Kansas City Royals vs. Baltimore Orioles - Box Score - August 09, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 9, 2012

Final

Series: Game 1 of 4

Kansas City leads 1-0 (as of 8/9)

Game 1: Thursday, August 9
Kansas City	8	Final
Baltimore	2	Final
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Game 2: Friday, August 10
Kansas City	1	Final
Baltimore	7	Final
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Game 3: Saturday, August 11
Kansas City	7	Final
Baltimore	3	Final
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Game 4: Sunday, August 12
Kansas City	3	Final
Baltimore	5	Final
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Royals 8

(48-63, 27-31 away)

Orioles 2

(60-52, 28-27 home)

Alerts

7:05 PM ET, August 9, 2012

Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	4	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	8	13	0
BAL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	6	0

W: W. Smith (3-4)

L: W. Chen (10-7)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Gordon LF	5	2	3	1	0	1	14	.294	.372	.439
A Escobar SS	5	1	2	1	0	1	10	.301	.339	.410
L Cain CF	5	1	1	0	0	2	18	.270	.315	.405
B Butler DH	5	3	3	3	0	2	18	.303	.371	.517
S Perez C	4	0	0	1	0	0	22	.307	.328	.496
M Moustakas 3B	4	1	2	1	0	0	22	.260	.312	.455
J Francoeur RF	4	0	1	1	0	2	19	.244	.283	.383
E Hosmer 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	9	.231	.300	.358
C Getz 2B	3	0	0	0	1	1	15	.275	.318	.365
Totals	39	8	13	8	1	9	147
BATTING 2B: B Butler (18, W Chen); M Moustakas (25, W Chen); J Francoeur (17, W Chen); A Gordon (38, K Gregg) 3B: B Butler (1, W Chen) HR: A Gordon (7, 1st inning off W Chen 0 on, 0 Out); B Butler (23, 1st inning off W Chen 2 on, 0 Out) RBI: A Gordon (43), B Butler 3 (72), M Moustakas (53), J Francoeur (33), S Perez (14), A Escobar (39) SF: S Perez 2-out RBI: M Moustakas, J Francoeur, A Escobar Royals RISP: 4-7 (S Perez 0-1, M Moustakas 1-1, A Escobar 1-2, E Hosmer 0-1, B Butler 1-1, J Francoeur 1-1) Team LOB: 6
FIELDING DP: 1 (C Getz-A Escobar-E Hosmer). Outfield Assist: A Gordon (A Jones at 2nd base).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
W Smith (W, 3-4)	7.0	6	2	2	3	5	1	99-59	5.48
A Crow	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	17-9	3.69
J Jeffress	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	17-11	0.00
Totals	9.0	6	2	2	5	8	1	133-79
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: W Smith 19/28; A Crow 1/4; J Jeffress 3/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: W Smith 21-8-10-20; A Crow 2-4-1-2; J Jeffress 7-1-2-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: W Smith 6-9; A Crow 1-1; J Jeffress 0-1 Game Scores: W Smith 59

Baltimore Orioles
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
N Markakis RF	2	0	0	1	1	0	12	.293	.356	.479
J Hardy SS	3	0	0	0	1	1	20	.227	.275	.382
A Jones CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	15	.295	.338	.531
M Wieters C	3	1	2	1	1	1	18	.249	.325	.434
L Ford LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	13	.160	.192	.240
M Reynolds 1B	3	0	0	0	1	2	16	.210	.327	.378
C Davis DH	4	0	0	0	0	2	10	.255	.305	.443
R Andino 2B	3	0	0	0	1	1	16	.225	.291	.315
M Machado 3B	4	1	2	0	0	0	13	.500	.500	1.000
Totals	30	2	6	2	5	8	133
BATTING 3B: M Machado (1, W Smith) HR: M Wieters (16, 6th inning off W Smith 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: N Markakis (39), M Wieters (58) SF: N Markakis GIDP: N Markakis Orioles RISP: 0-3 (M Wieters 0-1, M Machado 0-1, L Ford 0-1) Team LOB: 7

Baltimore Orioles
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
W Chen (L, 10-7)	4.2	9	7	7	1	5	2	86-57	3.79
K Gregg	1.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	22-14	4.14
M Lindstrom	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14-10	2.56
L Ayala	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	14-12	2.60
D O'Day	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11-8	2.51
Totals	9.0	13	8	8	1	9	2	147-101
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: W Chen 13/24; K Gregg 4/6; M Lindstrom 2/3; L Ayala 4/5; D O'Day 1/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: W Chen 18-7-14-18; K Gregg 5-1-4-4; M Lindstrom 2-3-3-2; L Ayala 5-2-1-4; D O'Day 1-3-2-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: W Chen 5-4; K Gregg 1-2; M Lindstrom 2-0; L Ayala 1-1; D O'Day 1-1 Game Scores: W Chen 22

Scoring Summary

			KC	BAL
	1st	A Gordon homered to right (364 feet).	1	0
	1st	B Butler homered to left (374 feet), A Escobar and L Cain scored.	4	0
	3rd	M Moustakas doubled to right, B Butler scored.	5	0
	3rd	J Francoeur doubled to deep right, M Moustakas scored.	6	0
	5th	S Perez hit sacrifice fly to center, B Butler scored.	7	0
	5th	N Markakis hit sacrifice fly to left, M Machado scored.	7	1
	6th	A Escobar singled to center, A Gordon scored.	8	1
	6th	M Wieters homered to right (380 feet).	8	2
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Game Information

Stadium	Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, MD
Attendance	21,226 (46.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:40
Weather	84 degrees, overcast
Wind	3 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Tim Tschida, First Base - Bill Welke, Second Base - Chris Guccione, Third Base - Angel Campos