Kansas City Royals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

31-41, 12-21 Away

Final

34-39, 20-13 Home


KC
PIT

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

Royals Hitting

hitters
D. DeJesusLF
M. MaierCF
aB. PenaPH
J. WrightP
B. Butler1B
J. GuillenRF
M. Teahen3B
A. Callaspo2B
M. OlivoC
Peña Jr.SS
cM. JacobsPH
G. MecheP
J. CruzP
bW. BloomquistPH-CF
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.242	.298	.400
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.233	.319	.340
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.364	.533
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
3	0	1	0	0	1	1	.283	.338	.442
4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.257	.339	.410
3	2	1	1	1	1	1	.285	.346	.453
4	1	1	1	0	0	0	.300	.353	.444
4	0	2	1	0	0	0	.257	.282	.509
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.088	.139	.118
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.226	.308	.421
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.326	.358
33	3	7	3	1	2	9

a-singled to right for M Maier in the 8th

b-grounded to shortstop for J Cruz in the 8th

c-struck out looking for T Pena Jr in the 9th

Batting
2BA Callaspo (19, V Vasquez); M Olivo (9, V Vasquez); J Guillen (8, V Vasquez)
HRM Teahen (9, 9th inning off M Capps 0 on, 2 Out)
RBIA Callaspo (27), M Olivo (30), M Teahen (27)
2Out RBIM Teahen
Team LOB5
Team RISP1-4 (M Olivo 1-1, T Pena 0-1, M Jacobs 0-1, M Teahen 0-1)

Pirates Hitting

hitters
A. McCutchenCF
N. MorganLF
F. Sanchez2B
A. LaRoche1B
B. MossRF
An. LaRoche3B
J. JaramilloC
J. WilsonSS
V. VasquezP
aE. HinskePH
S. JacksonP
S. BurnettP
M. CappsP
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
2	2	0	0	0	1	1	.323	.376	.505
4	1	2	2	1	0	0	.267	.345	.350
2	0	1	1	0	1	0	.314	.354	.481
4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.264	.360	.488
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.265	.315	.381
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.269	.344	.372
3	1	1	1	1	0	1	.277	.352	.431
3	1	1	1	1	0	0	.285	.312	.425
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.383	.386
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
28	5	6	5	3	3	7

a-flied out to right for V Vasquez in the 6th

Batting
HRN Morgan (2, 3rd inning off G Meche 1 on, 1 Out); J Jaramillo (3, 4th inning off G Meche 0 on, 1 Out); J Wilson (3, 6th inning off J Cruz 0 on, 2 Out)
RBIN Morgan 2 (27), J Jaramillo (18), F Sanchez (31), J Wilson (23)
2Out RBIJ Wilson
SFF Sanchez
Team LOB4
Team RISP1-2 (J Wilson 0-1, N Morgan 1-1)

Baserunning
CSN Morgan (8, 2nd base by G Meche/M Olivo)
SBA McCutchen (4, 2nd base off G Meche/M Olivo)

Fielding
DP1 (J Wilson-An LaRoche-F Sanchez)
EM Capps (1, catch)
AssistsB Moss (B Pena at 2nd base)

Royals Pitching

pitchers
G. Meche(L,4-7)
J. Cruz
J. Wright
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
5.0	5	4	4	3	3	2	84-47	4.27
2.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	27-18	5.23
1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	11-7	4.28
8.0	6	5	5	3	7	3	122-72

Pitching
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedG Meche 11-23; J Cruz 4-7; J Wright 1-3
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesG Meche 15-9-8-15; J Cruz 5-5-3-5; J Wright 1-1-4-1
Ground Balls-Fly BallsG Meche 6-5; J Cruz 0-4; J Wright 1-0
Game ScoresG Meche 41

Pirates Pitching

pitchers
V. Vasquez(W,1-0)
S. Jackson(H,2)
S. Burnett(H,6)
M. Capps(S,17)
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
6.0	4	2	2	2	7	0	99-66	3.00
1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	13-9	5.40
0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	9-5	3.13
1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	20-13	4.91
9.0	7	3	3	2	9	1	141-93

Pitching
HBPA McCutchen (By G Meche)
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedV Vasquez 15-23; S Jackson 2-4; S Burnett 1-2; M Capps 4-6
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesV Vasquez 16-10-27-13; S Jackson 6-0-0-3; S Burnett 1-0-2-2; M Capps 5-1-2-5
Ground Balls-Fly BallsV Vasquez 8-4; S Jackson 2-1; S Burnett 0-1; M Capps 2-0
Game ScoresV Vasquez 61

Scoring Summary

		KC	PIT
2nd	A Callaspo doubled to deep right, M Teahen scored.	1	0
2nd	M Olivo doubled to left, A Callaspo scored.	2	0
3rd	N Morgan homered to right, A McCutchen scored.	2	2
4th	J Jaramillo homered to right.	2	3
5th	F Sanchez hit sacrifice fly to center, A McCutchen scored.	2	4
6th	J Wilson homered to left.	2	5
9th	M Teahen homered to left center.	3	5

Royals
3
Pirates
5

Game 1

27/6

Royals
2
Pirates
6

Game 2

28/6

Royals
3
Pirates
2

Game 3

28/6

PNC Park

12:05 AM, 27 June 2009

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 18,458

Game Time:2:26

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Scott Barry
First Base Umpire - Phil Cuzzi
Second Base Umpire - Tom Hallion
Third Base Umpire - Jerry Crawford

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
Milwaukee	97	65	.599	-	W1
Chicago	92	70	.568	5	W3
Cincinnati	83	79	.512	14	L1
St. Louis	78	84	.481	19	L4
Pittsburgh	71	91	.438	26	L1

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Kansas City Royals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

V. Vasquez1-0

G. Meche4-7

M. Capps17

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