April 15, 2008 Kansas City Royals at Seattle Mariners Play by Play and Box Score

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TOR 11
@BAL 3 CHW 4
OAK 1 BOS 5
@CLE 3 DET 6
MIN 5 SEA 11
KCR 6 NYY 5
@TBR 3 LAA 7
@TEX 4 CHC 9
CIN 5 FLA 4
ATL 0 LAD 11
PIT 2 NYM 6
WSN 0 PHI 4
HOU 3 SDP 6
COL 0 ARI 8
@SFG 2 STL 6
MIL 1

Standings at end of play this day

Safeco Field, Attendance: 17,137

Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 6:40pm
Time of Game: 3:25

Royals

8-6

Lost 1

2nd, ½ GB

Trey Hillman

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Royals          1  0  0   3  0  2   0  0  0    6 12  0
Mariners        1  2  1   2  4  0   1  0  X   11 13  0

W: M Batista (1-2), L: J Bale (0-3)

Mariners

7-8

Won 1

3rd, 2 GB

Jim Riggleman

BATTING

Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D DeJesus CF                  3   1   2   1    1   0  .375  .775   22    3   0   
  J Gathright CF              1   0   0   0    0   0  .234  .515    5    0   0   
M Grudzielanek 2B             5   0   3   0    0   0  .341  .772   16    1   1   
M Teahen LF                   5   0   1   0    0   1  .269  .790   17    3   0   
B Butler DH                   3   1   0   1    1   0  .353  .904   25    0   0   SF,GDP
J Guillen RF                  4   1   1   0    0   0  .158  .414   16    3   0   2B
A Gordon 3B                   4   0   1   1    0   1  .304  .864   16    0   2   
R Gload 1B                    4   1   1   1    0   0  .326  .719   13    3   1   
J Buck C                      3   1   1   0    1   1  .225  .629   16    9   1   CS
T Pena SS                     4   1   2   2    0   1  .132  .308   18    2   1   2B,SB

J Bale P                                                                 0   1
  H Nomo P                                                               0   0
  R Mahay P                                                              0   0
  Y Yabuta P                                                             0   0
  J Gobble P                                                             0   0
  J Soria P                                                              0   0
Totals                       36   6  12   6    3   4              164   24   7

BATTING

2B: J Guillen (4, off M Batista); T Pena (1, off R Rowland-Smith).

SF: B Butler (1, off M Batista).

TB: T Pena 3; M Grudzielanek 3; D DeJesus 2; J Guillen 2; A Gordon; J Buck; M Teahen; R Gload.

GIDP: B Butler (1).

RBI: T Pena 2 (5); D DeJesus (2); B Butler (6); R Gload (4); A Gordon (8).

2-out RBI: T Pena 2; D DeJesus.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 3 for 10.

BASERUNNING

SB: T Pena (2, 2nd base off M Batista/K Johjima).

CS: J Buck (1, 2nd base by M Batista/K Johjima).

Seattle Mariners             AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
I Suzuki CF                   4   2   2   0    1   1  .286  .729   29    3   0   2B,SB
J Lopez 2B                    2   0   1   4    0   0  .315  .786   34    1   7   3·SF
R Ibanez LF                   5   0   1   1    0   3  .293 1.034   20    2   0   
A Beltre 3B                   5   1   2   0    0   1  .291  .823   13    0   3   2B,SB
J Vidro DH                    4   2   1   0    1   2  .204  .628   19    0   0   2B
R Sexson 1B                   3   2   0   0    2   2  .216  .767   25   13   1   
  M Cairo 1B                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .200         1   0   
K Johjima C                   4   2   3   2    0   0  .220  .582   11    4   1   2·2B
W Bloomquist RF               2   2   2   1    2   0  .500 1.167   19    0   0   CS
Y Betancourt SS               2   0   1   3    0   0  .294  .708    9    2   3   2B,2·SF

M Batista P                                                              1   0
  R Rowland-Smith P                                                      0   0
  S Green P                                                              0   0
  A Rhodes P                                                             0   0
  M Lowe P                                                               0   0
Totals                       31  11  13  11    6   9              179   27  15

BATTING

2B: A Beltre (4, off H Nomo); J Vidro (1, off J Bale); I Suzuki (3, off J Bale); Y Betancourt (4, off H Nomo); K Johjima 2 (3, off Y Yabuta, off R Mahay).

