Kansas City Royals (6) Toronto Blue Jays (4)

| 2011

Date of Game: Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Stadium: Rogers Centre

Kansas City Royals (AL)	Toronto Blue Jays (AL)
Record: 53-76	Record: 65-63
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Attendance: 20,009 Time of Game: 2:53

Game Notes:

Joel Carreno - 1st career game

Jeff Francoeur - 4 hits

Alex Gordon - 4 strikeouts

Joel Carreno - 1st career game

Best at-bats

Eric Hosmer HR in 2nd inning (14.73)

Johnny Giavotella 1B in 2nd inning (8.82)

Salvador Perez 1B in 2nd inning (7.65)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City Royals	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	6	16	0
Toronto Blue Jays	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	6	1

Top Inning 1

Alex Gordon vs Brandon Morrow M K

1-2 (4 pitches)

Struck out looking

Melky Cabrera vs Brandon Morrow M 43/G

2-2 (7 pitches)

Billy Butler vs Brandon Morrow M 9/F

1-0 (2 pitches)

Game tied 0-0

Bottom Inning 1

Yunel Escobar vs Bruce Chen M 9/F

0-1 (2 pitches)

Eric Thames vs Bruce Chen M 43/G

0-1 (2 pitches)

Jose Bautista vs Bruce Chen M 6/P

2-1 (4 pitches)

Game tied 0-0

Top Inning 2

Eric Hosmer vs Brandon Morrow M HR/8/F

2-2 (6 pitches)

Homered to center field

Jeff Francoeur vs Brandon Morrow M D8/F

0-0 (1 pitches)

Doubled

Johnny Giavotella vs Brandon Morrow M S8/G.2-H(E8);B-2

1-0 (2 pitches)

Singled . Jeff Francoeur scored on error by , Johnny Giavotella advanced to 2b

Salvador Perez vs Brandon Morrow M S8/G.2-H

0-1 (2 pitches)

Singled . Johnny Giavotella scored

Mike Moustakas vs Brandon Morrow M W.1-2

3-1 (5 pitches)

Walked. Salvador Perez advanced to 2b

Alcides Escobar vs Brandon Morrow M 8/F

3-2 (7 pitches)

Alex Gordon vs Brandon Morrow M K

0-2 (3 pitches)

Struck out swinging

Melky Cabrera vs Brandon Morrow M K

3-2 (8 pitches)

Struck out looking

Kansas City Royals lead Toronto Blue Jays 3-0

Bottom Inning 2

Adam Lind vs Bruce Chen M K

0-2 (3 pitches)

Struck out looking

Edwin Encarnacion vs Bruce Chen M K

1-2 (4 pitches)

Struck out looking

Colby Rasmus vs Bruce Chen M K

3-2 (6 pitches)

Struck out swinging

Kansas City Royals lead Toronto Blue Jays 3-0

Top Inning 3

Billy Butler vs Brandon Morrow M 8/F

0-0 (1 pitches)

Eric Hosmer vs Brandon Morrow M S9/G+

3-2 (6 pitches)

Singled

Jeff Francoeur vs Brandon Morrow M S7/L.1-2

2-2 (6 pitches)

Singled . Eric Hosmer advanced to 2b

Johnny Giavotella vs Brandon Morrow M 9/F

1-2 (4 pitches)

Salvador Perez vs Brandon Morrow M 64(1)/FO/G

2-2 (5 pitches)

Flied out to

Kansas City Royals lead Toronto Blue Jays 3-0

Bottom Inning 3

Brett Lawrie vs Bruce Chen M K

1-2 (4 pitches)

Struck out looking

Jose Molina vs Bruce Chen M 3/P

0-2 (4 pitches)

Mike McCoy vs Bruce Chen M K

2-2 (5 pitches)

Struck out swinging

Kansas City Royals lead Toronto Blue Jays 3-0

Top Inning 4

Mike Moustakas vs Brandon Morrow M S7/L.BX2(74)

2-1 (4 pitches)

Singled . advancement unknown

Alcides Escobar vs Brandon Morrow M 53/G

1-0 (2 pitches)

Alex Gordon vs Brandon Morrow M K

1-2 (4 pitches)

Struck out looking

Kansas City Royals lead Toronto Blue Jays 3-0

Bottom Inning 4

Yunel Escobar vs Bruce Chen M S8/G+

1-1 (3 pitches)

Singled

Eric Thames vs Bruce Chen M 64(1)3/GDP

1-1 (4 pitches)

Jose Bautista vs Bruce Chen M K

0-2 (3 pitches)

Struck out looking

Kansas City Royals lead Toronto Blue Jays 3-0

Top Inning 5

Melky Cabrera vs Brandon Morrow M 6/P

0-2 (4 pitches)

Billy Butler vs Brandon Morrow M HR/7/F

1-2 (4 pitches)

Homered to left field

Eric Hosmer vs Brandon Morrow M S2/G-

0-2 (3 pitches)

Singled

Jeff Francoeur vs Brandon Morrow M K+SB2

1-2 (4 pitches)

