Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 6,
Toronto 4
When: 7:07 PM ET, Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - John Hirschbeck, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Wally Bell, 3B - Scott Barry
Attendance: 20009
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - John Hirschbeck, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Wally Bell, 3B - Scott Barry
Attendance: 20009
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 0 |
| Toronto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .296 |
| Melky Cabrera | CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .302 |
| Billy Butler | DH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .292 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Jeff Francoeur | RF | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .280 |
| Johnny Giavotella | 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .281 |
| Chris Getz | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .255 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .220 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .212 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .248 |
| Totals | 42 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 22 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jeff Francoeur 2 (39), Johnny Giavotella (3) | |||||||||
| 3B - Salvador Perez (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Billy Butler (16), Eric Hosmer (11) | |||||||||
| TB - Alex Gordon, Melky Cabrera, Billy Butler 4, Eric Hosmer 6, Jeff Francoeur 6, Johnny Giavotella 3, Salvador Perez 4, Mike Moustakas 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Billy Butler (71), Eric Hosmer (54), Johnny Giavotella (5), Salvador Perez 2 (5) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Johnny Giavotella (2), Salvador Perez (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Melky Cabrera (57), Billy Butler (53), Salvador Perez 2 (4), Mike Moustakas (38) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Eric Hosmer (7, 2nd off Morrow/Molina) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Bruce Chen (W 9-5) | 7.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4.12 |
| Greg Holland (H 13) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.54 |
| Joakim Soria (SV 23) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.22 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Bruce Chen 92-67, Greg Holland 5-3, Joakim Soria 21-13 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Bruce Chen 5-6, Greg Holland 1-0, Joakim Soria 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Bruce Chen 27, Greg Holland 1, Joakim Soria 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Greg Holland 1-0 | ||||||||
Toronto
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Yunel Escobar | SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .289 |
| Eric Thames | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .267 |
| Jose Bautista | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .315 |
| Adam Lind | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .262 |
| Edwin Encarnacion | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .276 |
| Colby Rasmus | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .216 |
| Mark Teahen | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .187 |
| Brett Lawrie | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .310 |
| Jose Molina | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .303 |
| Mike McCoy | 2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .229 |
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Eric Thames (15) | |||||||||
| HR - Yunel Escobar (11) | |||||||||
| TB - Yunel Escobar 5, Eric Thames 2, Adam Lind, Jose Molina, Mike McCoy | |||||||||
| RBI - Yunel Escobar 3 (44), Adam Lind (73) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Yunel Escobar (37) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Eric Thames (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 2 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Mike McCoy (5, 2nd off Holland/Perez) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Colby Rasmus (2) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Eric Thames (Moustakas at 2nd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Brandon Morrow (L 9-8) | 4.2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4.65 |
| Wilfredo Ledezma | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Joel Carreno | 3.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Brandon Morrow 103-68, Wilfredo Ledezma 20-13, Joel Carreno 45-29 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brandon Morrow 3-4, Wilfredo Ledezma 1-0, Joel Carreno 3-5 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Brandon Morrow 25, Wilfredo Ledezma 4, Joel Carreno 14 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Wilfredo Ledezma 1-0, Joel Carreno 1-0 | ||||||||