Kansas City Royals @ Baltimore Orioles

38-47, 19-26 Away

Final

44-40, 24-13 Home


KC
BAL

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

D. Cabrera6-4

9.0 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 2 K, 0 BB

G. Meche6-9

6.0 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 0 K, 2 BB

Royals Hitting

hitters
D. DeJesusLF
M. AvilesSS
A. Gordon3B
J. GuillenDH
M. Grudzielanek2B
M. TeahenRF
R. Gload1B
J. BuckC
J. GathrightCF
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	1	3	1	1	0	.323	.382	.496
4	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.321	.485
4	0	1	0	0	1	.262	.344	.432
4	0	1	0	0	0	.277	.301	.479
4	0	1	0	0	0	.306	.364	.401
4	0	0	0	0	1	.254	.326	.413
3	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.305	.327
3	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.324	.362
3	1	1	0	0	0	.250	.301	.268
33	2	7	1	1	2

Batting
HRD Dejesus (9, 1st inning off D Cabrera 0 on, 0 Out)
RBID DeJesus (42)
GIDPM Aviles
Team LOB4

Fielding
DP2 (M Aviles-M Grudzielanek-R Gload, M Grudzielanek-M Aviles-R Gload)
EM Teahen (3, bobble)
AssistsJ Gathright (R Hernandez at 3rd base)

Orioles Hitting

hitters
B. Roberts2B
N. MarkakisRF
A. Huff1B
R. HernándezC
L. ScottDH
M. Mora3B
J. PaytonLF
A. JonesCF
B. FaheySS
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
3	2	1	0	0	1	1	.298	.375	.491
4	2	2	1	0	0	0	.291	.393	.472
4	1	1	2	1	0	0	.277	.344	.505
4	0	3	1	0	0	0	.251	.295	.393
4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.275	.354	.516
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.227	.295	.383
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.294	.388
3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.273	.314	.386
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.222	.257
31	5	10	5	1	2	1

Batting
2BB Roberts (31, G Meche); N Markakis (21, G Meche)
HRA Huff (15, 1st inning off G Meche 1 on, 1 Out)
RBIA Huff 2 (49), L Scott (33), N Markakis (41), R Hernandez (32)
2Out RBIL Scott
GIDPB Fahey; L Scott
Team LOB4

Fielding
DP1 (B Fahey-B Roberts-A Huff)

Royals Pitching

pitchers
G. Meche(L,6-9)
H. Ramirez
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
6.0	9	5	4	2	0	1	89-60	4.74
2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	19-14	2.25
8.0	10	5	4	2	1	1	108-74

Pitching
Ground Balls-Fly BallsG Meche 9-8; H Ramirez 3-2
Game ScoresG Meche 34

Orioles Pitching

pitchers
D. Cabrera(W,6-4)
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
9.0	7	2	2	0	2	1	105-73	4.34
9.0	7	2	2	0	2	1	105-73

Pitching
WPD Cabrera
BKD Cabrera
Ground Balls-Fly BallsD Cabrera 15-10
Game ScoresD Cabrera 67

Scoring Summary

		KC	BAL
1st	D DeJesus homered to right.	1	0
1st	A Huff homered to right, B Roberts scored.	1	2
3rd	M Aviles grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, J Gathright scored, D DeJesus out at second.	2	2
3rd	L Scott singled to center, N Markakis scored, R Hernandez thrown out at third.	2	3
5th	N Markakis tripled to deep center, B Roberts scored.	2	4
5th	R Hernandez singled to left, N Markakis scored.	2	5

Royals
6
Orioles
5

Game 1

1/7

Royals
5
Orioles
7

Game 2

2/7

Royals
2
Orioles
5

Game 3

3/7

Royals
10
Orioles
7

Game 4

4/7

Oriole Park at Camden Yards

12:05 AM, 3 July 2008

Baltimore, Maryland

Attendance: 17,909

Game Time:2:16

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Mike Everitt
First Base Umpire - Mike Dimuro
Second Base Umpire - Mike Estabrook
Third Base Umpire - Larry Vanover

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

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Toronto	94	68	.580	-	W4
New York	94	68	.580	-	W8
Boston	89	73	.549	5	W1
Tampa Bay	77	85	.475	17	L4
Baltimore	75	87	.463	19	L3

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Kansas City Royals @ Baltimore Orioles

D. Cabrera6-4

G. Meche6-9

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