New York Yankees vs. Kansas City Royals - Box Score - August 12, 2010 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 12, 2010

Final

Series: Game 1 of 4

NY Yankees leads 1-0 (as of 8/12)

Game 1: Thursday, August 12
NY Yankees	4	Final
Kansas City	3	Final
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Game 2: Friday, August 13
NY Yankees	3	Final
Kansas City	4	Final
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Game 3: Saturday, August 14
NY Yankees	8	Final
Kansas City	3	Final
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Game 4: Sunday, August 15
NY Yankees	0	Final
Kansas City	1	Final
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Yankees 4

(71-43, 34-23 away)

Royals 3

(47-68, 23-30 home)

Alerts

8:10 PM ET, August 12, 2010

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYY	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	10	0
KC	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	12	2

W: C. Sabathia (15-5)

L: B. Chen (7-6)

S: D. Robertson (1)

New York Yankees
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D Jeter SS	5	2	2	0	0	0	21	.281	.344	.394
N Swisher RF	4	0	3	0	1	1	25	.297	.367	.530
B Gardner LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.376	.378
M Teixeira 1B	4	0	0	1	0	0	16	.256	.363	.497
A Rodriguez 3B	5	0	0	1	0	1	23	.260	.332	.467
R Cano 2B	3	1	0	0	2	0	21	.327	.388	.558
M Thames DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	10	.319	.401	.466
A Kearns LF-RF	4	1	2	1	0	0	17	.275	.357	.425
C Granderson CF	3	0	2	1	1	0	11	.243	.312	.421
F Cervelli C	4	0	0	0	0	0	9	.250	.321	.310
Totals	36	4	10	4	4	3	153
BATTING 2B: C Granderson (12, B Chen) HR: A Kearns (9, 4th inning off B Chen 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: C Granderson (34), M Teixeira (86), A Kearns (43), A Rodriguez (91) SF: M Teixeira 2-out RBI: C Granderson GIDP: R Cano Yankees RISP: 1-9 (D Jeter 0-1, M Teixeira 0-1, C Granderson 1-1, F Cervelli 0-2, M Thames 0-1, A Rodriguez 0-1, R Cano 0-1, N Swisher 0-1) Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING CS: N Swisher (2, 2nd base by B Chen)
FIELDING DP: 2 (R Cano-D Jeter-M Teixeira 2).

New York Yankees
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
C Sabathia (W, 15-5)	8.2	10	3	3	2	3	0	110-67	3.14
D Robertson (S, 1)	0.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	15-10	3.92
Totals	9.0	12	3	3	2	4	0	125-77
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: C Sabathia 19/35; D Robertson 0/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: C Sabathia 17-6-14-30; D Robertson 3-1-4-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Sabathia 14-8; D Robertson 0-0 Game Scores: C Sabathia 53

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
G Blanco CF	2	0	0	0	0	1	8	.185	.267	.185
W Betemit 3B	3	0	2	0	0	0	12	.336	.411	.520
C Getz PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.292	.266
J Kendall C	5	0	2	0	0	1	19	.262	.326	.306
B Butler 1B	3	0	0	0	1	0	13	.307	.377	.454
K Ka'aihue DH	3	0	1	0	1	0	15	.125	.176	.125
Y Betancourt SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	.260	.283	.406
A Gordon LF	4	2	2	0	0	1	14	.227	.309	.423
M Aviles 2B	4	0	2	1	0	0	13	.297	.327	.369
M Maier RF-CF	4	1	0	0	0	1	17	.261	.336	.375
W Bloomquist 3B-RF	4	0	3	2	0	0	7	.248	.284	.353
Totals	36	3	12	3	2	4	125
BATTING 2B: A Gordon (4, C Sabathia); W Betemit (11, C Sabathia); W Bloomquist (6, D Robertson) RBI: M Aviles (17), W Bloomquist 2 (14) 2-out RBI: M Aviles, W Bloomquist 2 GIDP: B Butler, Y Betancourt Royals RISP: 3-9 (Y Betancourt 0-1, M Aviles 1-1, K Ka'aihue 0-1, M Maier 0-1, J Kendall 0-2, W Bloomquist 1-1, W Betemit 1-1, B Butler 0-1) Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING CS: W Bloomquist (4, 2nd base by C Sabathia/F Cervelli)
FIELDING E: M Aviles (12, throw); W Betemit (3, ground ball) DP: 1 (M Aviles-Y Betancourt-B Butler).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Chen (L, 7-6)	5.0	8	3	3	2	2	1	92-60	4.50
K Texeira	2.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	31-16	3.96
G Holland	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	18-10	4.50
J Soria	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12-7	2.11
Totals	9.0	10	4	3	4	3	1	153-93
PITCHING B Chen pitched to 1 batter in the 6th IBB: R Cano (By K Texeira) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Chen 12/24; K Texeira 5/9; G Holland 3/5; J Soria 0/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Chen 18-6-16-20; K Texeira 4-1-3-8; G Holland 3-2-2-3; J Soria 0-0-4-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Chen 6-6; K Texeira 2-4; G Holland 1-1; J Soria 3-0 Game Scores: B Chen 39

Scoring Summary

			NYY	KC
	2nd	C Granderson singled to center, R Cano scored, A Kearns to second.	1	0
	3rd	M Teixeira hit sacrifice fly to center, D Jeter scored.	2	0
	4th	A Kearns homered to left (402 feet).	3	0
	4th	M Aviles singled to center, A Gordon scored.	3	1
	7th	A Rodriguez grounded out to third, D Jeter scored, N Swisher to second.	4	1
	9th	W Bloomquist doubled to deep right center, A Gordon and M Maier scored.	4	3
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Game Notes

KANSAS CITY CF GREGOR BLANCO LEFT THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE 6TH DUE TO HEAT EXHAUSTION

Game Information

Stadium	Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Attendance	23,337 (61.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:55
Weather	94 degrees, clear
Wind	8 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Gary Cederstrom, First Base - Ed Hickox, Second Base - Fieldin Culbreth, Third Base - Mike Muchlinski