Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
San Diego 4, Kansas City 2
When: 10:05 PM ET, Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Where: Petco Park, San Diego, California
Temperature: 67°
Umpires: Home - Jerry Meals, 1B - Mike Muchlinski, 2B - Dale Scott, 3B - CB Bucknor
Attendance: 20250
Where: Petco Park, San Diego, California
Temperature: 67°
Umpires: Home - Jerry Meals, 1B - Mike Muchlinski, 2B - Dale Scott, 3B - CB Bucknor
Attendance: 20250
Clayton Richard threw seven strong innings for his first home win since August and the San Diego Padres beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Tuesday.
Richard (4-9) gave up two runs on five hits and struck out five as the Padres won their third straight game. Heath Bell worked a scoreless ninth for his 22nd save.
Cameron Maybin sparked the Padres' offense by going 3-for-3 with two runs scored and stole his 10th base.
The Padres scored in three of the first four innings off Felipe Paulino (0-6), who allowed four runs - three earned - on 11 hits and struck out seven in seven innings.
Jeff Francouer hit his 11th home run for Kansas City, which has lost 10 of its last 13.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Kansas City | San Diego | |
| Felipe Paulino | Player | Clayton Richard |
| Loss | W/L | Win |
| 7.0 | IP | 7.0 |
| 7 | Strikeouts | 5 |
| 11 | Hits | 5 |
| 3.86 | ERA | 2.57 |
Hitting
| Kansas City | San Diego | |
| Chris Getz | Player | Cameron Maybin |
| 2 | Hits | 3 |
| 0 | RBI | 0 |
| 0 | HR | 0 |
| 2 | TB | 4 |
| .667 | Avg | 1.000 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| Kansas City | 6 | 1 | 9 | .200 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| San Diego | 11 | 0 | 14 | .367 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |