Scorecard: June 9, 2011 Toronto Blue Jays at Kansas City Royals - Game 4 of 4

From Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri,

USA:

Toronto Blue Jays

(32-30)

Manager:  John Farrell

@

Kansas City Royals

(26-36)

Manager:  Ned Yost

Game 4 of 4

First pitch: 4:10 PM EDT

Starting Pitchers
Toronto - Ricky Romero

Kansas City - Luke Hochevar


Umpires

Home - Jim Joyce 
3B - Derryl Cousins
2B - Jim Wolf
1B - Ron Kulpa


Weather
Sunny
Temp:  33°C | 91°F
Wind:  SE at 26 kph | 16 mph
(first base line out to left)


My brain may have been a little fuzzy today, I couldn't keep up the whole game - even though I was ready to go at the first pitch. Bautista was backing out of the batter's box in the first when the pitch came sailing by - Jerry Howarth phrased it like, 'Bautista turned to the Umpire and said', " 'hey I just got fast-pitched!' " - to no avail, was called strike three.

I was so busy trying to keep up I couldn't tell ... did KC fast-pitch the Jays all afternoon?

When Soria came on in the 9th the game slowed for me, I was suddenly able to keep up on the scorecard - prompting me to wonder...

What a great day for Mike McCoy in the lead-off, 4 walks! That he didn't score in this one run game is a testament to how important Patterson is to this line-up (0 for 5 and batted into a double play) with Bautista in a slump - even with Adam Lind on fire (3/4).






Line-up and pitching totals from ESPN (box score).

Colour Legend (as of this date)

Red is an out Pink are un-earned bases - Wild Pitch, Passed Ball or an Error Yellow is Intentional Base on Balls, Defensive Indifference or Fielder's Choice Neon Green is a Base Hit Forest Green is a runner advanced by a Base Hit or a Sacrifice Neon Blue is a Stolen Base Navy Blue is a base earned via a Hit or a Sacrifice, that results in a Run Scored

Scoring Notations Legend (as of this date)

BH Base Hit - Batter-runner safe at first base via a hit ball FC Ball hit on the ground, fielded and a put out made anywhere but at 1B 2BH Two Base Hit - Batter-runner safe at second base via a hit ball SB Stolen Base - Base runner advances on a pitched ball despite the defence's best efforts 3BH Three Base Hit - Batter-runner safe at third base via a hit ball CS Caught Stealing - A baserunner is put out while tring to advance on a pitch HR Home Run - Batter-runner safe at home plate via a hit ball DI Defensive Indifference - A baserunner advances because the defence, for strategic reasons, does nothing BB Base on Balls - Batter to first base because the umpire ruled that pitched ball was the forth pitch of the at-bat out of the strike zone SAC Sacrifice - With less than two outs the batter causes a base runner to advance but in the process, is put out K Called third strike - Batter out because the umpire ruled that with two strikes in an at-bat, a pitched ball was in the strike zone RBI Run Batted In - on a SAC, a BH or via a BB - a run scores Ks Batter out, swinging third strike RS Run Scored. FO A high arching hit ball caught on the fly by a fielder E The defence allows runners to advance because of less than stallar play LO Ball caught that was hit so hard it appears like the vector was a straight line Eth The defence allows runners to advance because of less than stallar throw GO Ball hit on the ground, fielded and the batter-runner is put out at 1B WP Wild Pitch - a pitched ball that bounces in and is not caught by the catcher and that results in a runner advancing pop A ball hit in a high arch such that the distance travelled up is greater than the distance travelled from the plate PB Passed Ball - a pitched ball that doesn't bounce and is not caught by the catcher and that results in a runner advancing IFR Infield Fly Rule - A ball popped up on the infield that an umpire rules is easily catch-able - batter-runner is out, the ball is dead HBP Hit by Pitch

Box Score - Final	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Toronto Blue Jays	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0			2	8	1	9
Kansas City Royals	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	x			3	8	0	6

