GAME THREAD: AL: SEATTLE (23-22) at KANSAS CITY (19-31)

AL: SEATTLE at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
SEATTLE 7
KANSAS CITY 4 FINAL</div>

 

AL: SEATTLE at KANSAS CITY

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SEATTLE (7) AT KANSAS CITY (4) - HOW THEY SCORED
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SEATTLE 3RD: Y Betancourt singled to left. J Lopez singled to left,
Y Betancourt to second. J Burke sacrificed to pitcher, Y Betancourt to third,
J Lopez to second. I Suzuki walked. J Vidro singled to center, Y Betancourt
and J Lopez scored, I Suzuki to second. J Guillen reached on infield single to
third, I Suzuki to third, J Vidro to second. R Ibanez hit sacrifice fly to
right, I Suzuki scored. R Sexson grounded into fielder's choice to third,
J Guillen out at second. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 3, KANSAS CITY 0.

SEATTLE 4TH: A Beltre homered to left. Y Betancourt struck out swinging.
J Lopez grounded out to second. J Burke flied out to right. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, KANSAS CITY 0.

SEATTLE 6TH: R Sexson singled to center. A Beltre singled to right,
R Sexson to second. Y Betancourt popped out to second. J Lopez grounded
into fielder's choice to shortstop, A Beltre out at second, R Sexson to third.
J Burke singled to center, R Sexson scored, J Lopez to second. I Suzuki
singled to right, J Lopez scored, J Burke to second, J Burke to third,
I Suzuki to second advancing on throw. J Vidro intentionally walked.
J Peralta relieved O Perez. J Guillen grounded into fielder's choice to second,
J Vidro out at second. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 6, KANSAS CITY 0.

KANSAS CITY 6TH: R Shealy singled to left. T Pena Jr doubled to left,
R Shealy to third. R Shealy scored, T Pena Jr to third on wild pitch by
J Washburn. E German struck out swinging. D DeJesus grounded out to shortstop,
T Pena Jr scored. M Grudzielanek flied out to right. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
SEATTLE 6, KANSAS CITY 2.

KANSAS CITY 8TH: A Gordon doubled to deep right. S Green relieved
J Washburn. R Shealy singled to center, A Gordon scored. T Pena Jr struck out
swinging. E German grounded into fielder's choice to third, R Shealy out at
second. D DeJesus grounded out to first. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 6,
KANSAS CITY 3.

SEATTLE 9TH: I Suzuki singled to left. I Suzuki stole second. J Vidro
grounded into fielder's choice to second, I Suzuki out at third, J Vidro to
second. J Guillen grounded out to third. J Gobble relieved J Peralta.
R Ibanez singled to right, J Vidro scored. B Broussard grounded out to first.
(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 7, KANSAS CITY 3.

KANSAS CITY 9TH: J Ellison in right field. M Grudzielanek singled to right.
M Teahen reached on infield single to shortstop, M Grudzielanek to second.
J Putz relieved S Green. E Brown grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop,
M Teahen out at second, M Grudzielanek to third, M Grudzielanek scored on
throwing error by second baseman J Lopez. E Brown stole second. J Buck struck
out swinging. A Gordon struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error)
SEATTLE 7, KANSAS CITY 4.</div>

 

AL: SEATTLE at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">SEATTLE (7) VS KANSAS CITY (4) - FINAL

SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
I Suzuki cf 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 .339
J Vidro dh 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 .309
J Guillen rf 4 0 1 0 1 0 4 .268
J Ellison rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222
R Ibanez lf 4 0 1 2 0 0 3 .284
R Sexson 1b 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 .185
B Broussard 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .313
A Beltre 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .260
Y Betancourt ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .287
J Lopez 2b 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 .265
J Burke c 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .321

Totals 36 7 11 7 3 2 14

BATTING: HR - A Beltre (7, 4th inning off O Perez 0 on, 0 Out). S - J Burke. SF
- R Ibanez. RBI - J Vidro 2 (17), R Ibanez 2 (27), A Beltre (22), J Burke (2),
I Suzuki (21). 2-out RBI - J Burke, I Suzuki, R Ibanez. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - R Sexson 1, J Guillen 2. Team LOB - 7.

BASERUNNING: SB - I Suzuki (13, 2nd base off J Peralta/J Buck).

FIELDING: E - J Lopez (1, throw). DP: 1 (A Beltre-J Lopez-R Sexson).


KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
E German dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .284
D DeJesus cf 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 .270
M Grudzielanek 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .270
M Teahen rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .292
E Brown lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .212
J Buck c 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .277
A Gordon 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .191
R Shealy 1b 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 .217
T Pena Jr ss 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 .263

Totals 33 4 7 2 1 7 11

BATTING: 2B - T Pena Jr (5, J Washburn); A Gordon (8, J Washburn). RBI - D
DeJesus (12), R Shealy (13). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Gordon
1. GIDP - M Grudzielanek. Team LOB - 3.

BASERUNNING: SB - E Brown (5, 2nd base off J Putz/J Burke).


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SEATTLE - 003 102 001 -- 7
KANSAS CITY - 000 002 011 -- 4
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SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era
J Washburn (W, 5-4) 7 4 3 3 1 4 0 3.22
S Green 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2.70
J Putz (S, 12) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.25

KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
O Perez (L, 2-5) 5 2/3 9 6 6 3 2 1 5.61
J Peralta 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 4.54
J Gobble 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.33

J Washburn pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
S Green pitched to 2 batters in the 9th.

WP - J Washburn. IBB - J Vidro (by O Perez). Pitches-strikes: J Washburn
101-69; S Green 18-13; J Putz 13-10; O Perez 105-65; J Peralta 35-21; J Gobble
3-2. Ground balls-fly balls: J Washburn 6-11; S Green 2-0; J Putz 1-0; O Perez
8-7; J Peralta 4-5; J Gobble 1-0. Batters faced: J Washburn 25; S Green 6; J
Putz 3; O Perez 29; J Peralta 10; J Gobble 2.

UMPIRES: HP--Mike Reilly. 1B--Jeff Kellogg. 2B--Chad Fairchild. 3B--Eric
Cooper.

T--2:37. (Plus rain delay totaling 22 minutes in the 6th). Att--16,091.

Weather: 68 degrees, drizzle. Wind: 3 mph, left to right.</div>

 

Washburn continues road success as Mariners sweep Royals

<h3>SEATTLE 7, KANSAS CITY 4</h3>KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- Jarrod Washburn continued tomake the most of his starts away from home.

Washburn threw seven-plus strong innings and Jose Vidro drove intwo runs as the Seattle Mariners completed a three-game sweepof the Kansas City Royals with a 7-4 victory on Sunday.

Ichiro Suzuki singled twice to extend his hitting streak to 20games and Adrian Beltre homered for the Mariners, who ended upoutscoring the Royals, 26-7, in the weekend set.

It was a fourth consecutive loss for Kansas City, which hasmanaged just nine runs in their last four games after winningthe opening two of a mid-week series against the ClevelandIndians.

The latest pitcher to hold the Royals in check was Washburn(5-4), who threw five scoreless innings before finishing withthree runs and four hits allowed.

The veteran lefthander also struck out four and walked one enroute to improving to 3-1 with a 2.28 ERA in four starts awayfrom Safeco Field this season.

Washburn issued just a walk through the first three inningsuntil David DeJesus singled with an out in the fourth. Thesouthpaw bounced back to strike out both Mark Grudzielanek andMark Teahen.

Facing a 6-0 deficit, Kansas City finally got to Washburn in thesixth following a 22-minute rain delay. Ryan Shealy led offwith a single, moved to third on a double by Tony Pena Jr. andscored on a wild pitch. Pena later reached home on a groundoutby DeJesus.

Shealy continued the Royals' rally in the eighth, following up aleadoff double by rookie Alex Gordon with a single to make it6-3.

However, Raul Ibanez delivered an RBI single in the ninth andcloser J.J. Putz came on to killed a potential rally in thebottom half by fanning two of the three batters he faced,notching his 12th save.

Continuing a hot streak, Vidro opened the scoring in the thirdinning with a two-run single. He finished with four RBI in theseries and five in as many games.

Ichiro, who scored on Ibanez's sacrifice fly in the third for a3-0 edge, hit safely in his 20th consecutive game with an RBIsingle in the sixth that made it 6-0.

Kansas City starter Odalis Perez (2-5) had a string of strongstarts snapped, giving up six runs and nine hits in 5 2/3innings. The lefthander had allowed just five runs in 19 framesover his previous three outings.

 

AL: SEATTLE at KANSAS CITY

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SEATTLE (7) AT KANSAS CITY (4) - EVENT LOG
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Seattle Starting Lineups -- I Suzuki CF, J Vidro DH, J Guillen RF, R Ibanez LF,
R Sexson 1B, A Beltre 3B, Y Betancourt SS, J Lopez 2B, J Burke C, J Washburn LHP.

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

Umpires -- Mike Reilly (HP), Jeff Kellogg (1B), Chad Fairchild (2B),
Eric Cooper (3B).

Gametime Weather: 68 degrees, Drizzle, wind left to right at 3 mph.


SEATTLE 1ST: I Suzuki grounded out to second. J Vidro grounded out to
third. J Guillen flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 0,
KANSAS CITY 0.

KANSAS CITY 1ST: E German grounded out to third. D DeJesus walked.
M Grudzielanek grounded into double play, third to second to first, D DeJesus
out at second.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 0, KANSAS CITY 0.

SEATTLE 2ND: R Ibanez popped out to second. R Sexson struck out swinging.
A Beltre grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 0,
KANSAS CITY 0.

KANSAS CITY 2ND: M Teahen flied out to left. E Brown struck out looking.
J Buck flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 0, KANSAS CITY 0.

SEATTLE 3RD: Y Betancourt singled to left. J Lopez singled to left,
Y Betancourt to second. J Burke sacrificed to pitcher, Y Betancourt to third,
J Lopez to second. I Suzuki walked. J Vidro singled to center, Y Betancourt
and J Lopez scored, I Suzuki to second. J Guillen reached on infield single to
third, I Suzuki to third, J Vidro to second. R Ibanez hit sacrifice fly to
right, I Suzuki scored. R Sexson grounded into fielder's choice to third,
J Guillen out at second. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 3, KANSAS CITY 0.

KANSAS CITY 3RD: A Gordon flied out to left. R Shealy fouled out to
first. T Pena Jr popped out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 3,
KANSAS CITY 0.

SEATTLE 4TH: A Beltre homered to left. Y Betancourt struck out swinging.
J Lopez grounded out to second. J Burke flied out to right. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, KANSAS CITY 0.

KANSAS CITY 4TH: E German grounded out to third. D DeJesus reached on
infield single to second. M Grudzielanek struck out swinging. M Teahen
struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, KANSAS CITY 0.

SEATTLE 5TH: I Suzuki lined out to first. J Vidro grounded out to pitcher.
J Guillen walked. R Ibanez fouled out to catcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
SEATTLE 4, KANSAS CITY 0.

KANSAS CITY 5TH: E Brown grounded out to shortstop. J Buck fouled out to
catcher. A Gordon lined out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4,
KANSAS CITY 0.

SEATTLE 6TH: R Sexson singled to center. A Beltre singled to right,
R Sexson to second. Y Betancourt popped out to second. J Lopez grounded
into fielder's choice to shortstop, A Beltre out at second, R Sexson to third.
J Burke singled to center, R Sexson scored, J Lopez to second. I Suzuki
singled to right, J Lopez scored, J Burke to second, J Burke to third,
I Suzuki to second advancing on throw. J Vidro intentionally walked.
J Peralta relieved O Perez. J Guillen grounded into fielder's choice to second,
J Vidro out at second. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 6, KANSAS CITY 0.

KANSAS CITY 6TH: B Broussard at first base. R Shealy singled to left.
T Pena Jr doubled to left, R Shealy to third. R Shealy scored, T Pena Jr
to third on wild pitch by J Washburn. E German struck out swinging.
D DeJesus grounded out to shortstop, T Pena Jr scored. M Grudzielanek flied
out to right. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 6, KANSAS CITY 2.

SEATTLE 7TH: R Ibanez popped out to second. B Broussard flied out to
center. A Beltre flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 6,
KANSAS CITY 2.

KANSAS CITY 7TH: M Teahen lined out to right. E Brown lined out to left.
J Buck flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 6, KANSAS CITY 2.

SEATTLE 8TH: Y Betancourt popped out to second. J Lopez lined out to
second. J Burke grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
SEATTLE 6, KANSAS CITY 2.

KANSAS CITY 8TH: A Gordon doubled to deep right. S Green relieved
J Washburn. R Shealy singled to center, A Gordon scored. T Pena Jr struck
out swinging. E German grounded into fielder's choice to third, R Shealy
out at second. D DeJesus grounded out to first. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
SEATTLE 6, KANSAS CITY 3.

SEATTLE 9TH: I Suzuki singled to left. I Suzuki stole second. J Vidro
grounded into fielder's choice to second, I Suzuki out at third. J Guillen
grounded out to third. J Gobble relieved J Peralta. R Ibanez singled to right,
J Vidro scored. B Broussard grounded out to first. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
SEATTLE 7, KANSAS CITY 3.

KANSAS CITY 9TH: J Ellison in right field. M Grudzielanek singled to right.
M Teahen reached on infield single to shortstop, M Grudzielanek to second.
J Putz relieved S Green. E Brown grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop,
M Teahen out at second, M Grudzielanek to third, M Grudzielanek scored on
throwing error by second baseman J Lopez. E Brown stole second. J Buck struck
out swinging. A Gordon struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error)
SEATTLE 7, KANSAS CITY 4.</div>

 

Washburn continues road success as Mariners sweep Royals

<h3>SEATTLE 7, KANSAS CITY 4</h3>KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- Jarrod Washburn continued tomake the most of his starts away from home.

Washburn threw seven-plus strong innings and Jose Vidro drove intwo runs as the Seattle Mariners completed a three-game sweepof the Kansas City Royals with a 7-4 victory on Sunday.

Ichiro Suzuki singled twice to extend his hitting streak to 20games and Adrian Beltre homered for the Mariners, who ended upoutscoring the Royals, 26-7, in the weekend set.

"I feel real good about our team right now," Washburn said."Offensively, we've got a lot of guys that are coming around.We knew they would. We expected big things out of them thisyear and they're showing what they are capable of right now."

"We're swinging the bats pretty well right now," Marinersmanager Mike Hargrove said. "We have seemed to turn thataround. We're getting good starting pitching, which reallyhelps our bullpen especially going through this stretch. Andour bullpen is coming through. It's the best of both worldsright now."

It was a fourth consecutive loss for Kansas City, which hasmanaged just nine runs in their last four games after winningthe opening two of a mid-week series against the ClevelandIndians.

"The last four games it sounds like we're talking about the samegame," Royals manager Buddy Bell said. "Not enough pitchingand not enough hitting. It's a bad combination."

The latest pitcher to hold the Royals in check was Washburn(5-4), who threw five scoreless innings before finishing withthree runs and four hits allowed.

"I worked fast and was able to get ahead of hitters and use mydefense," Washburn said. "I'm not a strikeout guy. The defenseplayed great behind me again."

The veteran lefthander also struck out four and walked one enroute to improving to 3-1 with a 2.28 ERA in four starts awayfrom Safeco Field this season.

Washburn issued just a walk through the first three inningsuntil David DeJesus singled with an out in the fourth. Thesouthpaw bounced back to strike out both Mark Grudzielanek andMark Teahen.

"His ability to sink it made it hard for us," DeJesus said. "Asa team, we've faced a lot of good arms and they have beengetting ahead of us, then inducing double plays, and that's akiller."

Facing a 6-0 deficit, Kansas City finally got to Washburn in thesixth following a 22-minute rain delay. Ryan Shealy led offwith a single, moved to third on a double by Tony Pena Jr. andscored on a wild pitch. Pena later reached home on a groundoutby DeJesus.

"It wasn't too long," Washburn said of the rain delay. "Iwasn't worried about it. Obviously, I didn't (pitch) after thedelay the way like I wanted to, but I was able to calm downafter that and helped us get the win."

Shealy continued the Royals' rally in the eighth, following up aleadoff double by rookie Alex Gordon that chased Washburn witha single to make it 6-3.

"Washburn wasn't as effective when he went back out (after therain delay)," Hargrove said. "He gave up the two runs in thesixth. In the seventh, he shut them down. In the eighth, wewanted him to face Gordon and go batter by batter. He hung abreaking ball to Gordon."

However, Raul Ibanez delivered an RBI single in the ninth andcloser J.J. Putz came on to killed a potential rally in thebottom half by fanning two of the three batters he faced,notching his 12th save.

Continuing a hot streak, Vidro opened the scoring in the thirdinning with a two-run single. He finished with four RBI in theseries and five in as many games.

"The last six games, really, all the guys are swinging the batsthe best we have the whole season," Vidro said. "We are reallylocked in. Hitting behind Ichiro, I've got to be ready to hitwith runners on base all the time."

Ichiro, who scored on Ibanez's sacrifice fly in the third for a3-0 edge, hit safely in his 20th consecutive game with an RBIsingle in the sixth that made it 6-0.

Ichiro, who is on pace for his seventh consecutive 200-hitseason, is batting .432 (38-for-88) with 19 runs scored duringthe streak.

"It's incredible," Vidro said about Ichiro. "I'd seen him playa few times on TV (before joining the Mariners) and now I canappreciate what kind of hitter he is. I can't imagine what itmust be like to be a middle infielder when he is batting, toplay against him. He can do so many things."

Ibanez, who missed five games earlier in the week with a sorelower back, finished with two RBI. He ended up batting .417(5-for-12) in the series with four doubles, four RBI and fourruns scored.

"Raul is swinging the bat well after missing some games with hisback," Hargrove said.

Kansas City starter Odalis Perez (2-5) had a string of strongstarts snapped, giving up six runs and nine hits in 5 2/3innings. The lefthander had allowed just five runs in 19 framesover his previous three outings.

"I would say that team is good enough right now that if you makeany mistake you pay for it," Perez said of the Mariners. "Evenwhen you pitch the ball where you want it they can still hitthe ball and make you pay."