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
Where: Surprise Stadium, Surprise, Arizona
Temperature: 84°
Umpires: Home - Jordan Baker, 1B - Mike Muchlinski, 3B - Pat Hoberg
Attendance: 10638
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Seattle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | 5 | 8 | 2 |
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 | ||||||||