GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: KANSAS CITY (48-59) at NY YANKEES (58-50)

AL: KANSAS CITY at NY YANKEES

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: KAN - RYAN BRAUN
NYY - CHIEN-MING WANG

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M GRUDZIELANEK (.307, 1-FOR-2, BB)
R GLOAD (.280, 1-FOR-3, RBI)
B BUTLER (.297, 0-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">KANSAS CITY (1) VS NY YANKEES (6) - END 7TH - IN PROGRESS

KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D DeJesus cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .284
M Grudzielanek 2b 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .307
R Gload 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 .280
B Butler dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .297
M Teahen rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278
A Gordon 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .244
J Buck c 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 .234
T Pena Jr ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .284
J Gathright lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .313

Totals 27 1 6 1 1 3 8

BATTING: 2B - A Gordon (23, C Wang); J Gathright (5, C Wang). RBI - R Gload
(31). 2-out RBI - R Gload. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Gload 1,
J Buck 1, B Butler 1. Team LOB - 6.

FIELDING: DP: 2 (M Grudzielanek-T Pena Jr-R Gload, R Gload-T Pena Jr-R
Gload).


NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon lf 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 .256
M Cabrera cf 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 .290
D Jeter ss 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .327
A Rodriguez 3b 2 0 1 1 1 0 3 .298
H Matsui dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 .288
S Duncan rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .321
R Cano 2b 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 .305
A Phillips 1b 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 .302
J Molina c 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 .224

Totals 27 6 11 6 5 0 17

BATTING: 2B - M Cabrera 2 (16, O Perez, R Braun); A Rodriguez (26, O Perez); J
Damon (17, O Perez). HR - R Cano (11, 2nd inning off O Perez 0 on, 2 Out). S -
A Phillips. SF - A Rodriguez , J Molina. RBI - R Cano (60), J Molina (11), J
Damon (40), M Cabrera 2 (44), A Rodriguez (105). 2-out RBI - R Cano, J Damon.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Rodriguez 1, H Matsui 3, M Cabrera
1. GIDP - M Cabrera, R Cano. Team LOB - 8.


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KANSAS CITY - 001 000 0 -- 1
NY YANKEES - 010 203 0 -- 6
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KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
O Perez 5 8 4 4 3 0 1 5.79
R Braun 2 3 2 2 2 0 0 8.00

NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
C Wang 7 6 1 1 1 3 0 3.49

O Perez pitched to 1 batter in the 6th.

Pitches-strikes: O Perez 89-48; R Braun 28-15; C Wang 95-66. Ground balls-fly
balls: O Perez 9-6; R Braun 4-2; C Wang 12-6. Batters faced: O Perez 25; R
Braun 10; C Wang 28.

UMPIRES: HP--Larry Poncino. 1B--Jerry Meals. 2B--Adam Dowdy. 3B--Gary
Darling.

Weather: 86 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 11 mph, out to left.</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - PITCHING CHANGE
NYY: MIKE MYERS (2-0, 2.54) IN THE 8TH
SITUATION: NO RUNS IN, M GRUDZIELANEK ON SECOND, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1, NY YANKEES 6

DUE UP FOR KANSASCITY: R GLOAD (.280, 1-FOR-3, RBI)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: M Myers relieved C Wang.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, M GRUDZIELANEK ON SECOND, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1
NY YANKEES 6 TOP, 8TH

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: R Gload (.280, 1-FOR-3, RBI)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: E German hit for R Gload.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, M GRUDZIELANEK ON SECOND, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1
NY YANKEES 6 TOP, 8TH

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: E German (.282, 3 HR, 29 RBI)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - PITCHING CHANGE
NYY: LUIS VIZCAINO (8-2, 4.07) IN THE 8TH
SITUATION: NO RUNS IN, M GRUDZIELANEK ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1, NY YANKEES 6

DUE UP FOR KANSASCITY: B BUTLER (.297, 0-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: L Vizcaino relieved M Myers.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, M GRUDZIELANEK ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1
NY YANKEES 6 TOP, 8TH

