Kansas City Royals vs. Chicago White Sox - Box Score - September 07, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 7, 2012

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Kansas City leads 1-0 (as of 9/7)

Game 1: Friday, September 7
Kansas City	7	Final
Chi White Sox	5	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, September 8
Kansas City	4	Final
Chi White Sox	5	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, September 9
Kansas City	2	Final in 10
Chi White Sox	1	Final in 10
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Royals 7

(62-76, 31-38 away)

White Sox 5

(74-63, 40-28 home)

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Coverage: WCIU

8:10 PM ET, September 7, 2012

U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago, Illinois

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	7	11	0
CHW	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	5	12	0

W: K. Herrera (2-2)

L: A. Reed (3-2)

S: G. Holland (12)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
L Cain CF	5	2	2	3	0	2	19	.256	.306	.407
A Escobar SS	4	0	2	0	1	0	14	.292	.332	.388
A Gordon LF	5	0	2	0	0	1	20	.298	.367	.454
B Butler DH	5	1	1	0	0	0	18	.309	.372	.503
S Perez C	3	2	2	2	1	0	11	.313	.341	.512
M Moustakas 3B	3	1	0	0	1	0	15	.251	.304	.433
J Francoeur RF	4	0	1	1	0	2	15	.233	.287	.363
E Hosmer 1B	2	0	0	1	1	1	13	.242	.313	.374
J Giavotella 2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	13	.230	.260	.286
Totals	35	7	11	7	4	7	138
BATTING 2B: A Gordon (46, F Liriano); J Francoeur (20, N Jones) HR: S Perez (9, 2nd inning off F Liriano 1 on, 0 Out); L Cain 2 (7, 5th inning off F Liriano 0 on, 2 Out; 9th inning off A Reed 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: S Perez 2 (30), L Cain 3 (28), J Francoeur (36), E Hosmer (57) SF: E Hosmer 2-out RBI: L Cain GIDP: J Francoeur, B Butler Royals RISP: 1-5 (J Giavotella 0-1, B Butler 0-2, J Francoeur 1-1, L Cain 0-1) Team LOB: 6
FIELDING DP: 1 (J Giavotella-S Perez).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
L Mendoza	5.1	10	5	5	1	3	3	93-63	4.63
T Collins	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14-10	3.20
A Crow	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	12-6	3.38
K Herrera (W, 2-2)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	11-7	2.42
G Holland (S, 12)	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	19-12	2.79
Totals	9.0	12	5	5	2	10	3	149-98
PITCHING A Crow pitched to 2 batters in the 8th IBB: A De Aza (By K Herrera) HBP: A De Aza (By L Mendoza); D Viciedo (By A Crow) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: L Mendoza 17/27; T Collins 3/3; A Crow 2/4; K Herrera 3/4; G Holland 3/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: L Mendoza 18-6-17-22; T Collins 3-4-2-1; A Crow 2-1-1-2; K Herrera 2-1-2-2; G Holland 4-3-4-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: L Mendoza 7-5; T Collins 1-0; A Crow 1-0; K Herrera 1-1; G Holland 0-0 Game Scores: L Mendoza 30

Chicago White Sox
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A De Aza CF	3	1	2	0	1	1	19	.281	.347	.405
J Lopez 3B	5	0	0	0	0	1	18	.246	.271	.362
D Wise LF	4	1	2	1	1	2	22	.289	.325	.500
P Konerko 1B	5	0	2	1	0	1	16	.308	.378	.492
R Olmedo PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.333
A Rios RF	5	0	1	0	0	1	18	.297	.328	.513
A Pierzynski C	4	1	2	1	0	0	8	.283	.328	.525
Jor Danks PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.258	.298
T Flowers C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.293	.426
a-D Johnson PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	.429	.500	.571
D Viciedo DH	3	1	1	0	0	0	16	.255	.294	.424
A Ramirez SS	3	1	2	2	0	1	9	.273	.295	.385
G Beckham 2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	16	.232	.285	.362
Totals	37	5	12	5	2	10	149
a-struck out looking for T Flowers in the 9th
BATTING 2B: A De Aza (26, L Mendoza); A Ramirez (22, L Mendoza) 3B: D Wise (2, L Mendoza) HR: A Pierzynski (25, 4th inning off L Mendoza 0 on, 0 Out); D Wise (7, 5th inning off L Mendoza 0 on, 0 Out); A Ramirez (9, 6th inning off L Mendoza 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: P Konerko (65), A Pierzynski (72), D Wise (22), A Ramirez 2 (65) S: A Ramirez White Sox RISP: 2-12 (A Rios 1-2, J Lopez 0-3, D Viciedo 0-1, G Beckham 0-2, P Konerko 1-2, D Johnson 0-1, A Pierzynski 0-1) Team LOB: 10
FIELDING DP: 2 (J Lopez-G Beckham-P Konerko, A Ramirez-G Beckham-P Konerko).

Chicago White Sox
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
F Liriano	5.0	6	5	5	4	4	2	91-52	5.25
N Jones	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	14-8	2.86
D Veal	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	1.08
J Crain	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5-4	2.89
M Thornton	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13-9	3.49
A Reed (L, 3-2)	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	1	13-10	4.56
Totals	9.0	11	7	7	4	7	3	138-85
PITCHING F Liriano pitched to 2 batters in the 6th; N Jones pitched to 1 batter in the 7th First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: F Liriano 12/24; N Jones 2/5; D Veal 1/1; J Crain 1/2; M Thornton 3/3; A Reed 3/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: F Liriano 17-9-10-16; N Jones 2-0-1-5; D Veal 1-0-0-1; J Crain 1-0-1-2; M Thornton 4-3-1-1; A Reed 3-1-2-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: F Liriano 9-2; N Jones 2-1; D Veal 0-1; J Crain 0-2; M Thornton 1-0; A Reed 2-0 Game Scores: F Liriano 35

Scoring Summary

			KC	CHW
	1st	P Konerko singled to shallow left, A De Aza scored, D Wise to second.	0	1
	2nd	S Perez homered to left (356 feet), B Butler scored.	2	1
	4th	A Pierzynski homered to center (433 feet).	2	2
	5th	L Cain homered to left (399 feet).	3	2
	5th	D Wise homered to right (389 feet).	3	3
	6th	J Francoeur doubled to right, S Perez scored, M Moustakas to third.	4	3
	6th	E Hosmer hit sacrifice fly to center, M Moustakas scored.	5	3
	6th	A Ramirez homered to left (367 feet), D Viciedo scored.	5	5
	9th	L Cain homered to left center (425 feet), J Giavotella scored.	7	5
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Game Information

Stadium	U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago, IL
Attendance	26,660 (65.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:02
Weather	63 degrees, cloudy
Wind	12 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Chris Conroy, First Base - Mark Carlson, Second Base - Angel Hernandez, Third Base - Ed Hickox