Final
Kansas City leads 1-0 (as of 8/9)
| Game 1: Thursday, August 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City | 8 | Final |
| Baltimore | 2 | |
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| Game 2: Friday, August 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City | 1 | Final |
| Baltimore | 7 | |
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| Game 3: Saturday, August 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City | 7 | Final |
| Baltimore | 3 | |
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| Game 4: Sunday, August 12 | ||
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| Kansas City | 3 | Final |
| Baltimore | 5 | |
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7:05 PM ET, August 9, 2012
Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Kansas City - Top of 1st | SCORE | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Wei-Yin Chen pitching for Baltimore | KC | BAL | |
| Alex Gordon | Ball, A Gordon homered to right (364 feet) | 1 | 0 |
| Alcides Escobar | A Escobar singled to left | 1 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Cain | Ball, L Cain singled to left, A Escobar to second | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Butler | Ball, Strike (looking), B Butler homered to left (374 feet), A Escobar and L Cain scored | 4 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, S Perez lined out to pitcher | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Moustakas | Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), Foul, Ball, M Moustakas grounded out to first | 4 | 0 |
| Jeff Francoeur | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (looking), J Francoeur flied out to right | 4 | 0 |
| 4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | ||
| Will Smith pitching for Kansas City | KC | BAL | |
| Nick Markakis | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, N Markakis walked | 4 | 0 |
| J.J. Hardy | Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, J Hardy popped out to second | 4 | 0 |
| Adam Jones | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, A Jones singled to deep left, N Markakis to third, A Jones out stretching at second | 4 | 0 |
| Matt Wieters | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), M Wieters struck out swinging | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Top of 2nd | SCORE | ||
| Wei-Yin Chen pitching for Baltimore | KC | BAL | |
| Eric Hosmer | Strike (looking), E Hosmer grounded out to shortstop | 4 | 0 |
| Chris Getz | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, C Getz walked | 4 | 0 |
| Alex Gordon | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (bunted foul), Strike (swinging), A Gordon struck out swinging | 4 | 0 |
| Alcides Escobar | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), A Escobar struck out swinging | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | ||
| Will Smith pitching for Kansas City | KC | BAL | |
| Lew Ford | Strike (looking), L Ford reached on infield single to second | 4 | 0 |
| Mark Reynolds | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), M Reynolds struck out swinging | 4 | 0 |
| Chris Davis | C Davis flied out to center | 4 | 0 |
| Robert Andino | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Ball, R Andino walked, L Ford to second | 4 | 0 |
| Manny Machado | Strike (looking), Ball, M Machado grounded out to shortstop | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Top of 3rd | SCORE | ||
| Wei-Yin Chen pitching for Baltimore | KC | BAL | |
| Lorenzo Cain | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), L Cain struck out swinging | 4 | 0 |
| Billy Butler | Ball, B Butler hit a ground rule double to deep left center | 4 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), S Perez grounded out to third | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Moustakas | Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), M Moustakas doubled to right, B Butler scored | 5 | 0 |
| Jeff Francoeur | Ball, Strike (looking), J Francoeur doubled to deep right, M Moustakas scored | 6 | 0 |
| Eric Hosmer | E Hosmer grounded out to pitcher | 6 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | ||
| Will Smith pitching for Kansas City | KC | BAL | |
| Nick Markakis | N Markakis lined out to left | 6 | 0 |
| J.J. Hardy | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), Foul, Ball, J Hardy walked | 6 | 0 |
| Adam Jones | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), A Jones popped out to first | 6 | 0 |
| Matt Wieters | Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, M Wieters singled to left, J Hardy to second | 6 | 0 |
| Lew Ford | Ball, Ball, L Ford popped out to second | 6 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Top of 4th | SCORE | ||
| Wei-Yin Chen pitching for Baltimore | KC | BAL | |
| Chris Getz | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (looking), C Getz struck out looking | 6 | 0 |
| Alex Gordon | A Gordon grounded out to pitcher | 6 | 0 |
| Alcides Escobar | Ball, A Escobar flied out to center | 6 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | ||
| Will Smith pitching for Kansas City | KC | BAL | |
| Mark Reynolds | Strike (looking), Ball, M Reynolds popped out to second | 6 | 0 |
| Chris Davis | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (looking), C Davis struck out looking | 6 | 0 |
| Robert Andino | Strike (looking), Ball, R Andino popped out to second | 6 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Top of 5th | SCORE | ||
| Wei-Yin Chen pitching for Baltimore | KC | BAL | |
| Lorenzo Cain | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Foul, Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), L Cain struck out swinging | 6 | 0 |
