Kansas City Royals @ Chicago White Sox

7-21, 5-9 Away

Final

21-7, 11-3 Home


KC
CWS

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

RoyalsTop 1st
- J. Contreras pitching for CWS
  KC
  CWS
- Pitch
  1
  Strike Looking
  2
  Foul Ball
  3
  Pop Out
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
White SoxBottom 1st
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  CWS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 2nd
- J. Contreras pitching for CWS
  KC
  CWS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
White SoxBottom 2nd
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  CWS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 3rd
- J. Contreras pitching for CWS
  KC
  CWS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
White SoxBottom 3rd
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  CWS
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 4th
- J. Contreras pitching for CWS
  KC
  CWS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
White SoxBottom 4th
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  CWS
- S Podsednik caught stealing second, catcher to second.
  0
  0
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 5th
- J. Contreras pitching for CWS
  KC
  CWS
- A Berroa caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.
  0
  0
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
White SoxBottom 5th
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  CWS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 6th
- J. Contreras pitching for CWS
  KC
  CWS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
White SoxBottom 6th
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  CWS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 7th
- J. Contreras pitching for CWS
  KC
  CWS
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
White SoxBottom 7th
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  CWS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 8th
- J. Contreras pitching for CWS
  KC
  CWS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
White SoxBottom 8th
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  CWS
- P Ozuna ran for P Konerko.
  1
  0
- A. Sisco pitching for KC
  KC
  CWS
- J Burke hit for A Pierzynski.
  1
  0
- A. Burgos pitching for KC
  KC
  CWS
- P Ozuna catching.
  1
  2
- J Burke at first base.
  1
  2
- A. Burgos pitching for CWS
  KC
  CWS
- 2 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 9th
- S. Takatsu pitching for CWS
  KC
  CWS
- E Brown ran for M Stairs.
  1
  2
- M Sweeney to third, E Brown to second on wild pitch by S Takatsu.
  1
  2
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

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

7:05 PM, 5 May 2005

Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 15,389

Game Time:2:10

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

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

J. Contreras1-0

Z. Greinke0-3

S. Takatsu8

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Pitch
1 Strike Looking
2 Foul Ball
3 Pop Out