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: B Butler (.297, 0-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at NY YANKEES

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

CURRENT PITCHERS: KAN - RYAN BRAUN
NYY - LUIS VIZCAINO

DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J MOLINA (.224, 0-FOR-2, SF, RBI)
J DAMON (.256, 2-FOR-3, BB, RBI)
M CABRERA (.290, 2-FOR-4, 2 RBI)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">KANSAS CITY (1) VS NY YANKEES (6) - MID 8TH - IN PROGRESS

KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D DeJesus cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .284
M Grudzielanek 2b 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 .309
R Gload 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 .280
a-E German ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .281
B Butler dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .296
M Teahen rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .278
A Gordon 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .243
J Buck c 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 .234
T Pena Jr ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .284
J Gathright lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .313

Totals 31 1 7 1 2 4 11

a-struck out swinging for R Gload in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - A Gordon (23, C Wang); J Gathright (5, C Wang); M Grudzielanek
(23, C Wang). RBI - R Gload (31). 2-out RBI - R Gload. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - R Gload 1, J Buck 1, A Gordon 1, B Butler 1. Team LOB - 8.

FIELDING: DP: 2 (M Grudzielanek-T Pena Jr-R Gload, R Gload-T Pena Jr-R
Gload).


NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon lf 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 .256
M Cabrera cf 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 .290
D Jeter ss 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .327
A Rodriguez 3b 2 0 1 1 1 0 3 .298
H Matsui dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 .288
S Duncan rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .321
R Cano 2b 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 .305
A Phillips 1b 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 .302
J Molina c 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 .224

Totals 27 6 11 6 5 0 17

BATTING: 2B - M Cabrera 2 (16, O Perez, R Braun); A Rodriguez (26, O Perez); J
Damon (17, O Perez). HR - R Cano (11, 2nd inning off O Perez 0 on, 2 Out). S -
A Phillips. SF - A Rodriguez , J Molina. RBI - R Cano (60), J Molina (11), J
Damon (40), M Cabrera 2 (44), A Rodriguez (105). 2-out RBI - R Cano, J Damon.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Rodriguez 1, H Matsui 3, M Cabrera
1. GIDP - M Cabrera, R Cano. Team LOB - 8.


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KANSAS CITY - 001 000 00 -- 1
NY YANKEES - 010 203 0 -- 6
----------------------------------------------------

KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
O Perez 5 8 4 4 3 0 1 5.79
R Braun 2 3 2 2 2 0 0 8.00

NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
C Wang 7 7 1 1 1 3 0 3.49
M Myers 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.52
L Vizcaino 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.02

O Perez pitched to 1 batter in the 6th.
C Wang pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

Pitches-strikes: O Perez 89-48; R Braun 28-15; C Wang 98-68; M Myers 6-3; L
Vizcaino 14-8. Ground balls-fly balls: O Perez 9-6; R Braun 4-2; C Wang 12-6; M
Myers 0-0; L Vizcaino 2-0. Batters faced: O Perez 25; R Braun 10; C Wang 29; M
Myers 1; L Vizcaino 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Larry Poncino. 1B--Jerry Meals. 2B--Adam Dowdy. 3B--Gary
Darling.

Weather: 86 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 11 mph, out to left.</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: E German at third base.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1
NY YANKEES 6 BOTTOM, 8TH

DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J Molina (.224, 0-FOR-2, RBI)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: A Gordon at first base.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1
NY YANKEES 6 BOTTOM, 8TH

DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: J Molina (.224, 0-FOR-2, RBI)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - SCORING UPDATE
ERROR BY TONY PENA JR ALLOWED JOHNNY DAMON TO SCORE.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D JETER ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1
NY YANKEES 7 BOTTOM, 8TH

DUE UP FOR NY YANKEES: A RODRIGUEZ (.298, 1-FOR-2, BB, SF, RBI)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
KANSAS CITY 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2
NY YANKEES 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 7 12 0 (TOP 9)

