6· 0     48    -     0.87   0.17
C Politte                      1.1   1   2   2    2   2   0  13.50    7   30-16    6· 3· 7    1· 1· 1· 0          1-0    0.60  -0.02
B Koch, H (1)                  0.1   1   1   1    0   1   0  27.00    2   10-7     4· 1· 2    0· 0· 1· 0          2-1    2.74  -0.05
D Marte, BS (1), L (0-1)       0     3   3   3    0   0   2    inf    3   17-9     4· 0· 5    0· 2· 1· 0          2-2    2.56  -0.85
Totals                         8.1  13   9   8    3   4   3          38  150-89   52· 6·31   12·10· 9· 0          5-3

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 Anderson                     5     7   5   5    0   5   2   9.00   21   94-55   34· 8·13    8· 5· 3· 0     38    -     0.69  -0.23
S Camp                         2     4   2   2    1   0   0   9.00   10   34-23   14· 2· 7    4· 1· 4· 0          0-0    0.49  -0.04
N Field                        1     1   0   0    0   2   0   0.00    4   17-12    6· 3· 3    0· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.18   0.01
D Carrasco, W (1-0)            1     0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    3   11-6     3· 0· 3    3· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.06   0.00
Totals                         9    12   7   7    1   7   2          38  156-96   57·13·26   15· 7· 8· 0           -

C Politte faced 2 batters in the 9th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Ed Montague, 1B - Jerry Layne, 2B - Jerry Meals, 3B - Paul Schrieber.

Time of Game: 2:46.

Attendance: 41,575.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 65° F, Wind 12mph from Right to Left, Cloudy.

LINEUPS

   Chicago White Sox             Kansas City Royals                   
1. W Harris             2B    1. A Berroa             SS 
2. J Valentin           SS    2. C Beltran            CF 
3. M Ordonez            RF    3. M Sweeney            1B 
4. F Thomas             DH    4. J Gonzalez           RF 
5. C Lee                LF    5. J Randa              3B 
6. P Konerko            1B    6. K Harvey             DH 
7. J Crede              3B    7. B Santiago           C  
8. A Rowand             CF    8. A Guiel              LF 
9. S Alomar             C     9. D Relaford           2B 

   M Buehrle            P        B Anderson           P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 9   1  7-4  -23  5   44%  59% M Lopez         D Marte         Home Run (Fly Ball); Harvey Scores; Santiago Scores
   b 9   1  7-7  1--  5   35% 100% C Beltran       D Marte         Home Run (Fly Ball); Berroa Scores
   t 2   0  0-0  12-  2  -14%  27% P Konerko       B Anderson      Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Thomas Scores; Lee Scores
   b 9   0  7-3  12-  6   14%  23% B Santiago      B Koch          Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Randa Scores; Harvey to 3B
   t 2   2  0-2  --3  2  -13%  19% S Alomar        B Anderson      Home Run (Fly Ball); Konerko Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, White Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Brian Anderson facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  5   52%  W Harris        Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  5   54%  J Valentin      Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  3   55%  M Ordonez       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Mark Buehrle facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   53%  A Berroa        Groundout: C-1B (Front of Home)
   O      ---  3   51%  C Beltran       Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  4   50%  M Sweeney       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0.

Top of the 2nd, White Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Brian Anderson facing 4-5-6
          ---  3   46%  F Thomas        Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--  1   41%  C Lee           Single to LF (Line Drive); Thomas to 2B
   RR     12-  2   27%  P Konerko       Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Thomas Scores; Lee Scores
   O      -2-  6   30%  J Crede         Strikeout Looking
   O      -2-  6   33%  A Rowand        Groundout: 2B-1B; Konerko to 3B
   RR     --3  2   19%  S Alomar        Home Run (Fly Ball); Konerko Scores
   O      ---  4   20%  W Harris        Flyball: LF
                  4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Royals 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Behind 0-4, Mark Buehrle facing 4-5-6
          ---  5   23%  J Gonzalez      Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   20%  J Randa         Lineout: RF
          1--  1   27%  K Harvey        Single to P (Ground Ball); Gonzalez to 3B; Harvey to 2B/Adv on E1 (throw)
   RO     -23  5   24%  B Santiago      Fielder's Choice SS; Gonzalez Scores/unER; Harvey out at 3B/SS-3B-2B
   O      1--  4   22%  A Guiel         Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. White Sox 4, Royals 1.

Top of the 3rd, White Sox Batting, Ahead 4-1, Brian Anderson facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  9   24%  J Valentin      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   25%  M Ordonez       Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  9   25%  F Thomas        Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Royals 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Behind 1-4, Mark Buehrle facing 9-1-2
          ---  2   29%  D Relaford      Single to LF (Ground Ball thru LF Line)
                  Tony Graffanino pinch runs for Desi Relaford batting 9th
   OO     1--  3   21%  A Berroa        Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B
   O      ---  2   20%  C Beltran       Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Royals 1.

