Kansas City Royals @ Chicago White Sox

47-63, 26-31 Away

Final

60-50, 30-25 Home


KC
CHW

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

RoyalsTop 1st
- J. Quintana pitching for CHW
  KC
  CHW
- Pitch
  1
  Strike Looking
  2
  Ball
  3
  Foul Ball
  4
  Ball
  5
  Fly Out
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
White SoxBottom 1st
- J. Guthrie pitching for KC
  KC
  CHW
- A De Aza singled to shortstop.
  0
  0
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error
RoyalsTop 2nd
- J. Quintana pitching for CHW
  KC
  CHW
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
White SoxBottom 2nd
- J. Guthrie pitching for KC
  KC
  CHW
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 3rd
- J. Quintana pitching for CHW
  KC
  CHW
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
White SoxBottom 3rd
- J. Guthrie pitching for KC
  KC
  CHW
- A De Aza safe at second on throwing error by catcher S Perez.
  1
  0
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error
RoyalsTop 4th
- J. Quintana pitching for CHW
  KC
  CHW
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
White SoxBottom 4th
- J. Guthrie pitching for KC
  KC
  CHW
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 5th
- J. Quintana pitching for CHW
  KC
  CHW
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
White SoxBottom 5th
- J. Guthrie pitching for KC
  KC
  CHW
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 6th
- J. Quintana pitching for CHW
  KC
  CHW
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
White SoxBottom 6th
- J. Guthrie pitching for KC
  KC
  CHW
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 7th
- J. Quintana pitching for CHW
  KC
  CHW
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
White SoxBottom 7th
- J. Guthrie pitching for KC
  KC
  CHW
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 8th
- J. Quintana pitching for CHW
  KC
  CHW
- J. Crain pitching for CHW
  KC
  CHW
- A Gordon stole second.
  2
  0
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
White SoxBottom 8th
- J. Guthrie pitching for KC
  KC
  CHW
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 9th
- B. Myers pitching for CHW
  KC
  CHW
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
White SoxBottom 9th
- G. Holland pitching for KC
  KC
  CHW
- R Olmedo ran for A Pierzynski.
  2
  1
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors

Royals
2
White Sox
4

Game 1

7/8

Royals
5
White Sox
2

Game 2

8/8

Royals
2
White Sox
1

Game 3

9/8

Rate Field

1:10 AM, 9 August 2012

Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 25,151

Game Time:2:37

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Ron Kulpa
First Base Umpire - Jeff Nelson
Second Base Umpire - Alan Porter
Third Base Umpire - Jim Wolf

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. Guthrie1-3

J. Quintana4-2

G. Holland3

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Pitch
1 Strike Looking
2 Ball
3 Foul Ball
4 Ball
5 Fly Out