CURRENT PITCHERS: KAN - RYAN BRAUN
NYY - LUIS VIZCAINO

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J BUCK (.234, 0-FOR-3)
T PENA JR (.284, 1-FOR-3)
J GATHRIGHT (.313, 1-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">KANSAS CITY (1) VS NY YANKEES (7) - END 8TH - IN PROGRESS

KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D DeJesus cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .284
M Grudzielanek 2b 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 .309
R Gload 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 .280
a-E German ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .281
B Butler dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .296
M Teahen rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .278
A Gordon 3b-1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .243
J Buck c 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 .234
T Pena Jr ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .284
J Gathright lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .313

Totals 31 1 7 1 2 4 11

a-struck out swinging for R Gload in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - A Gordon (23, C Wang); J Gathright (5, C Wang); M Grudzielanek
(23, C Wang). RBI - R Gload (31). 2-out RBI - R Gload. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - R Gload 1, J Buck 1, A Gordon 1, B Butler 1. Team LOB - 8.

FIELDING: E - E German (7, throw); T Pena Jr (19, throw). DP: 2 (M
Grudzielanek-T Pena Jr-R Gload, R Gload-T Pena Jr-R Gload).


NY YANKEES ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Damon lf 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 .256
M Cabrera cf 5 0 3 2 0 0 2 .292
D Jeter ss 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 .327
A Rodriguez 3b 3 0 1 1 1 0 4 .297
H Matsui dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 .288
S Duncan rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .321
R Cano 2b 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 .305
A Phillips 1b 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 .302
J Molina c 3 1 0 1 0 0 4 .222

Totals 32 7 12 6 5 0 19

BATTING: 2B - M Cabrera 2 (16, O Perez, R Braun); A Rodriguez (26, O Perez); J
Damon (17, O Perez). HR - R Cano (11, 2nd inning off O Perez 0 on, 2 Out). S -
A Phillips. SF - A Rodriguez , J Molina. RBI - R Cano (60), J Molina (11), J
Damon (40), M Cabrera 2 (44), A Rodriguez (105). 2-out RBI - R Cano, J Damon.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Rodriguez 2, H Matsui 3, M Cabrera
1. GIDP - M Cabrera, R Cano. Team LOB - 9.


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KANSAS CITY - 001 000 00 -- 1
NY YANKEES - 010 203 01 -- 7
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KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
O Perez 5 8 4 4 3 0 1 5.79
R Braun 3 4 3 3 2 0 0 8.05

NY YANKEES ip h r er bb so hr era
C Wang 7 7 1 1 1 3 0 3.49
M Myers 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.52
L Vizcaino 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.02

O Perez pitched to 1 batter in the 6th.
C Wang pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

Pitches-strikes: O Perez 89-48; R Braun 39-26; C Wang 98-68; M Myers 6-3; L
Vizcaino 14-8. Ground balls-fly balls: O Perez 9-6; R Braun 6-3; C Wang 12-6; M
Myers 0-0; L Vizcaino 2-0. Batters faced: O Perez 25; R Braun 15; C Wang 29; M
Myers 1; L Vizcaino 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Larry Poncino. 1B--Jerry Meals. 2B--Adam Dowdy. 3B--Gary
Darling.

Weather: 86 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 11 mph, out to left.</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - PITCHING CHANGE
NYY: MARIANO RIVERA (2-3, 3.05) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1, NY YANKEES 7

DUE UP FOR KANSASCITY: J BUCK (.234, 0-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: M Rivera relieved L Vizcaino.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1
NY YANKEES 7 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J Buck (.234, 0-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL AT NY YANKEES - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: J Smith hit for J Buck.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1
NY YANKEES 7 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J Smith (.229, 2 HR, 6 RBI)</div>

 

Yankees top Royals; Rodriguez homerless again

<h3>NY YANKEES 7, KANSAS CITY 1</h3>BRONX, New York (Ticker) -- A historic home run continues toelude Alex Rodriguez. But his teammates are picking up theslack.