Struck out swinging

Johnny Giavotella vs Brandon Morrow M D8/L.2-H

3-2 (6 pitches)

Doubled . Eric Hosmer scored

Salvador Perez vs Brandon Morrow M T9/L.2-H

1-1 (3 pitches)

Tripled . Johnny Giavotella scored

Mike Moustakas vs Wil Ledezma M 5/P5F

2-1 (4 pitches)

Kansas City Royals lead Toronto Blue Jays 6-0

Bottom Inning 5

Adam Lind vs Bruce Chen M 43/G

0-0 (1 pitches)

Edwin Encarnacion vs Bruce Chen M K

0-2 (3 pitches)

Struck out looking

Colby Rasmus vs Bruce Chen M 3/G

1-1 (3 pitches)

Kansas City Royals lead Toronto Blue Jays 6-0

Top Inning 6

Alcides Escobar vs Wil Ledezma M 43/G

1-2 (7 pitches)

Alex Gordon vs Wil Ledezma M S7/F-

1-0 (2 pitches)

Singled

Melky Cabrera vs Wil Ledezma M K

3-2 (7 pitches)

Struck out swinging

Billy Butler vs Joel Carreno M 7/F

2-0 (3 pitches)

Kansas City Royals lead Toronto Blue Jays 6-0

Bottom Inning 6

Brett Lawrie vs Bruce Chen M 9/F

0-1 (2 pitches)

Jose Molina vs Bruce Chen M S7/G+

0-1 (2 pitches)

Singled

Mike McCoy vs Bruce Chen M S5/G.1-2

0-2 (3 pitches)

Singled . Jose Molina advanced to 2b

Yunel Escobar vs Bruce Chen M HR/78/F.2-H;1-H

0-1 (2 pitches)

Homered to left-center. Jose Molina scored, Mike McCoy scored

Eric Thames vs Bruce Chen M 7/F

2-2 (5 pitches)

Jose Bautista vs Bruce Chen M K

2-2 (5 pitches)

Struck out swinging

Kansas City Royals lead Toronto Blue Jays 6-3

Top Inning 7

Eric Hosmer vs Joel Carreno M 43/G

0-0 (1 pitches)

Jeff Francoeur vs Joel Carreno M D7/G+

0-1 (2 pitches)

Doubled

Johnny Giavotella vs Joel Carreno M 8/F.2-3

1-2 (5 pitches)

. Jeff Francoeur advanced to 3b

Salvador Perez vs Joel Carreno M 53/G

0-1 (2 pitches)

Kansas City Royals lead Toronto Blue Jays 6-3

Bottom Inning 7

Adam Lind vs Bruce Chen M K

0-2 (3 pitches)

Struck out looking

Edwin Encarnacion vs Bruce Chen M 7/F

2-1 (4 pitches)

Colby Rasmus vs Bruce Chen M 9/F

2-2 (6 pitches)

Kansas City Royals lead Toronto Blue Jays 6-3

Top Inning 8

Mike Moustakas vs Joel Carreno M S7/G

3-1 (5 pitches)

Singled

Alcides Escobar vs Joel Carreno M 7/F

1-0 (2 pitches)

Alex Gordon vs Joel Carreno M K

1-2 (6 pitches)

Struck out swinging

Melky Cabrera vs Joel Carreno M S4/G.1-2

2-1 (4 pitches)

Singled . Mike Moustakas advanced to 2b

Billy Butler vs Joel Carreno M K

3-2 (6 pitches)

Struck out swinging

Kansas City Royals lead Toronto Blue Jays 6-3

Bottom Inning 8

Brett Lawrie vs Bruce Chen M 9/F

1-2 (4 pitches)

Jose Molina vs Bruce Chen M 13/G

0-0 (1 pitches)

Mike McCoy vs Bruce Chen M W

3-1 (5 pitches)

Walked

Mike McCoy stole second base

Yunel Escobar vs Greg Holland M 53/G

2-2 (6 pitches)

Kansas City Royals lead Toronto Blue Jays 6-3

Top Inning 9

Eric Hosmer vs Joel Carreno M 43/G

0-1 (2 pitches)

Jeff Francoeur vs Joel Carreno M S7/L

1-1 (3 pitches)

Singled

Chris Getz vs Joel Carreno M 8/F

1-0 (2 pitches)

Salvador Perez vs Joel Carreno M 8/F

1-2 (4 pitches)

Kansas City Royals lead Toronto Blue Jays 6-3

Bottom Inning 9

Eric Thames vs Joakim Soria M D9/L

3-1 (5 pitches)

Doubled

Jose Bautista vs Joakim Soria M K

2-2 (5 pitches)

Struck out looking

Adam Lind vs Joakim Soria M S7/G.2-H

1-0 (3 pitches)

Singled . Eric Thames scored

Edwin Encarnacion vs Joakim Soria M 6/P

2-2 (6 pitches)

Mark Teahen vs Joakim Soria M K

0-2 (3 pitches)

Struck out swinging

Kansas City Royals beat Toronto Blue Jays 6-4

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