Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 5, Seattle 1
When: 8:10 PM ET, Thursday, April 14, 2011
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 76°
Umpires: Home - Marvin Hudson, 1B - Tim McClelland, 2B - Ted Barrett, 3B - Brian Runge
Attendance: 8811
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 76°
Umpires: Home - Marvin Hudson, 1B - Tim McClelland, 2B - Ted Barrett, 3B - Brian Runge
Attendance: 8811
Bruce Chen pitched seven strong innings and the host Kansas City Royals posted a 5-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Thursday night in a rain-shortened game.
The contest was called in the eighth inning and gave Kansas City its fourth win in its last five games.
Alex Gordon recorded a two-run double in the Royals’ three-run third.
Wilson Betemit cracked a solo homer in the fourth and hit a sacrifice fly in the sixth. Billy Butler added an RBI single for Kansas City.
Chen (2-0) allowed one run and six hits while striking out one and walking one.
The Mariners’ Doug Fister (0-3) was touched for five earned runs and eight hits to take the loss.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Seattle | Kansas City | |
| Doug Fister | Player | Bruce Chen |
| Loss | W/L | Win |
| 7.0 | IP | 8.0 |
| 5 | Strikeouts | 1 |
| 8 | Hits | 6 |
| 6.43 | ERA | 0.00 |
Hitting
| Seattle | Kansas City | |
| Ichiro Suzuki | Player | Melky Cabrera |
| 2 | Hits | 2 |
| 0 | RBI | 0 |
| 0 | HR | 0 |
| 2 | TB | 2 |
| .500 | Avg | .500 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| Seattle | 6 | 0 | 8 | .194 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 8 | 1 | 12 | .308 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 |