Top of the 4th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 4-1, Brian Anderson facing 5-6-7
                  Tony Graffanino moves to 2B
   R      ---  4   14%  C Lee           Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
          ---  6   12%  P Konerko       Single to CF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  4   14%  J Crede         Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   OO     1--  4   16%  A Rowand        Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 5, Royals 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Royals Batting, Behind 1-5, Mark Buehrle facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  6   14%  M Sweeney       Flyball: CF
          ---  5   16%  J Gonzalez      Single to CF (Line Drive)
   OO     1--  3   12%  J Randa         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 5, Royals 1.

Top of the 5th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 5-1, Brian Anderson facing 9-1-2
          ---  2   10%  S Alomar        Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  4   11%  W Harris        Bunt Groundout: C-2B/Sacrifice (Front of Home); Alomar to 2B
   O      -2-  6   12%  J Valentin      Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  5   14%  M Ordonez       Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Royals 1.

Bottom of the 5th, Royals Batting, Behind 1-5, Mark Buehrle facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  2   12%  K Harvey        Groundout: 3B-1B
   R      ---  8   18%  B Santiago      Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
   O      ---  3   16%  A Guiel         Groundout: 1B unassisted
          ---  6   18%  T Graffanino    Walk
   O      1--  5   15%  A Berroa        Lineout: LF (Deep LF)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Royals 2.

Top of the 6th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 5-2, Shawn Camp facing 4-5-6
                  Shawn Camp replaces Brian Anderson pitching
          ---  5   13%  F Thomas        Walk
   O      1--  5   15%  C Lee           Popfly: 2B
   O      1--  4   17%  P Konerko       Lineout: RF
   O      1--  2   18%  J Crede         Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Royals 2.

Bottom of the 6th, Royals Batting, Behind 2-5, Mark Buehrle facing 2-3-4
          ---  6   23%  C Beltran       Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  1   18%  M Sweeney       Flyball: RF (CF-RF)
   OO     1--  1   12%  J Gonzalez      Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 5, Royals 2.

Top of the 7th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 5-2, Shawn Camp facing 8-9-1
          ---  4   10%  A Rowand        Single to LF (Ground Ball)
          1--  1    6%  S Alomar        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru CF-RF); Rowand to 3B
   OO     1-3  4   12%  W Harris        Line Drive Double Play: 1B unassisted; Alomar out at 1B/1B
   R      --3  6    7%  J Valentin      Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Rowand Scores
   R      -2-  2    4%  M Ordonez       Single to LF (Line Drive); Valentin Scores
   O      1--  1    5%  F Thomas        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. White Sox 7, Royals 2.

Bottom of the 7th, Royals Batting, Behind 2-7, Mark Buehrle facing 5-6-7
          ---  4    7%  J Randa         Single to SS (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  3    5%  K Harvey        Groundout: 2B-1B; Randa to 2B
   O      -2-  2    3%  B Santiago      Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
   R      -2-  2    6%  A Guiel         Single to CF (Line Drive); Randa Scores
                  Cliff Politte replaces Mark Buehrle pitching
   O      1--  7    4%  T Graffanino    Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. White Sox 7, Royals 3.

Top of the 8th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 7-3, Nate Field facing 5-6-7
                  Nate Field replaces Shawn Camp pitching
   O      ---  4    5%  C Lee           Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5    4%  P Konerko       Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF)
   O      1--  1    5%  J Crede         Flyball: RF (CF-RF)
          1--       5%  A Rowand        Konerko Steals 2B
   O      -2-  7    5%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. White Sox 7, Royals 3.

Bottom of the 8th, Royals Batting, Behind 3-7, Cliff Politte facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4    3%  A Berroa        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4    2%  C Beltran       Flyball: RF
          ---  3    3%  M Sweeney       Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
   O      -2-  2    2%  J Gonzalez      Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. White Sox 7, Royals 3.

Top of the 9th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 7-3, D.J. Carrasco facing 9-1-2
                  D.J. Carrasco replaces Nate Field pitching
   O      ---  2    2%  S Alomar        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  5    2%  W Harris        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  4    2%  J Valentin      Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 7, Royals 3.

Bottom of the 9th, Royals Batting, Behind 3-7, Cliff Politte facing 5-6-7
          ---  6    5%  J Randa         Walk
          1--       5%  K Harvey        Passed Ball; Randa to 2B
          -2-  4   10%  " "             Walk
                  Billy Koch replaces Cliff Politte pitching
   R      12-  6   23%  B Santiago      Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Randa Scores; Harvey to 3B
   O      -23  4   15%  A Guiel         Strikeout Swinging
                  Damaso Marte replaces Billy Koch pitching; Matt Stairs pinch hits for Tony Graffanino batting 9th; Mendy Lopez pinch hits for Matt Stairs batting 9th
   RRR    -23  5   59%  M Lopez         Home Run (Fly Ball); Harvey Scores; Santiago Scores
          ---  7   65%  A Berroa        Single to LF (Line Drive)
   RR     1--  5  100%  C Beltran       Home Run (Fly Ball); Berroa Scores
        6 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. White Sox 7, Royals 9.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation