GAME THREAD: AL: BALTIMORE (24-27) at KANSAS CITY (19-33)

AL: BALTIMORE at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
BALTIMORE 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 11 0
KANSAS CITY 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: BAL - JEREMY GUTHRIE, CHAD BRADFORD (8TH), CHRIS RAY (9TH) AND RAMON
HERNANDEZ

KAN - JORGE DE LA ROSA, JIMMY GOBBLE (6TH), DAVID RISKE
(7TH), ZACK GREINKE (8TH), OCTAVIO DOTEL (9TH) AND JOHN BUCK

HOME RUNS: BAL - KEVIN MILLAR (6) OFF JORGE DE LA ROSA IN THE 2ND, 0 ON

KAN - MARK TEAHEN (5) OFF JEREMY GUTHRIE IN THE 1ST, 0 ON</div>

 

AL: BALTIMORE at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
BALTIMORE 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 11 0
KANSAS CITY 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: BAL - JEREMY GUTHRIE, CHAD BRADFORD (8TH), CHRIS RAY (9TH) AND RAMON
HERNANDEZ

KAN - JORGE DE LA ROSA, JIMMY GOBBLE (6TH), DAVID RISKE
(7TH), ZACK GREINKE (8TH), OCTAVIO DOTEL (9TH) AND JOHN BUCK


WP - JEREMY GUTHRIE (3-1)
LP - JORGE DE LA ROSA (4-5)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: BAL - KEVIN MILLAR (6) OFF JORGE DE LA ROSA IN THE 2ND, 0 ON

KAN - MARK TEAHEN (5) OFF JEREMY GUTHRIE IN THE 1ST, 0 ON


TIME: 2:36 ATT: 13,556

PROBABLES: BAL - ERIK BEDARD (3-3, 4.10)
KAN - GIL MECHE (3-3, 3.18)</div>

 

AL: BALTIMORE at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">BALTIMORE (6) VS KANSAS CITY (2) - FINAL

BALTIMORE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
B Roberts 2b 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .312
N Markakis rf 5 0 0 1 0 1 3 .256
M Tejada ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 .324
A Huff dh 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 .250
J Payton lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .298
K Millar 1b 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 .262
M Mora 3b 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 .242
R Hernandez c 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 .263
C Patterson cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .227

Totals 37 6 11 5 3 4 10

BATTING: 2B - M Mora 2 (14, J De La Rosa 2); M Tejada (7, J De La Rosa); A Huff
(9, J De La Rosa). HR - K Millar (6, 2nd inning off J De La Rosa 0 on, 2 Out).
RBI - K Millar (18), R Hernandez 2 (22), A Huff (24), N Markakis (28). 2-out
RBI - K Millar, R Hernandez, A Huff. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out -
K Millar 1. GIDP - N Markakis, M Tejada. Team LOB - 7.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (M Mora-B Roberts-K Millar).


KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
S Costa lf 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 .189
M Grudzielanek 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270
M Teahen rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 .285
M Sweeney dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .242
D DeJesus cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
J Buck c 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .272
A Gordon 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .185
R Shealy 1b 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 .235
A Berroa ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .091

Totals 28 2 3 2 1 6 3

BATTING: HR - M Teahen (5, 1st inning off J Guthrie 0 on, 2 Out). SF - S Costa.
RBI - M Teahen (26), S Costa (5). 2-out RBI - M Teahen. GIDP - A Berroa. Team
LOB - 1.

FIELDING: E - S Costa (1, throw). DP: 2 (R Shealy-A Berroa-R Shealy, A
Berroa-M Grudzielanek-R Shealy).


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BALTIMORE - 021 003 000 -- 6
KANSAS CITY - 101 000 000 -- 2
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BALTIMORE ip h r er bb so hr era
J Guthrie (W, 3-1) 7 3 2 2 1 3 1 3.02
C Bradford 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.45
C Ray 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.65

KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
J De La Rosa (L, 4-5) 5 8 5 5 3 2 1 4.97
J Gobble 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2.21
D Riske 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.04
Z Greinke 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.01
O Dotel 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.40

J De La Rosa pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.

BALK - J Guthrie. Pitches-strikes: J Guthrie 96-59; C Bradford 17-10; C Ray
14-10; J De La Rosa 93-58; J Gobble 19-14; D Riske 7-7; Z Greinke 14-9; O Dotel
14-7. Ground balls-fly balls: J Guthrie 8-10; C Bradford 1-1; C Ray 0-1; J De
La Rosa 8-5; J Gobble 3-0; D Riske 2-1; Z Greinke 2-0; O Dotel 1-2. Batters
faced: J Guthrie 24; C Bradford 3; C Ray 3; J De La Rosa 25; J Gobble 5; D
Riske 3; Z Greinke 3; O Dotel 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Fieldin Culbreth. 1B--Marty Foster. 2B--Paul Schrieber. 3B--Tim
Mcclelland.

T--2:36. (Plus rain delay totaling 25 minutes in the 1st). Att--13,556.

Weather: 69 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 12 mph, right to left.</div>

 

AL: BALTIMORE at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
BALTIMORE 6
KANSAS CITY 2 FINAL</div>

 

AL: BALTIMORE at KANSAS CITY

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BALTIMORE (6) AT KANSAS CITY (2) - HOW THEY SCORED
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KANSAS CITY 1ST: S Costa struck out swinging. M Grudzielanek grounded out
to shortstop. M Teahen homered to right. M Sweeney flied out to right.
(1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, KANSAS CITY 1.

BALTIMORE 2ND: A Huff grounded out to shortstop. J Payton grounded out to
second. K Millar homered to left. M Mora doubled to deep left. R Hernandez
singled to center, M Mora scored. C Patterson grounded out to second. (2 Runs,
3 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, KANSAS CITY 1.

BALTIMORE 3RD: B Roberts grounded out to shortstop. N Markakis flied out
to left. M Tejada doubled to left. A Huff doubled to right, M Tejada scored.
J Payton walked. K Millar struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
BALTIMORE 3, KANSAS CITY 1.

KANSAS CITY 3RD: R Shealy singled to center. R Shealy to second on balk by
J Guthrie. A Berroa grounded out to first, R Shealy to third. S Costa hit
sacrifice fly to left, R Shealy scored. M Grudzielanek flied out to center.
(1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 3, KANSAS CITY 2.

BALTIMORE 6TH: K Millar walked. M Mora doubled to center, K Millar to
third. J Gobble relieved J De La Rosa. R Hernandez singled to left, K Millar
scored, M Mora scored, R Hernandez to second on throwing error by left fielder
S Costa. C Patterson struck out swinging. B Roberts singled to right,
R Hernandez to third. N Markakis grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher,
R Hernandez scored, B Roberts to second. M Tejada grounded into double play,
shortstop to second to first, N Markakis out at second.(3 Runs, 3 Hits,
1 Error) BALTIMORE 6, KANSAS CITY 2.</div>

 

AL: BALTIMORE at KANSAS CITY

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BALTIMORE (6) AT KANSAS CITY (2) - EVENT LOG
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Baltimore Starting Lineups -- B Roberts 2B, N Markakis RF, M Tejada SS, A Huff DH,
J Payton LF, K Millar 1B, M Mora 3B, R Hernandez C, C Patterson CF, J Guthrie RHP.

Kansas City Starting Lineups -- S Costa LF, M Grudzielanek 2B, M Teahen RF,
M Sweeney DH, D DeJesus CF, J Buck C, A Gordon 3B, R Shealy 1B, A Berroa SS,
J De La Rosa LHP.

Umpires -- Fieldin Culbreth (HP), Marty Foster (1B), Paul Schrieber (2B),
Tim Mcclelland (3B).

Gametime Weather: 69 degrees, Cloudy, wind right to left at 12 mph.


BALTIMORE 1ST: B Roberts flied out to right. N Markakis struck out
swinging. M Tejada flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0,
KANSAS CITY 0.

KANSAS CITY 1ST: S Costa struck out swinging. M Grudzielanek grounded out
to shortstop. M Teahen homered to right. M Sweeney flied out to right.
(1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 0, KANSAS CITY 1.

BALTIMORE 2ND: A Huff grounded out to shortstop. J Payton grounded out to
second. K Millar homered to left. M Mora doubled to deep left. R Hernandez
singled to center, M Mora scored. C Patterson grounded out to second. (2 Runs,
3 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2, KANSAS CITY 1.

KANSAS CITY 2ND: D DeJesus flied out to left. J Buck flied out to right.
A Gordon grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 2,
KANSAS CITY 1.

BALTIMORE 3RD: B Roberts grounded out to shortstop. N Markakis flied out
to left. M Tejada doubled to left. A Huff doubled to right, M Tejada scored.
J Payton walked. K Millar struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
BALTIMORE 3, KANSAS CITY 1.

KANSAS CITY 3RD: R Shealy singled to center. R Shealy to second on balk by
J Guthrie. A Berroa grounded out to first, R Shealy to third. S Costa hit
sacrifice fly to left, R Shealy scored. M Grudzielanek flied out to center.
(1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 3, KANSAS CITY 2.

BALTIMORE 4TH: M Mora grounded out to pitcher. R Hernandez walked.
C Patterson singled to right, R Hernandez to second. B Roberts singled to right,
R Hernandez to third, C Patterson to second. N Markakis grounded into double
play, first to shortstop to first, B Roberts out at second.(0 Runs, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) BALTIMORE 3, KANSAS CITY 2.

KANSAS CITY 4TH: M Teahen lined out to right. M Sweeney struck out
swinging. D DeJesus flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 3,
KANSAS CITY 2.

BALTIMORE 5TH: M Tejada grounded out to shortstop. A Huff flied out to
left. J Payton lined out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 3,
KANSAS CITY 2.

KANSAS CITY 5TH: J Buck walked. A Gordon struck out swinging. R Shealy
singled to left, J Buck to second. A Berroa grounded into double play, third
to second to first, R Shealy out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 3,
KANSAS CITY 2.

BALTIMORE 6TH: K Millar walked. M Mora doubled to center, K Millar to
third. J Gobble relieved J De La Rosa. R Hernandez singled to left, K Millar
scored, M Mora scored, R Hernandez to second on throwing error by left fielder
S Costa. C Patterson struck out swinging. B Roberts singled to right,
R Hernandez to third. N Markakis grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher,
R Hernandez scored, B Roberts to second. M Tejada grounded into double play,
shortstop to second to first, N Markakis out at second.(3 Runs, 3 Hits,
1 Error) BALTIMORE 6, KANSAS CITY 2.

KANSAS CITY 6TH: S Costa flied out to left. M Grudzielanek grounded out to
second. M Teahen flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 6,
KANSAS CITY 2.

BALTIMORE 7TH: D Riske relieved J Gobble. A Huff grounded out to pitcher.
J Payton grounded out to second. K Millar flied out to center. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 6, KANSAS CITY 2.

KANSAS CITY 7TH: M Sweeney grounded out to pitcher. D DeJesus flied out to
left. J Buck grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 6,
KANSAS CITY 2.

BALTIMORE 8TH: Z Greinke relieved D Riske. M Mora struck out swinging.
R Hernandez grounded out to second. C Patterson grounded out to first. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 6, KANSAS CITY 2.

KANSAS CITY 8TH: C Bradford relieved J Guthrie. A Gordon fouled out to
third. R Shealy grounded out to first. A Berroa struck out looking. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 6, KANSAS CITY 2.

BALTIMORE 9TH: O Dotel relieved Z Greinke. B Roberts flied out to center.
N Markakis grounded out to second. M Tejada reached on infield single to
third. A Huff flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 6,
KANSAS CITY 2.

KANSAS CITY 9TH: C Ray relieved C Bradford. S Costa struck out swinging.
M Grudzielanek flied out to right. M Teahen struck out swinging. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) BALTIMORE 6, KANSAS CITY 2.</div>

 

Orioles' Guthrie continues seemless transition to rotation

<h3>BALTIMORE 6, KANSAS CITY 2</h3>KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- The Baltimore Orioles havetaken some tough blows to their starting rotation, but has givenJeremy Guthrie a chance to shine.

Guthrie pitched seven strong innings to lead the Orioles to a6-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday.

Ramon Hernandez had a second straight big day at the plate andKevin Millar homered for Baltimore, which has won four straightgames.

Guthrie, who was moved into the rotation when lefthander AdamLoewen went down with an injury, surrendered two runs and threehits, walking one and striking out three in his fifth start.

The 28-year-old righthander has yet to allow more than threeruns in any of his starts and has now gone at least seveninnings in four straight outings. The only blemishes Tuesdaywere a solo homer by Mark Teahan in the first and Shane Costa'ssacrifice fly in the third.

After averaging three runs of support in Guthrie's last threeoutings, Baltimore's hitters pounded starter Jorge De La Rosa.Millar got the Orioles on the board with a solo blast in thesecond and Melvin Mora followed with a double.

Henrnandez followed with an RBI single to center to putBaltimore on top 2-1. Aubrey Huff doubled home a run in thefollowing frame to give Guthrie a two-run cushion.

Costa's sacrifice fly cut the lead to 3-2, but the Orioles useda big sixth inning to put Kansas City away.

De La Rosa walked Millar leading off the frame and thensurrendered another double to Mora before being replaced bylefthander Jimmy Gobble. Hernandez greeted Gobble by platingMillar with a single to left, and Mora followed him home onCosta's throwing error.

Hernandez, who hit a grand slam in Monday's win, had his secondstraight multi-RBI game after going 11 games without plating arun.

That closed the book on De La Rosa, who allowed five runs andeight hits in five-plus innings. This is the second straightrough start for the 26-year-old righthander, who yielded nineruns in 4 1/3 innings last Thursday in a loss against Cleveland.

Baltimore added an unearned run off Gobble later in the sixthwhen Nick Markakis' fielder's choice scored Hernandez.

Kansas City, which has now lost six straight games, has beenoutscored 52-13 during their most recent slide.

