Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
Kansas City 5, Seattle 4
When: 4:05 PM ET, Saturday, March 19, 2016
Where: Surprise Stadium, Surprise, Arizona
Temperature: 84°
Umpires: Home - Jordan Baker, 1B - Mike Muchlinski, 3B - Pat Hoberg
Attendance: 10638
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Seattle 300000001480
Kansas City 00100004-582
Seattle
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Norichika Aoki CF 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .242
     Braden Bishop CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333
Luis Sardinas SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .361
     Rayder Ascanio SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400
Kyle Seager 3B 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 .323
     Shawn O'Malley 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .556
Dae-Ho Lee DH 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 .286
Seth Smith RF 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 .545
     Tyler O'Neill PR-RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Jesus Montero 1B 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .242
     D.J. Peterson 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Chris Taylor 2B 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 .233
     Timothy Lopes 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
Rob Brantly C 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .312
     Steven Lerud C 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250
     Arby Fields PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Daniel Robertson LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .480
     Dario Pizzano LF 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .267
Totals 36 4 8 4 1 9 15  
Batting
2B - Jesus Montero (2), Daniel Robertson (4), Dario Pizzano (1)
TB - Kyle Seager 2, Seth Smith 2, Jesus Montero 2, Steven Lerud, Daniel Robertson 2, Dario Pizzano 2
RBI - Kyle Seager (9), Seth Smith (2), Jesus Montero (4), Dario Pizzano (2)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Rayder Ascanio (1), Kyle Seager (2), Rob Brantly 3 (4)
Team LOB - 7
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Taijuan Walker 5.0 4 1 1 0 4 1 4.72
Joe Wieland (L 0-1; BS 1) 3.0 4 4 4 1 3 0 6.55
Pitches-Strikes - Taijuan Walker 57-41, Joe Wieland 49-31
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Taijuan Walker 7-2, Joe Wieland 4-2
Batters Faced - Taijuan Walker 18, Joe Wieland 14
Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Alcides Escobar SS 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .192
     Humberto Arteaga SS 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .200
Omar Infante 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .263
     Raul Mondesi 2B 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .360
Alex Gordon LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .344
     Logan Moon LF 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .500
Kendrys Morales 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .231
     Frank Schwindel 1B 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .250
Cody Decker DH 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .308
     Tony Cruz PH-DH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .087
Drew Butera C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .208
     Xavier Fernandez C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Angel Franco 3B 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286
     Carlos Garcia PH-3B 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Jorge Bonifacio RF 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 .346
     Elier Hernandez PR-RF 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Bubba Starling CF 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .148
Totals 31 5 8 5 1 7 5  
Batting
2B - Alex Gordon (1), Logan Moon (1), Cody Decker (2)
HR - Jorge Bonifacio (2)
TB - Alcides Escobar, Humberto Arteaga, Alex Gordon 2, Logan Moon 2, Cody Decker 2, Jorge Bonifacio 5, Bubba Starling
RBI - Humberto Arteaga (1), Logan Moon 2 (2), Frank Schwindel (3), Jorge Bonifacio (4)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Kendrys Morales (3), Tony Cruz (2), Drew Butera (4)
GIDP - Omar Infante (2)
Team LOB - 3
Fielding
E - Jorge Bonifacio (1), Kelvin Herrera (1)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Matthew Strahm 3.0 4 3 3 1 3 0 4.15
Joakim Soria 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0.00
Kelvin Herrera 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.50
Brian Duensing (W 1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.57
Matt Alvarez (SV 1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 9.00
HBP - Norichika Aoki (by Strahm)
Pitches-Strikes - Matthew Strahm 54-36, Joakim Soria 25-16, Kelvin Herrera 16-14, Brian Duensing 18-14, Matt Alvarez 23-16
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Matthew Strahm 3-0, Joakim Soria 3-0, Kelvin Herrera 1-1, Brian Duensing 2-0, Matt Alvarez 2-1
Batters Faced - Matthew Strahm 15, Joakim Soria 7, Kelvin Herrera 4, Brian Duensing 7, Matt Alvarez 5