AL: SEATTLE at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SEATTLE (4) AT KANSAS CITY (0) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SEATTLE 1ST: I Suzuki reached on infield single to third. J Vidro walked, I Suzuki to second. R Ibanez grounded out to first, I Suzuki to third, J Vidro to second. J Guillen singled to left center, I Suzuki and J Vidro scored. B Broussard walked, J Guillen to second. A Beltre doubled to deep left, J Guillen and B Broussard scored. Y Betancourt singled to left, A Beltre to third. J Lopez grounded into double play, third to second to first, Y Betancourt out at second.(4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, KANSAS CITY 0.</div>
AL: SEATTLE at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - SEATTLE 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 0 KANSAS CITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: SEA - JARROD WASHBURN, J.J. PUTZ (9TH) AND JAMIE BURKE KAN - BRIAN BANNISTER, JIMMY GOBBLE (8TH), DAVID RISKE (9TH) AND JOHN BUCK WP - JARROD WASHBURN (8-6) LP - BRIAN BANNISTER (5-5) SAVE - J.J. PUTZ (24) HOME RUNS: SEA - NONE KAN - NONE TIME: 2:23 ATT: 27,497 PROBABLES: TAM - JAMES SHIELDS (6-4, 3.76) KAN - ODALIS PEREZ (4-7, 5.56) PROBABLES: SEA - MIGUEL BATISTA (8-6, 4.63) OAK - CHAD GAUDIN (7-3, 2.92)</div>
AL: SEATTLE at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SEATTLE (4) AT KANSAS CITY (0) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Seattle Starting Lineups -- I Suzuki CF, J Vidro 1B, R Ibanez DH, J Guillen RF, B Broussard LF, A Beltre 3B, Y Betancourt SS, J Lopez 2B, J Burke C, J Washburn LHP. Kansas City Starting Lineups -- D DeJesus CF, E German 2B, M Teahen RF, E Brown LF, A Gordon 3B, B Butler DH, J Buck C, R Gload 1B, T Pena Jr SS, B Bannister RHP. Umpires -- Tim Timmons (HP), Chuck Meriwether (1B), Alfonso Marquez (2B), Chris Guccione (3B). Gametime Weather: 71 degrees, Rain, wind right to left at 7 mph. SEATTLE 1ST: I Suzuki reached on infield single to third. J Vidro walked, I Suzuki to second. R Ibanez grounded out to first, I Suzuki to third, J Vidro to second. J Guillen singled to left center, I Suzuki and J Vidro scored. B Broussard walked, J Guillen to second. A Beltre doubled to deep left, J Guillen and B Broussard scored. Y Betancourt singled to left, A Beltre to third. J Lopez grounded into double play, third to second to first, Y Betancourt out at second.(4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, KANSAS CITY 0. KANSAS CITY 1ST: D DeJesus grounded out to shortstop. E German doubled to deep left. M Teahen struck out looking. E Brown struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, KANSAS CITY 0. SEATTLE 2ND: J Burke flied out to right. I Suzuki lined out to shortstop. J Vidro grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, KANSAS CITY 0. KANSAS CITY 2ND: A Gordon flied out to center. B Butler grounded out to second. J Buck popped out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, KANSAS CITY 0. SEATTLE 3RD: R Ibanez grounded out to first. J Guillen grounded out to shortstop. B Broussard popped out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, KANSAS CITY 0. KANSAS CITY 3RD: R Gload flied out to left. T Pena Jr grounded out to first. D DeJesus grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, KANSAS CITY 0. SEATTLE 4TH: A Beltre reached on infield single to second. Y Betancourt popped out to shortstop. J Lopez flied out to left. J Burke flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, KANSAS CITY 0. KANSAS CITY 4TH: E German lined out to third. M Teahen grounded out to first. E Brown flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, KANSAS CITY 0. SEATTLE 5TH: I Suzuki grounded out to first. J Vidro struck out looking. R Ibanez grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, KANSAS CITY 0. KANSAS CITY 5TH: A Gordon struck out swinging. B Butler grounded out to third. J Buck singled to center. R Gload popped out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, KANSAS CITY 0. SEATTLE 6TH: J Guillen singled to center. B Broussard grounded into double play, shortstop to first, J Guillen out at second. A Beltre grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, KANSAS CITY 0. KANSAS CITY 6TH: T Pena Jr grounded out to third. D DeJesus singled to left center. E German flied out to center. M Teahen lined out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, KANSAS CITY 0. SEATTLE 7TH: Y Betancourt flied out to left. J Lopez reached on infield single to shortstop. J Burke popped out to second. I Suzuki struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, KANSAS CITY 0. KANSAS CITY 7TH: E Brown grounded out to shortstop. A Gordon struck out looking. B Butler fouled out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, KANSAS CITY 0. SEATTLE 8TH: J Gobble relieved B Bannister. J Vidro flied out to center. R Ibanez struck out swinging. J Guillen tripled to deep center. B Broussard popped out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, KANSAS CITY 0. KANSAS CITY 8TH: J Ellison in left field. B Broussard at first base. J Buck fouled out to first. R Gload struck out swinging. T Pena Jr singled to right. D DeJesus grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, KANSAS CITY 0. SEATTLE 9TH: D Riske relieved J Gobble. A Beltre singled to right. Y Betancourt singled to right, A Beltre to third. J Lopez grounded into double play, third to first, A Beltre out at third, Y Betancourt to second. J Burke lined out to right. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, KANSAS CITY 0. KANSAS CITY 9TH: E German singled to center. M Teahen walked, E German to second. J Putz relieved J Washburn. S Costa hit for E Brown. S Costa grounded into fielder's choice to first, M Teahen out at second, E German to third. A Gordon grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, S Costa out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, KANSAS CITY 0.</div>