Toronto Blue Jays	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
1.  M McCoy SS	C 3:10 X 5-3			BBBB FC #3 BB	BFBB B DP #2 BB #9 1,2			BBCB CB Crow + WP BB	SCBB (app.1) B fake2 >B BB Balls of steal 4 walks! 0 for 1			1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
2.  C Patterson LF	bBX pop 3(9) FO4f			CSFB X FO8	CX GB4 DP 4-6-3 #1 out /			BbX SAC Bunt 5 1-3 #1 1,2	CBX Zaun dead-pans, it's getting quite exciting around here. pop FO5f / Oh well.			5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3.  J Bautista RF	CFFC K / 9 out of batter's box			X RS #5 GB5 FC 5-4 #1 out		CBFF FFBX pop FO4		BBBB WP #5 BB				3 1 0 1
4.  A Lind 1B		BBFB FX DP #6 IF-BH4		CBBB X RS #5 BH9 #3 1,3		FBSX BH9		BFCS Ks
5.  J Arencibia C		X pop FO4		CX 2RBI 3BH7 deep #3 3,H #4 1,H		BSSF BFS Ks		BBwp FX WP #1,#3 1b 6-3 /
6.  A Hill 2B		FX GB5 DP 5-4-3 #4 out /		BBBC B BB		BCX FO7 /			CBBF X Soria + FO8
7.  E Encarnacion DH			BSBF X LO8	BCBB X FO8 /			FX DP #9 BH7		CBBX BH7
8.  R Davis CF 9th PH J Rivera			CFX pop FO3f		BX FO8		bFFC K		CSBB BFX BH7(8) #7 1,2
9.  J Nix 3B			BX FO8 /		SCBB X #1 BH7		BX GB6 DP 6-4-3 #7 out /		CCS Ks 12 to 6 69 mph
Per-Inning Totals	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	Totals
Runs Hits Errors LOB	0 0 0 0	0 1 0 0	0 0 1 0	2 2 0 2	0 1 0 1	0 1 0 1	0 1 0 0	0 0 0 2	0 2 x 3			2 8 1 9

Jays' Pitching Totals	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P/S	ERA
Ricky Romero	8.0	8	3	3	2	4	0	112/67	3.18

Kansas City Royals	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
1.  M Maier LF	BBBC CX GO3 3UA		FBbX FC #2 Bunt 2 FC 2-5 #8 out #9 1,2		CX 2BH8(9)		BCBB X GB3 3UA #8 2,3
2.  M Cabrera CF	BBX pop FO5f		BFBB X RS #3 GB6 FC 6-4 #1 out #9 2,3		BX FO9		CBX 5-3 /
3.  E Hosmer 1B	shift>CFBX FB looper 7 just over 5 at 6 BH7		X RS #3 RBI BH9 #9 3,H 9-6 skips 5(1) Eth9 #2 1,3 #3 1,2		CX GB3 3UA /			b Bunt 5 short 1-3
4.  J Francoeur RF	CFFX 6-3 /		X BH9 #2 3,H 9-2 #3 2,H #4 1,2 on th			CSBB S Ks		BSFB running, pitch bounced SB #5 np HBP
5.  B Butler DH		BBBC B FC #7 BB	X BH9 #4 out 9-2 /			FFBB BS Ks		BC>S FBBB DP #6 #4 1,2 BB
6.  W Betemit 3B		CFS Ks		FBBX 4-3		FSBF BX 2BH9		X GB6 DP 6-4-3 #5 out /
7.  M Aviles 2B 9th 2B C Getz		CBX picked off #8 GB6 FC 6-4 #5 out		BX pop FO2f		BFX FO7 /
8.  M Treanor C		1 #7 CS 1-3 / --->	CBSB B FC #1 HBP	BCFB BFS Ks /			CX BH9
9.  A Escobar SS			CBFX RS #3 GB5 stops fair BH #8 1,2		X Bunt 1 1-3		BbX SAC Bunt 5 1-3 #8 1,2
Per-Inning Totals	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	Totals
Runs Hits Errors LOB	0 1 0 1	0 0 0 0	3 4 0 1	0 0 0 0	0 1 0 1	0 1 0 1	0 1 0 1	0 0 0 1	x x 0 x			3 8 0 6

Royals' Pitching Totals	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P/S	ERA
Luke Hochevar	7.0	6	2	2	3	3	0	98/61	5.04
Aaron Crow	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	20/8	1.47
Joakim Soria	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	28/16	5.14