| Billy Butler | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (looking), B Butler tripled to deep right | 6 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (foul), Foul, Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, S Perez hit sacrifice fly to center, B Butler scored | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Moustakas | Strike (looking), M Moustakas singled to right center, K Gregg relieved W Chen | 7 | 0 |
| Jeff Francoeur | Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Foul, Strike (looking), J Francoeur struck out looking | 7 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | ||
| Will Smith pitching for Kansas City | KC | BAL | |
| Manny Machado | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), M Machado tripled to deep right center | 7 | 0 |
| Nick Markakis | Strike (foul), N Markakis hit sacrifice fly to left, M Machado scored | 7 | 1 |
| J.J. Hardy | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), J Hardy struck out swinging | 7 | 1 |
| Adam Jones | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), A Jones grounded out to shortstop | 7 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Top of 6th | SCORE | ||
| Kevin Gregg pitching for Baltimore | KC | BAL | |
| Eric Hosmer | Ball, E Hosmer fouled out to third | 7 | 1 |
| Chris Getz | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, C Getz lined out to right | 7 | 1 |
| Alex Gordon | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, A Gordon doubled to deep right | 7 | 1 |
| Alcides Escobar | Strike (foul), Strike (looking), A Escobar singled to center, A Gordon scored | 8 | 1 |
| Lorenzo Cain | Ball, Strike (swinging), L Cain grounded into fielder's choice to third, A Escobar out at second | 8 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | ||
| Will Smith pitching for Kansas City | KC | BAL | |
| Matt Wieters | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, M Wieters homered to right (380 feet) | 8 | 2 |
| Lew Ford | Ball, L Ford grounded out to third | 8 | 2 |
| Mark Reynolds | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (swinging), M Reynolds struck out swinging | 8 | 2 |
| Chris Davis | C Davis lined out to first | 8 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Top of 7th | SCORE | ||
| Matt Lindstrom pitching for Baltimore | KC | BAL | |
| M Lindstrom relieved K Gregg. | 8 | 2 | |
| Billy Butler | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (swinging), B Butler struck out swinging | 8 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | Strike (looking), S Perez grounded out to second | 8 | 2 |
| Mike Moustakas | Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (swinging), Foul, Ball, Foul, M Moustakas grounded out to second | 8 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | ||
| Will Smith pitching for Kansas City | KC | BAL | |
| Robert Andino | Ball, R Andino grounded out to shortstop | 8 | 2 |
| Manny Machado | Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Ball, M Machado reached on infield single to second | 8 | 2 |
| Nick Markakis | Strike (looking), Ball, N Markakis grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, M Machado out at second | 8 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Top of 8th | SCORE | ||
| Luis Ayala pitching for Baltimore | KC | BAL | |
| L Ayala relieved M Lindstrom. | 8 | 2 | |
| Jeff Francoeur | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Foul, Strike (swinging), J Francoeur struck out swinging | 8 | 2 |
| Eric Hosmer | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, E Hosmer singled to left | 8 | 2 |
| Chris Getz | Strike (looking), C Getz grounded into fielder's choice to second, E Hosmer out at second | 8 | 2 |
| Alex Gordon | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), A Gordon singled to center, C Getz to third | 8 | 2 |
| Alcides Escobar | A Escobar popped out to second | 8 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | ||
| Aaron Crow pitching for Kansas City | KC | BAL | |
| A Crow relieved W Smith. | 8 | 2 | |
| J.J. Hardy | Ball, Strike (looking), J Hardy grounded out to shortstop | 8 | 2 |
| Adam Jones | Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), A Jones struck out swinging | 8 | 2 |
| Matt Wieters | Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, Ball, M Wieters walked | 8 | 2 |
| Lew Ford | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), L Ford flied out to center | 8 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Top of 9th | SCORE | ||
| Darren O'Day pitching for Baltimore | KC | BAL | |
| D O'Day relieved L Ayala. | 8 | 2 | |
| Lorenzo Cain | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), L Cain popped out to second | 8 | 2 |
| Billy Butler | Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (swinging), B Butler struck out swinging | 8 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | Strike (foul), S Perez grounded out to shortstop | 8 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Baltimore - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | ||
| Jeremy Jeffress pitching for Kansas City | KC | BAL | |
| J Jeffress relieved A Crow. | 8 | 2 | |
| Mark Reynolds | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Ball, M Reynolds walked | 8 | 2 |
| Chris Davis | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Foul, Strike (swinging), C Davis struck out swinging | 8 | 2 |
| Robert Andino | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Ball, Foul, Strike (looking), R Andino struck out looking | 8 | 2 |
| Manny Machado | Strike (looking), Ball, M Machado popped out to second | 8 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||