GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: TORONTO (59-57) at KANSAS CITY (51-65)

AL: TORONTO at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">AL AT KANSAS CITY - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: R Olmedo hit for H Luna.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 2
KANSAS CITY 6 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR TORONTO: R Olmedo (.333, 0 HR, 0 RBI)</div>

 

AL: TORONTO at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">AL AT KANSAS CITY - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: M Stairs hit for J McDonald.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 2
KANSAS CITY 6 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR TORONTO: M Stairs (.292, 14 HR, 43 RBI)</div>

 

AL: TORONTO at KANSAS CITY

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

BATTERIES: TOR - JESSE LITSCH, BRIAN TALLET (7TH), JASON FRASOR (8TH) AND
CURTIS THIGPEN, GREGG ZAUN (8TH)

KAN - ODALIS PEREZ, JOEL PERALTA (6TH), JIMMY GOBBLE
(7TH), ZACK GREINKE (7TH), JOAKIM SORIA (9TH) AND JOHN BUCK

HOME RUNS: TOR - NONE

KAN - MARK TEAHEN (6) OFF JESSE LITSCH IN THE 1ST, 0 ON</div>

 

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

BATTERIES: TOR - JESSE LITSCH, BRIAN TALLET (7TH), JASON FRASOR (8TH) AND
CURTIS THIGPEN, GREGG ZAUN (8TH)

KAN - ODALIS PEREZ, JOEL PERALTA (6TH), JIMMY GOBBLE
(7TH), ZACK GREINKE (7TH), JOAKIM SORIA (9TH) AND JOHN BUCK


WP - ODALIS PEREZ (7-11)
LP - JESSE LITSCH (4-5)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: TOR - NONE

KAN - MARK TEAHEN (6) OFF JESSE LITSCH IN THE 1ST, 0 ON


TIME: 2:55 ATT: 14,845

PROBABLES: KAN - KYLE DAVIES (1-0, 4.66)
TEX - KEVIN MILLWOOD (7-9, 5.90)

PROBABLES: LAA - JOE SAUNDERS (6-0, 3.46)
TOR - ROY HALLADAY (13-5, 4.17)</div>

 

AL: TORONTO at KANSAS CITY

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

TORONTO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Johnson lf 5 1 3 0 0 1 0 .259
L Overbay 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .255
A Rios rf 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 .306
V Wells cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .260
F Thomas dh 3 1 1 0 1 1 4 .261
A Hill 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .268
C Thigpen c 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .278
a-G Zaun ph-c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .256
H Luna 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000
b-R Olmedo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
J McDonald ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .266
c-M Stairs ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291

Totals 35 2 9 2 2 5 13

a-popped out to second for C Thigpen in the 8th; b-grounded to pitcher for H
Luna in the 9th; c-grounded to first for J Mcdonald in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - F Thomas (21, O Perez); R Johnson 2 (8, O Perez, J Peralta); A
Rios (33, O Perez). RBI - C Thigpen (5), A Rios (66). Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - F Thomas 3, A Rios 1. GIDP - V Wells. Team LOB - 8.

FIELDING: E - A Hill (9, ground ball); L Overbay (3, ground ball); H Luna (1,
ground ball). Outfield assists - A Rios (D DeJesus at 2nd base). DP: 1 (J
McDonald-A Hill-L Overbay).


KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D DeJesus cf 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 .277
E German 2b 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 .284
M Teahen rf 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 .291
B Butler 1b 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 .296
R Gload 1b 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .290
A Gordon 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 5 .244
E Brown dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .233
J Buck c 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .228
J Gathright lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .343
T Pena Jr ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272

Totals 31 6 7 5 3 5 11

BATTING: 3B - R Gload (3, B Tallet). HR - M Teahen (6, 1st inning off J Litsch
0 on, 2 Out). RBI - M Teahen (50), B Butler 2 (33), R Gload 2 (39). 2-out RBI -
M Teahen, R Gload 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Gordon 2. GIDP
- A Gordon. Team LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: SB - E German (8, 2nd base off B Tallet/C Thigpen). CS - T Pena
Jr (5, 2nd base by J Litsch/C Thigpen).

FIELDING: DP: 1 (E German-B Butler).


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TORONTO - 011 000 000 -- 2
KANSAS CITY - 102 010 20x -- 6
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TORONTO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Litsch (L, 4-5) 6 2/3 6 5 2 2 2 1 3.54
B Tallet 1/3 1 1 1 1 1 0 3.72
J Frasor 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.43

KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
O Perez (W, 7-11) 5 8 2 2 1 3 0 5.78
J Peralta (H, 2) 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.57
J Gobble (H, 11) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.08
Z Greinke (H, 12) 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.59
J Soria 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.12

HBP - D DeJesus (by J Litsch). Pitches-strikes: J Litsch 102-63; B Tallet
15-9; J Frasor 15-11; O Perez 93-57; J Peralta 24-15; J Gobble 3-2; Z Greinke
18-8; J Soria 10-8. Ground balls-fly balls: J Litsch 12-4; B Tallet 0-0; J
Frasor 1-0; O Perez 8-4; J Peralta 2-1; J Gobble 0-1; Z Greinke 0-4; J Soria
2-0. Batters faced: J Litsch 29; B Tallet 3; J Frasor 3; O Perez 23; J Peralta
5; J Gobble 1; Z Greinke 5; J Soria 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Sam Holbrook. 1B--Randy Marsh. 2B--Bob Davidson. 3B--Brian
Knight.

T--2:55. Att--14,845.
Weather: 94 degrees, clear. Wind: 5 mph, right to
left.</div>

 

AL: TORONTO at KANSAS CITY

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

 

Royals ride Perez, offense to series split vs. Jays

<h3>KANSAS CITY 6, TORONTO 2</h3>By Pat Madden
PA Sportsticker Contributing Writer


KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- Odalis Perez snapped a personaltwo-game losing streak and Billy Butler and Ross Gload drove in tworuns apiece as the Kansas City Royals defeated the Toronto Blue Jays,6-2, on Monday.


Kansas City, who won for the eighth time at home in 11 outings,earned a split of the four-game series with Toronto despitescoring just 12 runs in four games.


Perez (7-11), who lasted only three innings in his last start inan 11-4 loss to Minnesota on Wednesday, allowed two runs andeight hits over five innings, striking out three. With the win,the lefthander won for just the third time at home this seasonand halted a stretch in which he had lost three of his last fouroutings.


After Toronto took a 2-1 lead in the top half of the third,Butler pushed across the second of two runs in the bottom of theinning with an RBI groundout. In his next at-bat in the fifth,the 21-year-old singled to right to increase the advantage to4-2.


Gload, who replaced Butler at first base in the sixth inning,extended the Royals advantage to 6-2 in the seventh inning on atwo-run triple to left-center.


Rookie Jesse Litsch (4-5), making his first career start againstKansas City, allowed five runs on six hits in 6 2/3 innings,striking out two and issuing two walks.


Kansas City's Mark Teahen belted his sixth home run of theseason, a shot into the right field bullpen, giving him hisfirst home run since May 29 - a stretch of 250 at-bats.

Reed Johnson had three hits - including two doubles - and scoreda run for Toronto, which was denied an opportunity to winback-to-back road games for the first time since June 9-10against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

 

AL: TORONTO at KANSAS CITY

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TORONTO (2) AT KANSAS CITY (6) - HOW THEY SCORED
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KANSAS CITY 1ST: D DeJesus singled to right, D DeJesus out stretching at
second. E German flied out to center. M Teahen homered to right. B Butler
grounded out to third. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, KANSAS CITY 1.

TORONTO 2ND: F Thomas doubled to deep left. A Hill grounded out to first,
F Thomas to third. C Thigpen singled to center, F Thomas scored. H Luna lined
out to left. J McDonald flied out to right. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
TORONTO 1, KANSAS CITY 1.

TORONTO 3RD: R Johnson doubled to left. L Overbay grounded out to first,
R Johnson to third. A Rios doubled to right center, R Johnson scored. V Wells
grounded out to shortstop, A Rios to third. F Thomas flied out to right. (1
Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, KANSAS CITY 1.

KANSAS CITY 3RD: T Pena Jr safe at first on error by second baseman A Hill.
D DeJesus walked, T Pena Jr to second. T Pena Jr caught stealing third,
catcher to shortstop to third, D DeJesus to second on runner's fielder's
choice. E German reached on infield single to second, D DeJesus to third.
M Teahen safe at second on error by first baseman L Overbay, D DeJesus scored,
E German to third. B Butler grounded out to second, E German scored, M Teahen to
third. A Gordon grounded out to third. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 2 Errors) TORONTO 2,
KANSAS CITY 3.

