Kansas City Royals @ Seattle Mariners

49-79, 23-38 Away

Final

67-62, 36-28 Home


KC
SEA

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

Royals Hitting

hitters
D. DeJesusLF
M. MaierRF
B. Butler1B
M. JacobsDH
A. Callaspo2B
M. Teahen3B
M. OlivoC
Y. BetancourtSS
J. AndersonCF
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.275	.345	.437
4	1	1	2	1	0	2	.241	.321	.354
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.347	.474
4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.233	.304	.417
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.343	.422
4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.279	.333	.420
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.241	.273	.470
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.237	.266	.346
3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.244	.281	.300
33	3	6	3	1	1	7

Batting
2BD DeJesus (25, F Hernandez)
HRM Maier (2, 5th inning off F Hernandez 1 on, 2 Out)
RBID DeJesus (62), M Maier 2 (21)
2Out RBIM Maier 2
Team LOB4
Team RISP1-5 (Y Betancourt 0-1, M Maier 0-1, M Jacobs 0-1, D DeJesus 1-1, B Butler 0-1)

Baserunning
SBM Teahen (7, 2nd base off F Hernandez/R Johnson); J Anderson (16, 2nd base off F Hernandez/R Johnson)

Fielding
EM Teahen (12, ground ball); B Butler (9, catch)

Mariners Hitting

hitters
F. GutierrezCF
J. Hannahan3B-1B
J. Lopez2B
R. Branyan1B
M. SaundersLF
M. SweeneyDH
B. HallRF-3B
J. WilsonSS
R. LangerhansLF-RF
R. JohnsonC
team

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
3	1	0	0	1	1	.290	.350	.429
4	1	1	0	0	2	.214	.304	.319
4	0	1	0	0	0	.271	.301	.461
2	1	1	0	0	1	.251	.347	.520
1	0	0	0	1	0	.230	.280	.264
3	2	2	1	1	0	.261	.317	.417
4	1	1	1	0	1	.308	.333	.423
4	0	1	3	0	0	.318	.348	.568
4	0	0	0	0	2	.211	.305	.400
4	0	0	0	0	1	.226	.296	.336
33	6	7	5	3	8

Batting
2BB Hall (3, B Bannister)
RBIB Hall (5), J Wilson 3 (8), M Sweeney (24)
2Out RBIM Sweeney
Team LOB6
Team RISP1-6 (B Hall 0-2, J Lopez 0-1, J Wilson 1-2, J Hannahan 0-1)

Baserunning
SBF Gutierrez (11, 2nd base off B Bannister/M Olivo)

Royals Pitching

pitchers
B. Bannister(L,7-11)
K. Farnsworth
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
6.2	7	6	5	2	6	119-78	4.60
1.1	0	0	0	1	2	21-12	5.40
8.0	7	6	5	3	8	140-90

Pitching
WPB Bannister 2
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedB Bannister 19-31; K Farnsworth 3-5
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesB Bannister 21-13-21-23; K Farnsworth 0-4-6-2
Ground Balls-Fly BallsB Bannister 7-7; K Farnsworth 1-1
Game ScoresB Bannister 42

Mariners Pitching

pitchers
F. Hernandez(W,13-5)
S. White(H,15)
D. Aardsma(S,31)
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
7.0	5	3	3	1	6	1	104-63	2.77
1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15-9	2.80
1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	23-12	2.26
9.0	6	3	3	1	7	1	142-84

Pitching
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedF Hernandez 11-27; S White 0-3; D Aardsma 0-4
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesF Hernandez 17-11-15-20; S White 5-0-1-3; D Aardsma 4-3-2-3
Ground Balls-Fly BallsF Hernandez 11-4; S White 1-2; D Aardsma 0-2
Game ScoresF Hernandez 60

Scoring Summary

		KC	SEA
2nd	B Hall grounded out to second, R Branyan scored, M Sweeney to third.	0	1
2nd	J Wilson grounded out to pitcher, M Sweeney scored.	0	2
3rd	D DeJesus doubled to right, J Anderson scored.	1	2
3rd	J Lopez safe at first on error by third baseman M Teahen, F Gutierrez scored.	1	3
4th	J Wilson singled to left, M Sweeney and B Hall scored.	1	5
5th	M Maier homered to right, D DeJesus scored.	3	5
7th	M Sweeney walked, J Hannahan scored, J Lopez to third, M Saunders to second.	3	6

Royals
8
Mariners
4

Game 1

28/8

Royals
3
Mariners
6

Game 2

29/8

Royals
4
Mariners
8

Game 3

30/8

Royals
3
Mariners
0

Game 4

30/8

T-Mobile Park

3:10 AM, 29 August 2009

Seattle, Washington

Attendance: 26,716

Game Time:2:32

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Paul Emmel
First Base Umpire - Gary Darling
Second Base Umpire - Todd Tichenor
Third Base Umpire - Bruce Dreckman

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
Seattle	90	72	.556	-	L3
Houston	87	75	.537	3	W2
Texas	81	81	.500	9	L2
Athletics	76	86	.469	14	L2
Los Angeles	72	90	.444	18	L2

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Kansas City Royals @ Seattle Mariners

F. Hernandez13-5

B. Bannister7-11

D. Aardsma31

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