White Sox 7-4 Royals (31 May, 2009) Play-by-Play

Kansas City Royals

23-27, 15-15 home


CWS
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	7	11	1
0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	0

White SoxTop 1st
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  CWS
  KC
- Pitch
  1
  Strike Looking
  2
  Ball
  3
  Ball
  4
  Ball
  5
  Triple
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 1st
- J. Danks pitching for CWS
  CWS
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
White SoxTop 2nd
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  CWS
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 2nd
- J. Danks pitching for CWS
  CWS
  KC
- 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
White SoxTop 3rd
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  CWS
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 3rd
- J. Danks pitching for CWS
  CWS
  KC
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
White SoxTop 4th
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  CWS
  KC
- 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 4th
- J. Danks pitching for CWS
  CWS
  KC
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
White SoxTop 5th
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  CWS
  KC
- S Podsednik to third on passed ball by M Olivo.
  3
  4
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 5th
- J. Danks pitching for CWS
  CWS
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
White SoxTop 6th
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  CWS
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 6th
- J. Danks pitching for CWS
  CWS
  KC
- D DeJesus safe at second on throwing error by pitcher J Danks.
  4
  4
- O. Dotel pitching for CWS
  CWS
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error
White SoxTop 7th
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  CWS
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 7th
- O. Dotel pitching for CWS
  CWS
  KC
- M. Thornton pitching for CWS
  CWS
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
White SoxTop 8th
- J. Wright pitching for KC
  CWS
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 8th
- M. Thornton pitching for CWS
  CWS
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
White SoxTop 9th
- J. Wright pitching for KC
  CWS
  KC
- J. Bale pitching for KC
  CWS
  KC
- B Anderson hit for D Wise.
  4
  4
- A Pierzynski to second on wild pitch by J Bale.
  4
  4
- J. Cruz pitching for KC
  CWS
  KC
- S Podsednik to third on wild pitch by J Cruz.
  7
  4
- 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 9th
- B. Jenks pitching for CWS
  CWS
  KC
- B Anderson in center field.
  7
  4
- J Nix at second base.
  7
  4
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

White Sox
11
Royals
2

Game 1

30/5

White Sox
5
Royals
3

Game 2

31/5

White Sox
7
Royals
4

Game 3

31/5

Kauffman Stadium

7:10 PM, 31 May 2009

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 19,855

Game Time:3:13

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Paul Nauert
First Base Umpire - Paul Schrieber
Second Base Umpire - Ed Rapuano
Third Base Umpire - Chad Fairchild

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	92	67	.579	-	W2
Kansas City	85	74	.535	7	W3
Detroit	85	74	.535	7	W5
Minnesota	82	77	.516	10	L1
Chicago	39	120	.245	53	W3

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M. Thornton2-1

J. Bale0-1

B. Jenks12

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Pitch
1 Strike Looking
2 Ball
3 Ball
4 Ball
5 Triple