SF: Y Betancourt 2 (2, off J Bale, off R Mahay); J Lopez 3 (5, off J Bale, off H Nomo, off J Gobble).

TB: K Johjima 5; I Suzuki 3; A Beltre 3; Y Betancourt 2; J Vidro 2; W Bloomquist 2; R Ibanez; J Lopez.

RBI: J Lopez 4 (13); Y Betancourt 3 (5); K Johjima 2 (4); W Bloomquist (1); R Ibanez (14).

2-out RBI: J Lopez.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 5 for 15.

FIELDING

DP: 1. J Lopez-Y Betancourt-M Cairo.

BASERUNNING

SB: A Beltre (2, 3rd base off H Nomo/J Buck); I Suzuki (2, 3rd base off J Bale/J Buck).

CS: W Bloomquist (1, Pickoff (CS) 2nd base by J Bale).

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
J Bale, L (0-3)                3     7   5   5    1   3   0   7.63   16   64-42   23· 3·16    0· 6· 6· 0     27    -     1.02  -0.32
H Nomo                         1     3   4   4    2   1   0  13.50    8   29-16    9· 2· 5    0· 3· 2· 0          1-1    1.16  -0.25
R Mahay                        1     2   1   1    1   1   0   2.45    6   28-16   12· 3· 1    2· 1· 1· 0          3-3    0.42  -0.06
Y Yabuta                       1.1   1   1   1    1   2   0   1.93    6   18-13    7· 4· 2    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.16   0.01
J Gobble                       0.2   0   0   0    1   1   0   0.00    3   11-5     2· 2· 1    0· 1· 0· 0          2-1    0.23  -0.01
J Soria                        1     0   0   0    0   1   0   0.00    3   10-7     4· 1· 2    2· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.02   0.00
Totals                         8    13  11  11    6   9   0          42  160-99   57·15·27    6·12· 9· 0          6-5

Seattle Mariners              IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
M Batista, W (1-2)             5     7   4   4    2   1   0   6.35   23   84-51   35· 5·11   12· 3· 5· 0     36    -     1.26  -0.16
R Rowland-Smith                1     3   2   2    1   0   0   5.40    7   26-16    9· 3· 4    3· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.41  -0.02
S Green                        2     0   0   0    0   3   0   1.86    6   28-18    8· 6· 4    3· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.30   0.04
A Rhodes                       0.1   2   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    3   11-8     5· 0· 3    0· 0· 3· 0          0-0    0.15  -0.01
M Lowe                         0.2   0   0   0    0   0   0   2.70    1    7-4     3· 0· 1    1· 0· 0· 0          2-0    0.46   0.01
Totals                         9    12   6   6    3   4   0          40  156-97   60·14·23   19· 5· 9· 0          2-0

J Bale faced 1 batter in the 4th inning.
H Nomo faced 3 batters in the 5th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: J Bale (1); M Batista (1).

IBB: None.

PO: J Bale (1; W Bloomquist, 2nd base (CS)).

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Gerry Davis, 1B - Brian Gorman, 2B - Bruce Dreckman, 3B - Sam Holbrook.

Time of Game: 3:25.

Attendance: 17,137.

Weather: 47° F, Wind 1mph from Left to Right, In Dome.

LINEUPS

   Kansas City Royals            Seattle Mariners                     
1. D DeJesus            CF    1. I Suzuki             CF 
2. M Grudzielanek       2B    2. J Lopez              2B 
3. M Teahen             LF    3. R Ibanez             LF 
4. B Butler             DH    4. A Beltre             3B 
5. J Guillen            RF    5. J Vidro              DH 
6. A Gordon             3B    6. R Sexson             1B 
7. R Gload              1B    7. K Johjima            C  
8. J Buck               C     8. W Bloomquist         RF 
9. T Pena               SS    9. Y Betancourt         SS 

