Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 12, Seattle 0
When: 2:10 PM ET, Thursday, September 18, 2008
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 77°
Umpires: Home - Brian Knight, 1B - Phil Cuzzi, 2B - Jim Wolf, 3B - Jerry Layne
Attendance: 14144
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 77°
Umpires: Home - Brian Knight, 1B - Phil Cuzzi, 2B - Jim Wolf, 3B - Jerry Layne
Attendance: 14144
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Seattle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 0 |
Team Records
| Team | W/L | Home | Away | Streak |
| Seattle | 57-95 | 31-43 | 26-52 | L8 |
| Kansas City | 69-84 | 37-41 | 32-43 | W7 |
Recap Quick Hits
- With this win, the Kansas City Royals have a 37-41 record at home this season. The Seattle Mariners have a 26-52 record on the road.
- Kansas City has a streak of 7 straight up wins. The Royals have won 8 of their last 10 games.
- Seattle has a streak of 8 straight up losses. The Mariners have won 1 of their last 10 games.
- Zack Greinke pitched 7.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 3.59. Ryan Feierabend took the loss for Seattle.
- Mike Aviles had the only homerun for Kansas City.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Seattle | Kansas City | |
| Ryan Feierabend | Player | Zack Greinke |
| Loss | W/L | Win |
| 3.1 | IP | 7.0 |
| 2 | Strikeouts | 7 |
| 6 | Hits | 2 |
| 21.60 | ERA | 0.00 |
Hitting
| Seattle | Kansas City | |
| Wladimir Balentien | Player | Mark Teahen |
| 1 | Hits | 3 |
| 0 | RBI | 1 |
| 0 | HR | 0 |
| 1 | TB | 4 |
| 1.000 | Avg | 1.000 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| Seattle | 3 | 0 | 4 | .100 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 13 | 1 | 20 | .371 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 |