Kansas City Royals @ Chicago White Sox

47-72, 22-36 Away

Final

61-59, 34-28 Home


KC
CWS

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

RoyalsTop 1st
- F. Garcia pitching for CWS
  KC
  CWS
- Pitch
  1
  Ball
  2
  Strike Looking
  3
  Ball
  4
  Ground Out
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
White SoxBottom 1st
- G. Meche pitching for KC
  KC
  CWS
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 2nd
- F. Garcia pitching for CWS
  KC
  CWS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
White SoxBottom 2nd
- G. Meche pitching for KC
  KC
  CWS
- A Ramirez safe at second on error by second baseman A Callaspo, A Ramirez advanced to first on A Callaspo error, A Ramirez tagged out at second attempting to advance on play.
  0
  1
- J Nix stole second.
  0
  1
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error
RoyalsTop 3rd
- F. Garcia pitching for CWS
  KC
  CWS
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
White SoxBottom 3rd
- G. Meche pitching for KC
  KC
  CWS
- 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 4th
- F. Garcia pitching for CWS
  KC
  CWS
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
White SoxBottom 4th
- G. Meche pitching for KC
  KC
  CWS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 5th
- F. Garcia pitching for CWS
  KC
  CWS
- 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
White SoxBottom 5th
- G. Meche pitching for KC
  KC
  CWS
- A Rios stole second, A Rios safe at third on throwing error by catcher J Buck.
  5
  4
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error
RoyalsTop 6th
- R. Williams pitching for CWS
  KC
  CWS
- O. Dotel pitching for CWS
  KC
  CWS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
White SoxBottom 6th
- R. Tejeda pitching for KC
  KC
  CWS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 7th
- O. Dotel pitching for CWS
  KC
  CWS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
White SoxBottom 7th
- R. Tejeda pitching for KC
  KC
  CWS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 8th
- D.J. Carrasco pitching for CWS
  KC
  CWS
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
White SoxBottom 8th
- R. Tejeda pitching for KC
  KC
  CWS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 9th
- T. Pena pitching for CWS
  KC
  CWS
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
White SoxBottom 9th
- J. Soria pitching for KC
  KC
  CWS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

Royals
7
White Sox
8

Game 1

18/8

Royals
5
White Sox
4

Game 2

19/8

Royals
2
White Sox
4

Game 3

19/8

Rate Field

1:11 AM, 19 August 2009

Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 28,812

Game Time:3:15

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Wally Bell
First Base Umpire - Mark Carlson
Second Base Umpire - Marty Foster
Third Base Umpire - Chad Fairchild

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

G. Meche6-9

F. Garcia0-1

J. Soria20

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Pitch
1 Ball
2 Strike Looking
3 Ball
4 Ground Out