   J Bale               P        M Batista            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 4   0  4-4  12-  1   15%  82% Y Betancourt    H Nomo          Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Johjima Scores; Bloomquist to 3B
   b 2   1  1-1  12-  3   13%  72% W Bloomquist    J Bale          Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line); Vidro Scores; Sexson to 3B
   t 4   2  4-3  --3  7  -11%  53% T Pena          M Batista       Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak SS); Gload Scores
   t 4   0  4-1  1--  2  -11%  68% J Guillen       M Batista       Double to LF (Ground Ball); Butler to 3B
   t 4   1  4-3  1-3  3   10%  64% T Pena          M Batista       Buck Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Miguel Batista facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  5   46%  D DeJesus       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
          1--  3   41%  M Grudzielanek  Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); DeJesus to 2B
   O      12-  5   46%  M Teahen        Strikeout Swinging
          12-      41%  B Butler        Wild Pitch; DeJesus to 3B; Grudzielanek to 2B
   RO     -23  3   41%  " "             Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF); DeJesus Scores
   O      -2-  6   44%  J Guillen       Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Mariners 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Mariners Batting, Behind 0-1, John Bale facing 1-2-3
          ---  6   51%  I Suzuki        Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
          -2-      54%  J Lopez         Suzuki Steals 3B
   RO     --3  7   53%  " "             Lineout: LF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep LF); Suzuki Scores
   O      ---  3   51%  R Ibanez        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4   50%  A Beltre        Flyball: CF (Short CF)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Mariners 1.

Top of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Tied 1-1, Miguel Batista facing 6-7-8
          ---  3   46%  A Gordon        Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
   O      1--  3   50%  R Gload         Flyball: CF (Short LF-CF)
   O      1--  4   52%  J Buck          Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B); Gordon to 2B
   O      -2-  1   55%  T Pena          Lineout: 1B (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Mariners 1.

Bottom of the 2nd, Mariners Batting, Tied 1-1, John Bale facing 5-6-7
          ---  3   61%  J Vidro         Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
          -2-  5   64%  R Sexson        Walk
   O      12-  3   59%  K Johjima       Flyball: CF (LF-CF)
   R      12-  3   72%  W Bloomquist    Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line); Vidro Scores; Sexson to 3B
   RO     1-3  1   73%  Y Betancourt    Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF); Sexson Scores
   O      1--  4   72%  I Suzuki        Bloomquist Caught Stealing (PO) 2B (P-1B-SS)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Mariners 3.

Top of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Behind 1-3, Miguel Batista facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   74%  D DeJesus       Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  3   76%  M Grudzielanek  Lineout: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  2   77%  M Teahen        Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Mariners 3.

Bottom of the 3rd, Mariners Batting, Ahead 3-1, John Bale facing 1-2-3
          ---  4   79%  I Suzuki        Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF)
          1--      81%  J Lopez         Wild Pitch; Suzuki to 2B
   O      -2-  9   81%  " "             Foul Flyball: RF (RF Foul); Suzuki to 3B
   R      --3  2   85%  R Ibanez        Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Suzuki Scores
          1--  1   86%  A Beltre        Single to RF (Fly Ball to Short RF Line); Ibanez to 2B
   O      12-  4   84%  J Vidro         Strikeout Looking
   O      12-  5   82%  R Sexson        Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Mariners 4.

Top of the 4th, Royals Batting, Behind 1-4, Miguel Batista facing 4-5-6
          ---  4   78%  B Butler        Walk
          1--  2   68%  J Guillen       Double to LF (Ground Ball); Butler to 3B
   RO     -23  5   69%  A Gordon        Groundout: 1B-P; Butler Scores; Guillen to 3B
   R      --3  2   62%  R Gload         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Guillen Scores
          1--  1   54%  J Buck          Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF); Gload to 3B
   O      1-3      64%  T Pena          Buck Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B)
   R      --3  7   53%  " "             Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak SS); Gload Scores
          1--      52%  D DeJesus       Pena Steals 2B
          -2-  8   51%  " "             Walk
   O      12-  3   56%  M Grudzielanek  Groundout: 2B-1B
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Mariners 4.

Bottom of the 4th, Mariners Batting, Tied 4-4, John Bale facing 7-8-9
          ---  4   60%  K Johjima       Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF)
                  Hideo Nomo replaces John Bale pitching
          1--  4   67%  W Bloomquist    Single to RF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF); Johjima to 2B
   R      12-  1   82%  Y Betancourt    Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Johjima Scores; Bloomquist to 3B
   O      -23  5   77%  I Suzuki        Strikeout Swinging
   RO     -23  2   78%  J Lopez         Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly (CF-RF); Bloomquist Scores; Betancourt to 3B
   O      --3  6   76%  R Ibanez        Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Mariners 6.

