Starting Lineups:
Kansas City Royals Chicago White Sox
1. Maier lf Lillibridge lf
2. Cabrera cf Morel 3b
3. Butler dh Dunn dh
4. Francoeur rf Konerko 1b
5. Hosmer 1b Quentin rf
6. Pena c Ramirez ss
7. Moustakas 3b Rios cf
8. Escobar ss Castro c
9. Getz 2b Beckham 2b
Francis p Buehrle p
ROYALS 1ST: Maier struck out; Cabrera singled to center; Butler
lined to pitcher (pitcher to second to first) [Cabrera to
second]; Francoeur homered to left [Cabrera scored]; Hosmer
grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals
2, White Sox 0.
WHITE SOX 1ST: Lillibridge singled to left; Morel flied to
center; Lillibridge stole second; Dunn struck out; Konerko
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2,
White Sox 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Pena walked; Moustakas was called out on strikes;
Escobar grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Pena out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2,
White Sox 0.
WHITE SOX 2ND: Quentin popped to second; Ramirez grounded out
(third to first); Rios flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, White Sox 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Getz grounded out (shortstop to first); Maier
doubled to right; Cabrera grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Maier to third]; Butler singled to right [Maier scored];
Francoeur lined to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, White
Sox 0.
WHITE SOX 3RD: Castro struck out; Beckham reached on an error by
Moustakas; Lillibridge flied to right; Morel forced Beckham
(third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Hosmer grounded out (third to first); Pena singled
to center; Moustakas popped to shortstop; Escobar lined to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 0.
WHITE SOX 4TH: Dunn singled to right; Konerko singled to center
[Dunn to second]; Quentin singled to left [Dunn to third,
Konerko to second]; Ramirez grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Dunn scored (no RBI), Konerko to
third, Quentin out at second]; Rios struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 1.
ROYALS 5TH: Getz struck out; Maier grounded out (second to
first); Cabrera doubled to left; Butler grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 1.
WHITE SOX 5TH: Castro homered to left; Beckham flied to left;
Lillibridge singled to left; Morel flied to right; Lillibridge
stole second; Dunn grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 2.
ROYALS 6TH: Francoeur flied to center; Hosmer singled to center;
Pena forced Hosmer (third to second); Moustakas popped to first;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 2.
WHITE SOX 6TH: Konerko doubled to right; Quentin struck out;
Ramirez grounded out (first unassisted) [Konerko to third]; Rios
popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 2.
ROYALS 7TH: Escobar popped to first; Getz flied to right; Maier
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3,
White Sox 2.
WHITE SOX 7TH: HOLLAND REPLACED FRANCIS (PITCHING); Castro
struck out; Beckham grounded out (shortstop to first);
Lillibridge grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 2.
ROYALS 8TH: CRAIN REPLACED BUEHRLE (PITCHING); Cabrera lined to
right; Butler grounded out (shortstop to first); Francoeur flied
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 2.
WHITE SOX 8TH: CROW REPLACED HOLLAND (PITCHING); Morel singled
to center; Dunn homered to right [Morel scored]; Konerko popped
to first; Quentin struck out; Ramirez walked; Rios forced
Ramirez (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3,
White Sox 4.
ROYALS 9TH: SANTOS REPLACED CRAIN (PITCHING); Hosmer homered to
center; Eric Hosmer's fly to CF was just beyond the stretch
of CF Alex Rios; the ball was ruled in play and Hosmer reached
3B on the play; the ball hit the top of the wall and caromed off
the railing behind the wall back onto the field; Royals manager
Ned Yost asked about the call, so crew chief Ed Rapuano watched
the replay and overturned the call to a home run; this is the
second replay affecting a ball hit by rookie Eric Hosmer
(6/3); Pena singled to left; Moustakas was called out on
strikes; Escobar flied to left; Getz singled to right [Pena to
second]; Maier flied to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4,
White Sox 4.
WHITE SOX 9TH: PIERZYNSKI BATTED FOR CASTRO; Pierzynski singled
to center; Beckham out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Pierzynski to second]; TEAHEN BATTED FOR LILLIBRIDGE; Crow
threw a wild pitch [Pierzynski to third]; Teahen struck out;
PIERRE BATTED FOR MOREL; Pierre walked; Pierre advanced to
second because of defensive indifference [Pierre to second];
Crow balked [Pierzynski scored, Pierre to third]; a
game-ending balk by Aaron Crow; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 4, White Sox 5.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 4 10 1 6
White Sox 5 10 0 7