KANSAS CITY 5TH: T Pena Jr safe at first on error by third baseman H Luna.
D DeJesus hit by pitch, T Pena Jr to second. E German bunted into fielder's
choice to pitcher, T Pena Jr out at third, D DeJesus to second. M Teahen
singled to center, D DeJesus to third, E German to second. B Butler singled to
right, D DeJesus scored, E German to third, M Teahen to second. A Gordon
grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, B Butler out at
second.(1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) TORONTO 2, KANSAS CITY 4.

KANSAS CITY 7TH: T Pena Jr grounded out to pitcher. D DeJesus grounded out
to pitcher. E German walked. B Tallet relieved J Litsch. E German stole
second. M Teahen walked. R Gload tripled to deep left center, E German and
M Teahen scored. A Gordon struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
TORONTO 2, KANSAS CITY 6.</div>

 

AL: TORONTO at KANSAS CITY

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TORONTO (2) AT KANSAS CITY (6) - EVENT LOG
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Toronto Starting Lineups -- R Johnson LF, L Overbay 1B, A Rios RF, V Wells CF,
F Thomas DH, A Hill 2B, C Thigpen C, H Luna 3B, J McDonald SS, J Litsch RHP.

Kansas City Starting Lineups -- D DeJesus CF, E German 2B, M Teahen RF,
B Butler 1B, A Gordon 3B, E Brown DH, J Buck C, J Gathright LF, T Pena Jr SS,
O Perez LHP.

Umpires -- Sam Holbrook (HP), Randy Marsh (1B), Bob Davidson (2B),
Brian Knight (3B).

Gametime Weather: 94 degrees, Clear, wind right to left at 5 mph.


TORONTO 1ST: R Johnson singled to center. L Overbay flied out to left.
A Rios walked, R Johnson to second. V Wells grounded into double play, second to
first, A Rios out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, KANSAS CITY 0.

KANSAS CITY 1ST: D DeJesus singled to right, D DeJesus out stretching at
second. E German flied out to center. M Teahen homered to right. B Butler
grounded out to third. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, KANSAS CITY 1.

TORONTO 2ND: F Thomas doubled to deep left. A Hill grounded out to first,
F Thomas to third. C Thigpen singled to center, F Thomas scored. H Luna lined
out to left. J McDonald flied out to right. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 1,
KANSAS CITY 1.

KANSAS CITY 2ND: A Gordon singled to right. E Brown struck out swinging.
J Buck flied out to right. J Gathright grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 1, KANSAS CITY 1.

TORONTO 3RD: R Johnson doubled to left. L Overbay grounded out to first,
R Johnson to third. A Rios doubled to right center, R Johnson scored. V Wells
grounded out to shortstop, A Rios to third. F Thomas flied out to right.
(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, KANSAS CITY 1.

KANSAS CITY 3RD: T Pena Jr safe at first on error by second baseman A Hill.
D DeJesus walked, T Pena Jr to second. T Pena Jr caught stealing third,
catcher to shortstop to third, D DeJesus to second on runner's fielder's
choice. E German reached on infield single to second, D DeJesus to third.
M Teahen safe at second on error by first baseman L Overbay, D DeJesus scored,
E German to third. B Butler grounded out to second, E German scored, M Teahen to
third. A Gordon grounded out to third. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 2 Errors) TORONTO 2,
KANSAS CITY 3.

TORONTO 4TH: A Hill struck out swinging. C Thigpen grounded out to
shortstop. H Luna struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2,
KANSAS CITY 3.

KANSAS CITY 4TH: E Brown struck out swinging. J Buck grounded out to
first. J Gathright bunt grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
TORONTO 2, KANSAS CITY 3.

TORONTO 5TH: J McDonald grounded out to first. R Johnson grounded out to
shortstop. L Overbay reached on infield single to first. A Rios singled to
left, L Overbay to second. V Wells reached on infield single to shortstop,
L Overbay to third, A Rios to second. F Thomas struck out swinging. (0 Runs,
3 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, KANSAS CITY 3.

KANSAS CITY 5TH: T Pena Jr safe at first on error by third baseman H Luna.
D DeJesus hit by pitch, T Pena Jr to second. E German bunted into fielder's
choice to pitcher, T Pena Jr out at third, D DeJesus to second. M Teahen
singled to center, D DeJesus to third, E German to second. B Butler singled to
right, D DeJesus scored, E German to third, M Teahen to second. A Gordon
grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, B Butler out at
second.(1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) TORONTO 2, KANSAS CITY 4.

