Kansas City Royals @ Chicago White Sox

7-19, 5-7 Away

Final

19-7, 9-3 Home


KC
CWS

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

Royals Hitting

hitters
D. DeJesusCF
T. Graffanino2B
M. Sweeney1B
K. HarveyDH
E. MarreroLF
A. BerroaSS
E. BrownRF
aT. LongPH
J. BuckC
bM. StairsPH
M. Teahen3B
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.346	.415
4	1	1	0	0	1	.209	.312	.239
4	2	3	3	2	0	.311	.363	.563
4	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.455
4	1	1	1	1	2	.207	.250	.448
4	0	1	0	0	0	.248	.290	.347
3	0	1	0	0	0	.169	.258	.356
1	0	0	0	0	1	.239	.271	.373
2	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.243	.304
1	0	0	0	0	1	.255	.377	.510
3	0	1	0	0	1	.222	.300	.333
34	4	8	4	3	6

a-struck out swinging for E Brown in the 9th

b-struck out looking for J Buck in the 9th

Batting
2BE Brown (2, M Buehrle)
HRM Sweeney 2 (6, 1st inning off M Buehrle 1 on, 1 Out; 6th inning off M Buehrle 0 on, 1 Out); E Marrero (4, 6th inning off M Buehrle 0 on, 2 Out)
RBIM Sweeney 3 (22), E Marrero (7)
2Out RBIE Marrero
SHJ Buck
Team LOB4

Fielding
DP2 (A Berroa-M Sweeney, J Buck-T Graffanino)

White Sox Hitting

hitters
S. PodsednikLF
T. Iguchi2B
C. EverettDH
P. Konerko1B
A. RowandCF
J. DyeRF
A.J. PierzynskiC
J. Crede3B
J. UribeSS
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.253	.352	.267
4	2	4	2	1	0	0	.365	.398	.435
4	0	2	2	0	0	0	.289	.330	.489
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.202	.312	.457
4	1	1	1	1	0	1	.237	.308	.355
4	0	2	0	0	0	1	.190	.218	.333
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.261	.329	.348
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.282	.340	.424
3	1	1	0	0	0	1	.288	.316	.409
31	5	11	5	2	2	5

Batting
2BJ Dye (3, B Anderson); C Everett (6, A Sisco)
HRT Iguchi (1, 3rd inning off B Anderson 1 on, 2 Out); A Rowand (2, 7th inning off B Anderson 0 on, 0 Out)
RBIT Iguchi 2 (11), A Rowand (8), C Everett 2 (25)
2Out RBIT Iguchi 2
GIDPP Konerko
Team LOB4

Baserunning
CSC Everett (2, 2nd base by B Anderson); A Pierzynski (1, 2nd base by B Anderson2nd base by M Wood/J Buck)

Fielding
PBA Pierzynski

Royals Pitching

pitchers
B. Anderson
M. Wood(H,7)
A. Sisco(L,2-5; B, 5)
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
6.0	8	3	3	0	2	2	84-55	6.91
1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	12-5	4.32
1.0	3	2	2	1	2	0	25-14	1.89
8.0	11	5	5	2	5	2	121-74

Pitching
Ground Balls-Fly BallsB Anderson 7-7; M Wood 0-1; A Sisco 1-0
Game ScoresB Anderson 46

White Sox Pitching

pitchers
M. Buehrle(W,16-8)
S. Takatsu(S,8)
team

IP	H	R	ER	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
8.0	8	4	4	4	3	115-82	4.00
1.0	0	0	0	2	0	16-10	7.04
9.0	8	4	4	6	3	131-92

Pitching
IBBP Konerko (By A Sisco)
Ground Balls-Fly BallsM Buehrle 11-9; S Takatsu 0-1
Game ScoresM Buehrle 54

Scoring Summary

		KC	CWS
1st	M Sweeney homered to left, T Graffanino scored.	2	0
3rd	T Iguchi homered to left, J Uribe scored.	2	2
6th	M Sweeney homered to left.	3	2
6th	E Marrero homered to center.	4	2
7th	A Rowand homered to right.	4	2
8th	C Everett doubled to deep right center, S Podsednik and T Iguchi scored.	4	5

Royals
4
White Sox
5

Game 1

4/5

Royals
2
White Sox
4

Game 2

5/5

Royals
1
White Sox
2

Game 3

5/5

Rate Field

1:05 AM, 4 May 2005

Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 12,362

Game Time:2:13

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Marty Foster
First Base Umpire - Jim Joyce
Second Base Umpire - Laz Diaz
Third Base Umpire - Dana Demuth

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	88	74	.543	-	W2
Detroit	87	75	.537	1	L1
Kansas City	82	80	.506	6	W2
Minnesota	70	92	.432	18	L1
Chicago	60	102	.370	28	W1

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Kansas City Royals @ Chicago White Sox

M. Buehrle4-1

A. Sisco0-1

S. Takatsu7

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