Robinson Cano homered and Melky Cabrera drove in two runs as theNew York Yankees posted a 7-1 victory over the Kansas CityRoyals in the opener of a three-game set at Yankee Stadium onFriday night.


Chien-Ming Wang (13-5) tossed seven strong innings for theYankees, who have won 10 out of their last 14 contests. NewYork (59-50) pulled within 2 1/2 games of the Cleveland Indians(61-47) in the American League Wild Card standings.

The Seattle Mariners (59-47) are one game behind. Both teamsplay later Friday night.


For the eighth straight game, the 32-year-old Rodriguez set hissights on becoming the youngest player to belt 500 careerhomers. But a sellout crowd at Yankee Stadium, who stood andlit the night with flashbulbs each time the slugger strolled tothe plate, again were left disappointed.


The All-Star third baseman went 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBIbut no homers. However, it has not been all bad for Rodriguez,who has gone 3-for-7 since a career-long 0-for-22 slump whichdirectly followed his 499th blast.


Wang allowed one run and seven hits while striking out three andwalking one. He started the eighth but left to a standingovation after Ross Gload's lead-off double.


Mike Meyers came on to strike out Esteban German, and LuisVizcaino got the final two outs of the eighth - setting upMariano Rivera's scoreless ninth in a non-save situation.

Cano started the scoring in the second with a solo homer offRoyals starter Odalis Perez (6-10) to give the Yankees a 1-0lead.


The Royals tied the game in the third. Tony Pena Jr. groundedout to start the frame, but Kansas City then delivered fourconsecutive hits, capped by Gload's RBI single to make it 1-1.

New York broke through again in the fifth thanks to ShelleyDuncan, who led off with a single. Cano followed with a basehit and Andy Phillips sacrificed the runners to second andthird.


Backup catcher Jose Molina then hit a deep sacrifice fly to snapthe 1-1 tie. Johnny Damon added another run, roping a doubleinto the right-center field gap to score Cano and make it 3-1.

The Yankees opened up the lead in the sixth thanks to Perez, whoignited the three-run outburst with a lead-off walk to Cano.The lefthander exited after issuing the free pass, giving way toRyan Braun.


Phillips greeted Braun with a line-drive single and, after a badbunt by Molina forced Cano at third, the righthander walkedDamon to load the bases. Cabrera then drove in two runs bystroking an odd grounds-rule double.


Cabrera lined the ball off of Braun's shoe and it caromed overNew York's dugout and out of play, allowing both Phillips andMolina to score to make it 5-1. Rodriguez followed withtowering sacrifice fly to center field to cap the scoring in theinning. Perez allowed three runs and eight hits while walkingthree without striking out a batter in five innings for theRoyals, who have lost three of their last four.

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
KANSAS CITY 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2
NY YANKEES 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 x 7 12 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: KAN - ODALIS PEREZ, RYAN BRAUN (6TH) AND JOHN BUCK

NYY - CHIEN-MING WANG, MIKE MYERS (8TH), LUIS VIZCAINO
(8TH), MARIANO RIVERA (9TH) AND JOSE MOLINA

HOME RUNS: KAN - NONE

NYY - ROBINSON CANO (11) OFF ODALIS PEREZ IN THE 2ND, 0 ON</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at NY YANKEES

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
KANSAS CITY 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2
NY YANKEES 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 x 7 12 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: KAN - ODALIS PEREZ, RYAN BRAUN (6TH) AND JOHN BUCK

NYY - CHIEN-MING WANG, MIKE MYERS (8TH), LUIS VIZCAINO
(8TH), MARIANO RIVERA (9TH) AND JOSE MOLINA


WP - CHIEN-MING WANG (13-5)
LP - ODALIS PEREZ (6-10)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: KAN - NONE

NYY - ROBINSON CANO (11) OFF ODALIS PEREZ IN THE 2ND, 0 ON


TIME: 3:01 ATT: 54,246

PROBABLES: KAN - KYLE DAVIES (NR)
NYY - PHILIP HUGHES (1-1, 3.38)</div>