Starting Lineups:
Kansas City Royals Pittsburgh Pirates
1. Damon lf Morris 2b
2. Reboulet ss Kendall c
3. Sweeney 1b Cordero lf
4. Dye rf Giles cf
5. Beltran cf Young 1b
6. Randa 3b Vander Wal rf
7. Johnson c Meares ss
8. Febles 2b Benjamin 3b
9. Witasick p Schmidt p
ROYALS 1ST: Damon walked; Reboulet singled to right [Damon to
third]; Sweeney singled to center [Damon scored, Reboulet to
second]; Dye walked [Reboulet to third, Sweeney to second];
Beltran grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Reboulet scored, Sweeney to third, Dye out at second];
Randa walked; Johnson was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB. Royals 2, Pirates 0.
PIRATES 1ST: Morris flied to left; Kendall walked; Cordero lined
to center; Kendall was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Pirates 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Febles singled to right; Witasick struck out; Damon
lined to left; Reboulet struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 2, Pirates 0.
PIRATES 2ND: Giles was hit by a pitch; Johnson allowed a passed
ball [Giles to second]; Young reached on an error by Randa
[Giles scored, Young to second]; Vander Wal flied to center
[Young to third]; Meares singled to left [Young scored
(unearned)]; Benjamin grounded out (third to first) [Meares to
second]; Schmidt was called out on strikes; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Pirates 2.
ROYALS 3RD: Sweeney singled to center; Dye struck out; Beltran
tripled to right [Sweeney scored, Beltran scored (error by
Vander Wal)]; Randa grounded out (third to first); Johnson
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals
4, Pirates 2.
PIRATES 3RD: Morris doubled to right; Kendall grounded out
(second to first) [Morris to third]; Cordero grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Morris scored]; Giles grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Pirates 3.
ROYALS 4TH: Febles was called out on strikes; Witasick grounded
out (first unassisted); Damon lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 4, Pirates 3.
PIRATES 4TH: Young singled to right; Vander Wal singled to
center [Young to second]; Meares struck out; Benjamin walked
[Young to third, Vander Wal to second]; Schmidt was called out
on strikes; Morris lined to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals
4, Pirates 3.
ROYALS 5TH: Reboulet grounded out (second to first); Sweeney
flied to center; Dye grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Pirates 3.
PIRATES 5TH: Kendall grounded out (third to first); Cordero
lined to left; Giles singled to center; Young flied to right in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Pirates 3.
ROYALS 6TH: Beltran struck out; Randa doubled to right; Johnson
singled to center [Randa scored]; Febles walked [Johnson to
second]; POSE BATTED FOR WITASICK; SAUERBECK REPLACED SCHMIDT
(PITCHING); Pose singled [Johnson to third, Febles to second];
Damon singled to right [Johnson scored, Febles to third, Pose to
second]; LOISELLE REPLACED SAUERBECK (PITCHING); Reboulet out on
a sacrifice fly to right [Febles scored, Pose to third]; Sweeney
homered to left [Pose scored, Damon scored]; Dye homered to
left; Beltran grounded out (second to first); 7 R, 6 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 11, Pirates 3.
PIRATES 6TH: REICHERT REPLACED POSE (PITCHING); Vander Wal
reached on an error by Reboulet; Meares grounded out (third to
first) [Vander Wal to second]; Benjamin singled to center
[Vander Wal out at home (center to catcher), Benjamin to second
(on throw to home)]; AVEN BATTED FOR LOISELLE; Aven flied to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 11, Pirates 3.
ROYALS 7TH: MANZANILLO REPLACED AVEN (PITCHING); Randa reached
on an error by Morris; Johnson lined to right; Febles singled to
right [Randa to second]; Reichert grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Febles out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 11, Pirates 3.
PIRATES 7TH: Morris grounded out (first to pitcher); Kendall
singled to center; Cordero walked [Kendall to second]; Giles
forced Cordero (second to shortstop) [Kendall to third]; Young
forced Giles (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 11, Pirates 3.
ROYALS 8TH: OSIK REPLACED KENDALL (PLAYING C ); Damon doubled to
right; Reboulet flied to center; Sweeney walked; DUNWOODY BATTED
FOR DYE; Dunwoody walked [Damon to third, Sweeney to second];
Beltran flied to left; Randa flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB. Royals 11, Pirates 3.
PIRATES 8TH: DUNWOODY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BOTTALICO
REPLACED REICHERT (PITCHING); Vander Wal reached on an error by
Sweeney; Meares singled to left [Vander Wal to second];
Bottalico threw a wild pitch [Vander Wal to third, Meares to
second]; Benjamin struck out; CRUZ BATTED FOR MANZANILLO; Cruz
was called out on strikes; Morris grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 11, Pirates 3.
ROYALS 9TH: WALLACE REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Johnson homered to
right; Febles grounded out (second to first); ORDAZ BATTED FOR
BOTTALICO; Ordaz singled to right; MCCARTY BATTED FOR DAMON;
McCarty singled to right [Ordaz to second]; Reboulet walked
[Ordaz to third, McCarty to second]; Sweeney singled to center
[Ordaz scored, McCarty to third, Reboulet to second]; Dunwoody
was hit by a pitch [McCarty scored, Reboulet to third, Sweeney
to second]; Beltran walked [Reboulet scored, Sweeney to third,
Dunwoody to second]; Randa singled to center [Sweeney scored,
Dunwoody to third, Beltran to second]; SILVA REPLACED WALLACE
(PITCHING); Johnson struck out; Febles grounded out (pitcher to
first); 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 16, Pirates 3.
PIRATES 9TH: MCCARTY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); REBOULET
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); ORDAZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
SS); D'AMICO REPLACED RANDA (PITCHING); Osik flied to center;
Debut game for Jeff D'Amico; Cordero walked; Giles flied to
right; Young struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 16,
Pirates 3.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 16 18 3 10
Pirates 3 8 2 11