Top of the 5th, Royals Batting, Behind 4-6, Miguel Batista facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  5   79%  M Teahen        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  1   81%  B Butler        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  6   82%  J Guillen       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Mariners 6.

Bottom of the 5th, Mariners Batting, Ahead 6-4, Hideo Nomo facing 4-5-6
          ---  1   86%  A Beltre        Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
          -2-  5   87%  J Vidro         Walk
          12-      89%  R Sexson        Beltre Steals 3B
          1-3  5   91%  " "             Walk; Vidro to 2B
                  Ron Mahay replaces Hideo Nomo pitching
   RR     123  3   97%  K Johjima       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Beltre Scores; Vidro Scores; Sexson to 3B
          -23  8   97%  W Bloomquist    Walk
   RO     123  4   97%  Y Betancourt    Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Sexson Scores; Johjima to 3B
   O      1-3  5   96%  I Suzuki        Fielder's Choice 3B; Johjima out at Hm/3B-C-SS; Bloomquist to 3B
   R      1-3  4   98%  J Lopez         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Bloomquist Scores; Suzuki to 3B
   O      1-3  4   98%  R Ibanez        Strikeout Swinging
                  4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Mariners 10.

Top of the 6th, Royals Batting, Behind 4-10, Ryan Rowland-Smith facing 6-7-8
                  Ryan Rowland-Smith replaces Miguel Batista pitching
   O      ---  1   98%  A Gordon        Flyball: CF (Short CF)
   O      ---  6   99%  R Gload         Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  6   98%  J Buck          Walk
   R      1--  3   97%  T Pena          Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Buck Scores
   R      -2-  4   94%  D DeJesus       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Pena Scores
          1--  3   92%  M Grudzielanek  Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF); DeJesus to 3B
   O      1-3  3   95%  M Teahen        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 6, Mariners 10.

Bottom of the 6th, Mariners Batting, Ahead 10-6, Yasuhiko Yabuta facing 4-5-6
                  Yasuhiko Yabuta replaces Ron Mahay pitching
   O      ---  3   95%  A Beltre        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  4   95%  J Vidro         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   94%  R Sexson        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Mariners 10.

Top of the 7th, Royals Batting, Behind 6-10, Sean Green facing 4-5-6
                  Sean Green replaces Ryan Rowland-Smith pitching
   O      ---  8   96%  B Butler        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  2   97%  J Guillen       Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  7   97%  A Gordon        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Mariners 10.

Bottom of the 7th, Mariners Batting, Ahead 10-6, Yasuhiko Yabuta facing 7-8-9
          ---  1   98%  K Johjima       Double to LF (Ground Ball)
          -2-  4   98%  W Bloomquist    Walk
   O      12-  3   98%  Y Betancourt    Popfly: 2B
                  Jimmy Gobble replaces Yasuhiko Yabuta pitching
          12-  5   98%  I Suzuki        Walk; Johjima to 3B; Bloomquist to 2B
   RO     123  1   99%  J Lopez         Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep LF-CF); Johjima Scores; Bloomquist to 3B
   O      1-3  5   98%  R Ibanez        Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 6, Mariners 11.

Top of the 8th, Royals Batting, Behind 6-11, Sean Green facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  2   99%  R Gload         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5   99%  J Buck          Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4  100%  T Pena          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Mariners 11.

Bottom of the 8th, Mariners Batting, Ahead 11-6, Joakim Soria facing 4-5-6
                  Joakim Soria replaces Jimmy Gobble pitching; Joey Gathright replaces David DeJesus playing CF batting 1st
   O      ---  4  100%  A Beltre        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   99%  J Vidro         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   99%  R Sexson        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Mariners 11.

Top of the 9th, Royals Batting, Behind 6-11, Arthur Rhodes facing 1-2-3
                  Arthur Rhodes replaces Sean Green pitching; Miguel Cairo replaces Richie Sexson playing 1B batting 6th
   O      ---  5  100%  J Gathright     Lineout: SS (Weak 3B)
          ---  4   99%  M Grudzielanek  Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF)
          1--  2   99%  M Teahen        Single to RF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF); Grudzielanek to 2B
                  Mark Lowe replaces Arthur Rhodes pitching
   OO     12-  7  100%  B Butler        Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
        0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Mariners 11.

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