Kansas City Royals vs. Chicago White Sox - Box Score - April 07, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Apr 7, 2009

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Chi White Sox leads 1-0 (as of 4/7)

Game 1: Monday, April 6
Kansas City		Postponed
Chi White Sox		Postponed

Game 1: Tuesday, April 7
Kansas City	2	Final
Chi White Sox	4	Final
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Game 2: Wednesday, April 8
Kansas City	2	Final
Chi White Sox	0	Final
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Game 3: Thursday, April 9
Kansas City	2	Final
Chi White Sox	1	Final
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Royals 2

(0-1, 0-1 away)

White Sox 4

(1-0, 1-0 home)

Alerts

2:05 PM ET, April 7, 2009

U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago, Illinois

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	0
CWS	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	-	4	11	0

W: O. Dotel (1-0)

L: K. Farnsworth (0-1)

S: B. Jenks (1)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
C Crisp CF	5	0	1	0	0	1	17	.200	.200	.200
D DeJesus LF	5	0	1	0	0	1	20	.200	.200	.200
M Teahen 2B	3	0	1	0	1	0	20	.333	.600	.667
J Guillen RF	4	1	1	0	1	0	18	.250	.400	.250
M Jacobs 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	13	.000	.250	.000
B Butler DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	14	.000	.000	.000
A Gordon 3B	4	1	1	2	0	0	18	.250	.250	1.000
M Olivo C	4	0	2	0	0	2	11	.500	.500	.750
M Aviles SS	3	0	0	0	1	2	19	.000	.250	.000
Totals	35	2	7	2	3	8	150
BATTING 2B: M Olivo (1, M Buehrle); M Teahen (1, M Buehrle) HR: A Gordon (1, 2nd inning off M Buehrle 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: A Gordon 2 (2) Royals RISP: 1-12 (M Aviles 0-1, A Gordon 0-1, M Olivo 0-1, M Jacobs 0-2, D DeJesus 0-1, C Crisp 0-2, J Guillen 1-2, B Butler 0-2) Team LOB: 11
FIELDING Outfield Assist: D DeJesus (A Pierzynski at 2nd base, J Dye at Home).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
G Meche	7.0	7	1	1	0	6	0	91-61	1.29
K Farnsworth (L, 1-3; B, 1)	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	1	24-17	27.00
Totals	8.0	11	4	4	0	7	1	115-78
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: G Meche 10/26; K Farnsworth 4/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: G Meche 17-8-16-20; K Farnsworth 6-3-3-5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: G Meche 8-5; K Farnsworth 0-1 Game Scores: G Meche 65

Chicago White Sox
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Wise CF	4	0	0	0	0	3	22	.000	.000	.000
C Getz 2B	4	1	2	0	0	0	13	.500	.500	.750
C Quentin LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	10	.000	.000	.000
J Thome DH	4	2	3	3	0	0	16	.750	.750	1.500
J Dye RF	4	0	2	0	0	0	11	.500	.500	.500
P Konerko 1B	3	0	1	0	0	1	11	.333	.333	.333
A Pierzynski C	3	0	1	0	0	0	8	.333	.333	.333
A Ramirez SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	11	.000	.000	.000
J Fields 3B	3	1	2	1	0	1	13	.667	.667	.667
Totals	32	4	11	4	0	7	115
BATTING 2B: C Getz (1, G Meche) HR: J Thome (1, 8th inning off K Farnsworth 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: J Fields (1), J Thome 3 (3) 2-out RBI: J Fields, J Thome 3 White Sox RISP: 3-8 (J Thome 1-2, C Quentin 0-2, A Ramirez 0-1, J Fields 1-1, P Konerko 1-1, A Pierzynski 0-1) Team LOB: 4
BASERUNNING CS: J Dye (1, 2nd base by K Farnsworth/M Olivo)

Chicago White Sox
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
M Buehrle	5.0	6	2	2	3	3	1	97-58	3.60
C Richard	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	21-13	0.00
O Dotel (W, 1-1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	21-16	0.00
B Jenks (S, 12)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	11-8	0.00
Totals	9.0	7	2	2	3	8	1	150-95
PITCHING WP: O Dotel HBP: M Teahen (By M Buehrle); M Jacobs (By M Buehrle) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: M Buehrle 15/26; C Richard 3/6; O Dotel 4/4; B Jenks 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: M Buehrle 17-7-16-18; C Richard 5-0-3-5; O Dotel 3-6-6-1; B Jenks 1-3-1-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: M Buehrle 8-4; C Richard 4-1; O Dotel 0-1; B Jenks 0-2 Game Scores: M Buehrle 47

Scoring Summary

			KC	CWS
	2nd	A Gordon homered to center.	1	0
	2nd	J Fields singled to left, J Thome scored, J Dye thrown out at home, P Konerko to second.	1	1
	5th	A Gordon grounded into fielder's choice to second, J Guillen scored, B Butler out at second, M Jacobs to third.	2	1
	8th	J Thome homered to center, J Fields and C Getz scored.	2	4
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Game Information

Stadium	U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago, IL
Attendance	37,449 (92.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:32
Weather	43 degrees, sunny
Wind	20 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Gary Darling, First Base - Bill Hohn, Second Base - Bruce Dreckman, Third Base - Paul Emmel