 

Orioles' Guthrie continues seemless transition to rotation

<h3>BALTIMORE 6, KANSAS CITY 2</h3>KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- The Baltimore Orioles havetaken some tough blows to their starting rotation, but has givenJeremy Guthrie a chance to shine.

Guthrie pitched seven strong innings to lead the Orioles to a6-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday.

Ramon Hernandez had a second straight big day at the plate andKevin Millar homered for Baltimore, which has won four straightgames.

"I think everybody is a little more confident now," Hernandezsaid. "We're trying to do the little things, move the runners,and then take advantage and get a hit when we need to."

"It's one of those things for the whole team when you haveenough guys hitting like that," Orioles manager Sam Perlozzosaid. "Nobody wants to be the odd man out and they keep feedingoff each other. Hopefully that continues."

Guthrie, who was moved into the rotation when lefthander AdamLoewen went down with an injury, surrendered two runs and threehits, walking one and striking out three in his fifth start.

"He (Guthrie) keeps us pretty much in every ball game," Perlozzosaid. "He, obviously, didn't have command of all of hispitches. They hit a few balls hard and we caught a few balls. Hepersevered. There were a couple of innings he came in andcouldn't get in synch it seemed like. But he went out andpitched and scuffled through it. He was mentally exhausted. Itwas tough mentally for him to hang in there when you don't haveyour best stuff."

"He struggled with his slider," Hernandez said. "He couldn'tget it down in the strike zone, but he was able to locate hisfastball when he needed to. Then, later, he got his sliderworking. He was definitely getting stronger as he went along."

The 28-year-old righthander has yet to allow more than threeruns in any of his starts and has now gone at least seveninnings in four straight outings. The only blemishes Tuesdaywere a solo homer by Mark Teahan in the first and Shane Costa'ssacrifice fly in the third.

"Tonight I battled through almost every inning except theseventh and the first," Guthrie said. "I felt strong in themiddle part of the game, but had some struggles. I was able toget it back and get through those innings. It was a matter offinding a focus in the zone. I was up and down, all over theplace, except where I needed to be. I got my mechanics andfocus back where it needed to be."

"Guthrie threw the ball well and had a good fastball," Royalsmanager Buddy Bell said. "But I think it's time we quit givingthe other guys credit. Our swings are getting a little long, itseems, in this ballpark. I don't understand that."

After averaging three runs of support in Guthrie's last threeoutings, Baltimore's hitters pounded starter Jorge De La Rosa.Millar got the Orioles on the board with a solo blast in thesecond.

"Down 1-0, I got a first pitch fastball and put a good swing onit," Millar said. "We knew he had a great changeup and when youhit against a pitcher with a good out pitch you want to jump onthe heater early in the count."

Melvin Mora added a double and Hernandez followed with an RBIsingle to center to put Baltimore on top 2-1. Aubrey Huffdoubled home a run in the following frame to give Guthrie atwo-run cushion.

"We've given up how many runs with two outs?" Bell asked. "We'rehaving trouble shutting the other club down with two outs, evenwhen we're ahead 0-1 or 0-2 on the batter. We had somedefensive let downs, and that's probably been the best part ofour game lately."

Costa's sacrifice fly cut the lead to 3-2, but the Orioles useda big sixth inning to put Kansas City away.

De La Rosa walked Millar leading off the frame and thensurrendered another double to Mora before being replaced bylefthander Jimmy Gobble. Hernandez greeted Gobble by platingMillar with a single to left, and Mora followed him home onCosta's throwing error.

"The two-out hitting has gotten much better," Millar said."Two-out RBI are big. They keep the pressure on the defense andhave a snowball effect."

"Little by little, we continue to hit the ball," Mora said."Everybody cooperates a little by little."

Hernandez, who hit a grand slam in Monday's win, had his secondstraight multi-RBI game after going 11 games without plating arun.

"Ramon is a really, really good hitter," Perlozzo said. "He'sgetting there but he's not quite there."

"I'm just trying to get my pitch," Hernandez said. "I'm hittingearly in the count and when I get ahead, I can get my pitch. Iwas fouling my pitch off, but now I'm putting good wood on it."

That closed the book on De La Rosa, who allowed five runs andeight hits in five-plus innings. This is the second straightrough start for the 26-year-old righthander, who yielded nineruns in 4 1/3 innings last Thursday in a loss against Cleveland.

"His command wasn't very good," Bell said of De La Rosa. "Hisstuff was OK, compared to the previous start, but he didn't havegood command."

Baltimore added an unearned run off Gobble later in the sixthwhen Nick Markakis' fielder's choice scored Hernandez.

Kansas City, which has now lost six straight games, has beenoutscored 52-13 during their most recent slide.

"We should have better at-bats," Bell said. "We have to hit ourway out of it. We're trying to do that. It's at anunfortunate time to do it, when we're not pitching well.Everything seems to fail all at once when you're going though astretch like this."