Washburn dominant as Mariners blank Royals <h3>SEATTLE 4, KANSAS CITY 0</h3>KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- Seattle Mariners lefthanderJarrod Washburn continued his dominance of the Kansas CityRoyals at Kauffman Stadium. Washburn pitched eight-plus scoreless innings, giving up fivehits, as the Mariners topped the Royals, 4-0, on Wednesday nightto avoid being swept in the three-game series. Washburn (8-6) improved to 6-1 with a 2.43 ERA in nine careerstarts at Kansas City. "It's a beautiful stadium," Washburn said. "I've always likedcoming here. I wish it was that easy to pitch good in a parkthat you think is a beautiful place. I think there are a lot ofthem that are beautiful that I don't pitch well in at all. Idon't know what it is. It's just one of those things that youcan't explain." Closer J.J. Putz entered after Washburn allowed the first tworunners to reach in the ninth and closed it out for his 24thsave. "I didn't want to come out like that and put us in a hole andJ.J. in a hole, but it worked perfect for J.J.," Washburn said."I told him I'll leave guys on the bases all the time if youjust have to throw two pitches to get a save. So he's turnedinto a double-play ground ball guy now." Putz retired pinch hitter Shane Costa on a fielder's choicegrounder on his first pitch. On his next pitch, Alex Gordongrounded into a double play. Washburn has won three straight starts, allowing three earnedruns in 22 innings, to lower his ERA to 3.72. He struck outfive and walked one. "I was getting ahead, that was the biggest key," Washburn said."I was commanding both sides of the plate. My off-speed stuffwas pretty sharp. (Catcher Jamie) Burke did a nice job behindthe plate. The defense did a great job behind me. That's agood recipe for success." The Royals were blanked one day after scoring 17 runs, matchingtheir season high. "Washburn was throwing that cutter to righties and the splitterto lefties," said Kansas City's John Buck, who had one of thefive hits. "He didn't miss much over the plate. Maybe we usedtoo many runs yesterday." The Mariners, who have won nine of their last 12 games, gaveWashburn all the run support he would need with a four-run firstinning. Jose Guillen and Adrian Beltre each drove in a pair ofruns as the Mariners sent eight men to the plate in the frame. Guillen's single scored Ichiro Suzuki, who led with a single andhas hit safely in 52 of his past 55 games, and Jose Vidro.Beltre's double down the left field line brought home Guillenand Ben Broussard, who had walked. Brian Bannister (5-5), who was the American League RookiePitcher of the Month for June, when he went 5-1 with a 2.75 ERA,was charged with the loss. Bannister threw 36 pitches in thefirst inning but lasted seven innings. "The whole first inning boiled down to Ichiro getting on and Iwent to a slide-step to prevent Ichiro from stealing," Bannistersaid. "I lost my timing and lost my release point. I got itback and got the double play, and I was flying the rest of thegame. "My whole goal was to prevent Ichiro from getting on base. Thatwas frustrating and it threw me off my whole game." After the disastrous first, Bannister did not give up a run andonly three more hits. He walked two in the first but noneafter that and threw just 62 pitches of his 98 pitches in hisfinal six innings. Esteban German, who doubled with one out in the first, was theonly Royal to reach second base off Washburn. He also had aleadoff single off Washburn in the ninth. Kansas City's David DeJesus singled in the sixth to extend hishitting streak to 11 games. The victory was the first for John McLaren, who replaced MikeHargrove as the Seattle manager on Monday. After the game, theplayers sprayed McLaren with beer. "I've got an autographed champagne bottle (by the players), theball and the lineup card," McLaren said. "I've got a memorythat will never leave me. The first one is always the toughestI guess. It's emotional for me. "Of course, I wanted my first win, but we needed a win as ateam. We went through a shock as a team, myself included, whenGrover (Hargrove) stepped down. We needed a pick-me up. Weneeded a win in a worst way and we got it." <div class="pre">The Royals' postgame Fourth of July fireworks spectacular</div>turned out to be like their offense - a dud. According to aRoyals spokesperson, a late-afternoon rain, which delayed thestart of the game for 15 minutes, soaked the fireworks and theydid not go off after the game.