TORONTO 6TH: J Peralta relieved O Perez. A Hill grounded out to shortstop.
C Thigpen grounded out to pitcher. H Luna struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) TORONTO 2, KANSAS CITY 4.

KANSAS CITY 6TH: E Brown flied out to left. J Buck fouled out to third.
J Gathright grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2,
KANSAS CITY 4.

TORONTO 7TH: R Gload at first base. J McDonald popped out to second.
R Johnson doubled to deep center. J Gobble relieved J Peralta. L Overbay fouled
out to third. Z Greinke relieved J Gobble. A Rios fouled out to first.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, KANSAS CITY 4.

KANSAS CITY 7TH: T Pena Jr grounded out to pitcher. D DeJesus grounded out
to pitcher. E German walked. B Tallet relieved J Litsch. E German stole
second. M Teahen walked. R Gload tripled to deep left center, E German and
M Teahen scored. A Gordon struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
TORONTO 2, KANSAS CITY 6.

TORONTO 8TH: V Wells lined out to right. F Thomas walked. A Hill flied
out to center. G Zaun hit for C Thigpen. G Zaun popped out to second. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, KANSAS CITY 6.

KANSAS CITY 8TH: G Zaun catching. J Frasor relieved B Tallet. E Brown
grounded out to shortstop. J Buck struck out looking. J Gathright struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, KANSAS CITY 6.

TORONTO 9TH: J Soria relieved Z Greinke. R Olmedo hit for H Luna. R Olmedo
grounded out to pitcher. M Stairs hit for J McDonald. M Stairs grounded out to
first. R Johnson struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2,
KANSAS CITY 6.</div>

 

Royals ride Perez, offense to series split vs. Jays

<h3>KANSAS CITY 6, TORONTO 2</h3>By Pat Madden
PA Sportsticker Contributing Writer


KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- Odalis Perez snapped a personaltwo-game losing streak and Billy Butler and Ross Gload drove in tworuns apiece as the Kansas City Royals defeated the Toronto Blue Jays,6-2, on Monday.


Kansas City, who won for the eighth time at home in 11 outings,earned a split of the four-game series with Toronto despitescoring just 12 runs in four games.


"Coming out of here swinging the bats the way we are with asplit is pretty good," Royals manager Buddy Bell said.

Perez (7-11), who lasted only three innings in his last start inan 11-4 loss to Minnesota on Wednesday, allowed two runs andeight hits over five innings, striking out three. With the win,the lefthander won for just the third time at home this seasonand halted a stretch in which he had lost three of his last fouroutings.


"It was a challenge," Perez said. "Those guys have a great teamand great hitters in the lineup. To come out with a one-runlead was good. The guys in the bullpen give us a good shot towin.


"We had Perez on the ropes a couple of times but couldn't gethim," Toronto manager John Gibbons said. "This time of theyear, a split doesn't do you any good where we're sitting."

After Toronto took a 2-1 lead in the top half of the third,Butler pushed across the second of two runs in the bottom of theinning with an RBI groundout. In his next at-bat in the fifth,the 21-year-old singled to right to increase the advantage to4-2.


"Two out of three times up I had a chance to do something,"Butler said. "I tried to make the most of it. One time Ididn't get a hit but I got the guy over. That's not ideallywhat I want to do. Typically, I'm trying to get a hit everytime with a guy in scoring position."


Gload, who replaced Butler at first base in the sixth inning,extended the Royals advantage to 6-2 in the seventh inning on atwo-run triple to left-center.


"He gets a big triple to really give us some separation whichwas huge against a team that can really swing the bat," Bellsaid.


Rookie Jesse Litsch (4-5), making his first career start againstKansas City, allowed five runs on six hits in 6 2/3 innings,striking out two and issuing two walks.


"Unfortunate things happen and I have to deal with them," Litschsaid. "My slider got me out of some jams and my changeup gotme out of a bases-loaded jam. I battled, but you can't be onthe winning side every game."


Kansas City's Mark Teahen belted his sixth home run of theseason, a shot into the right field bullpen, giving him hisfirst home run since May 29 - a stretch of 250 at-bats.

"It's been a long time," said Teahen of his homerless drought."It's nice to get it out of the way."


Reed Johnson had three hits - including a career-high twodoubles - and scored a run for Toronto, which was denied anopportunity to win back-to-back road games for the first timesince June 9-10 against the Los Angeles Dodgers.