Toronto Blue Jays vs. Kansas City Royals - Box Score - April 22, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Apr 22, 2012

Final

Series: Game 3 of 4

Toronto leads 3-0 (as of 4/22)

Game 1: Friday, April 20
Toronto	4	Final
Kansas City	3	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, April 21
Toronto	9	Final
Kansas City	5	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, April 22
Toronto	5	Final
Kansas City	3	Final
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Game 4: Monday, April 23
Toronto	4	Final
Kansas City	1	Final
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Blue Jays 5

(9-6, 5-1 away)

Royals 3

(3-12, 0-9 home)

Alerts

2:10 PM ET, April 22, 2012

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

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

W: R. Romero (3-0)

L: D. Duffy (1-2)

S: F. Cordero (1)

Toronto Blue Jays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Y Escobar SS	5	1	2	1	0	0	22	.257	.303	.329
O Vizquel 2B	4	0	0	0	1	1	29	.125	.222	.125
J Bautista RF	2	1	1	1	3	0	22	.212	.386	.346
E Encarnacion 1B	4	0	1	0	1	0	23	.323	.368	.613
C Rasmus CF	4	0	0	0	1	3	22	.255	.311	.473
B Lawrie 3B	4	1	1	2	1	1	24	.279	.318	.377
B Francisco DH	2	0	1	0	0	0	11	.300	.364	.400
a-A Lind PH-DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	.220	.291	.380
R Davis LF	3	1	1	0	0	0	14	.200	.304	.400
b-E Thames PH-LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.311	.300
J Arencibia C	3	1	1	0	1	1	15	.196	.245	.304
Totals	35	5	8	4	8	6	194
a-grounded to pitcher for B Francisco in the 5th b-flied out to left for R Davis in the 8th
BATTING 2B: R Davis (2, D Duffy); E Encarnacion (6, J Jeffress) RBI: Y Escobar (7), J Bautista (7), B Lawrie 2 (11) 2-out RBI: B Lawrie 2 Blue Jays RISP: 4-14 (Y Escobar 2-2, R Davis 0-1, E Encarnacion 0-1, B Lawrie 1-2, A Lind 0-2, J Bautista 1-1, O Vizquel 0-2, C Rasmus 0-2, J Arencibia 0-1) Team LOB: 11
BASERUNNING SB: E Encarnacion (3, 2nd base off D Duffy/H Quintero); R Davis (3, 3rd base off D Duffy/H Quintero); B Lawrie (2, Home off J Jeffress/H Quintero); J Arencibia (1, 2nd base off J Jeffress/H Quintero) CS: B Francisco (1, 2nd base by D Duffy) Picked Off: B Francisco (1st base by D Duffy)
FIELDING E: Y Escobar (1, throw); B Lawrie (3, ground ball) DP: 2 (Y Escobar-O Vizquel-E Encarnacion, O Vizquel-Y Escobar-E Encarnacion).

Toronto Blue Jays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
R Romero (W, 3-0)	8.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	104-65	3.29
F Cordero (S, 1)	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	22-14	5.14
Totals	9.0	7	3	3	3	5	0	126-79
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: R Romero 17/30; F Cordero 2/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: R Romero 17-8-17-23; F Cordero 3-1-6-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Romero 13-5; F Cordero 3-0 Game Scores: R Romero 67

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Bourgeois CF	3	0	0	0	1	0	15	.214	.267	.286
A Gordon LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	13	.190	.299	.328
B Butler DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	14	.310	.355	.517
E Hosmer 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	14	.183	.269	.367
Y Betancourt 2B	3	1	0	0	1	1	27	.324	.375	.459
J Francoeur RF	4	1	2	0	0	0	11	.246	.295	.333
M Moustakas 3B	4	1	3	1	0	1	14	.269	.321	.500
H Quintero C	2	0	0	0	1	1	9	.296	.394	.444
a-B Pena PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.292	.320	.417
A Escobar SS	3	0	0	1	0	0	8	.286	.322	.446
Totals	32	3	7	2	3	5	126
a-grounded to shortstop for H Quintero in the 9th
BATTING 2B: M Moustakas (6, R Romero); J Francoeur (3, F Cordero) RBI: A Escobar (5), M Moustakas (8) GIDP: B Butler, B Pena Royals RISP: 1-10 (J Bourgeois 0-1, A Gordon 0-2, M Moustakas 1-2, H Quintero 0-1, B Pena 0-1, A Escobar 0-2, J Francoeur 0-1) Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING SB: J Bourgeois (1, 2nd base off R Romero/J Arencibia); A Escobar (4, 2nd base off R Romero/J Arencibia) CS: J Bourgeois (2, 2nd base by R Romero) Picked Off: J Bourgeois (1st base by R Romero)
FIELDING E: M Moustakas (1, throw)

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Duffy (L, 1-2)	4.2	5	4	4	5	5	0	113-66	3.63
L Coleman	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	46-30	4.26
J Mijares	0.2	0	1	1	1	0	0	10-6	3.86
J Jeffress	1.0	3	0	0	1	0	0	20-12	0.00
A Crow	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5-3	3.38
Totals	9.0	8	5	5	8	6	0	194-117
PITCHING IBB: E Encarnacion (By D Duffy) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: D Duffy 15/24; L Coleman 4/7; J Mijares 2/3; J Jeffress 4/7; A Crow 1/2 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: D Duffy 15-11-26-14; L Coleman 8-4-14-4; J Mijares 2-1-1-2; J Jeffress 4-2-0-6; A Crow 0-0-1-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Duffy 3-5; L Coleman 2-3; J Mijares 1-1; J Jeffress 2-1; A Crow 2-0 Game Scores: D Duffy 38

Scoring Summary

			TOR	KC
	5th	Y Escobar singled to right, R Davis scored, J Arencibia to second.	1	0
	5th	J Bautista singled to center, J Arencibia scored, J Bautista to second, Y Escobar to second, Y Escobar to third advancing on throw.	2	0
	5th	B Lawrie singled to right, Y Escobar and J Bautista scored, E Encarnacion to second, E Encarnacion to third advancing on throw.	4	0
	5th	A Escobar grounded into fielder's choice to second, J Francoeur scored, H Quintero out at second, M Moustakas to third, M Moustakas scored on throwing error by shortstop Y Escobar.	4	2
	8th	B Lawrie stole home.	5	2
	9th	M Moustakas reached on infield single to shortstop, Y Betancourt scored, J Francoeur to third.	5	3
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Game Information

Stadium	Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Attendance	26,891 (70.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:08
Weather	58 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	14 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Tim Timmons, First Base - Jeff Kellogg, Second Base - Eric Cooper, Third Base - Marty Foster