04/23/2012 Toronto at Kansas City - Game 4

From Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Toronto Blue Jays

(9-6)

Manager:  John Farrell

@

Kansas City Royals

(3-12)

Manager:  Ned Yost

Game 4 of 4

First pitch: 8:10 pm est

Starting Pitchers
Toronto: Brandon Morrow (0-1, 4.50 ERA)
Kansas City: Bruce Chen (0-1, 2.00 ERA)

Umpires
Home - Jeff Kellogg
First Base - Eric Cooper
Second Base - Marty Foster
Third Base - Tim Timmons

Weather
At 9:00am est - Sunny 44°F | 7°C
Forecast high this afternoon: 70°F | 20°C
Becoming partly cloudy this evening
Forecast low: 52°F | 10°C

At 8:06pm est:

18 °C
no wind
scattered clouds

























Line-ups from MLB - http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_04_23_tormlb_kcamlb_1&mode=preview#gid=2012_04_23_tormlb_kcamlb_1&mode=lineups

Colour Legend (as of this date)

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

The Scoring Notations

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 HBP Hit By Pitch - Batter is ruled by the umpire to have been hit by pitch - awarded one base BH Base Hit - Batter-runner safe at first base via a hit ball 2BH Two Base Hit - Batter-runner safe at second base via a hit ball 3BH Three Base Hit - Batter-runner safe at third base via a hit ball HR Home Run - Batter-runner safe at home plate via a hit ball RBI Run Batted In - via a SAC, a BH or a BB - a run scores RS Run Scored. SAC Sacrifice - With less than two outs the batter causes a base runner to advance but in the process, is put out FC Ball hit on the ground, fielded and a put-out made of any base runner other than the batter-runner DI Defensive Indifference - A baserunner advances because the defence, for strategic reasons, does nothing IBB Intentional Base on Balls - The defences decides to walk a batter for strategic reasons

SB Stolen Base - Base runner advances on a pitched ball despite the defence's best efforts CS Caught Stealing - A baserunner is put out while tring to advance on a pitch 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 Ks Batter out, swinging third strike 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 LO Ball caught that was hit so hard it appears like the vector was a straight line GO Ball hit on the ground, fielded and the batter-runner is put out at 1B 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 Eth The defence allows runners to advance because of less than stallar throw WP Wild Pitch - a pitched ball that bounces in and is not caught by the catcher and that results in a runner advancing PB Passed Ball - a pitched ball that doesn't bounce 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 GR To prevent injury, "Ground Rules" define what hit or thrown balls are in, and out of play - announced before each game by the home team manager f Hit ball caught in foul territory - for example "FO3f" - Fly Ball caught by First Base, foul op Out of Play - for example "FO5op", Fly ball caught by Third Base across the railing in the stands, or in the camera bay... BRIF Base runner is out for interfering with the defence while they're making a play on a batted ball Ks2f Foul tip with 2 strikes, caught by catcher - strike three - - - - - - - - - - - -

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

Toronto Blue Jays	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th
1.  Escobar, Y, SS	6-3 broken bat		5-3		wp #9,1b 6-3 /		FC 6-4 #9 out /					AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
2.  Johnson, K, 2B	RS RBI HR8/9		dp BB			RS BB		A. Crow P Ks				AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
3.  Bautista, J, RF	pop FO6		DP 6-4-3 #2 out /			RS 2RBI HR7 #2 1,H		line shot 5f -3				AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
4.  Encarnacion, E, DH	1-3 /			pop FO5		Ks		5-3 /				AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
5.  Lawrie, B, 3B		BH9 short		FO7		FO8/7			J. Broxton RS 3BH9/8			AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
6.  Davis, R, LF		#5going GO6-3 #5 1,2		K /		FO7 /			(replay: safe) CS 2-6 RBI BH9 #5 3,H			AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
7.  Lind, A, 1B		if-BH4 #5 2,3			slow 6!-3		FO8/7		pitchout #6 CS LO5 (shift)			AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
8.  Arencibia, J, C		LO5 tags bag #5 safe			K		fc BH7 line		pop FO7 /			AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
9.  Rasmus, C, CF		FO7 /			WP 2BH9/8 wall		fc gb4 FC 4-6-3 #8 out					AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
Per-Inning Totals	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	Totals
Runs Hits Errors LOB	1 1 0 0	0 2 0 2	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 1 0 1	2 1 1 0	0 1 0 1	0 0 0 0	1 2 0 0	- - - -	- - - - -	4 8 1 4

Toronto Blue Jays Bench

Fielders

Bullpen

Starters

Infielders
Omar Vizquel  SS, S



Outfielders
Ben Francisco RF, R
Eric Thames LF, L


Catchers
Jeff Mathis C, R

Francisco Cordero r
Evan Crawford l
Jason Frasor r
Drew Hutchison r
Casey Janssen r
Darren Oliver l
Luis Perez l
Carlos Villanueva r

Henderson Alvarez R
Kyle Drabek R
Ricky Romero L

Blue Jays Pitching Totals	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P/S	ERA
Brandon Morrow (W, 1-1)	6.2	7	1	1	1	3	1	100/66	3.71
Luis Perez (H,1)	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	13/10	0.00
Francisco Cordero (S, 2)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	16/11	4.50

Kansas City Royals	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th
1.  Getz, C, 2B	5-3		SAC bunt 1-3 #9 2,3		pop FO2f		L. Perez P 2BH9 bloop #9 1,3					AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
2.  Gordon, A, LF	3! -1		Ks		pop FO8 /		gb4 6-3 /					AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
3.  Butler, B, DH	FO8 /		5-3 /			6-3		gb5/6 5-3				AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
4.  Hosmer, E, 1B		RS RBI HR7		Ks		BH bunt5/1 Eth1-4 #4 1,2		4-3				AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
5.  Francoeur, J, RF		4!-3		dp gbBH7		FO8		bounder 4-3 /				AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
6.  Moustakas, M, 3B		PB 2BH9 wall		DP 6UA-3 /		gb4 6-3 /			dp BH9			AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
7.  Pena, B, C		pb #6,1b Ks2f- tag			fc 2BH7 7-3		5-3		DP 4-6-3 #6 out			AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
8.  Maier, M, CF		4!-3 glove flip !! /			hit & run pass bunt FC 1-5 #7 out		pop FO4/9		pop FO4 //			AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
9.  Escobar, A, SS			2BH7 line		#8 going BH9 #8 1,3		BB Morrow out					AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
Per-Inning Totals	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	Totals
Runs Hits Errors LOB	0 0 0 0	1 2 0 1	0 1 0 1	0 1 0 0	0 2 0 2	0 1 0 1	0 1 0 2	0 0 0 0	0 1 0 0	- - - -	- - - -	1 9 0 7

Kansas City Royals Bench

Fielders

Bullpen

Starters

Infielders

Yuniesky Betancourt SS
Mike Moustakas 3B



Outfielders
Jason Bourgeois LF, R



Catchers
Humberto Quintero C, R

Jonathan Broxton R
Louis Coleman R
Tim Collins L
Aaron Crow R
Kelvin Herrera R
Jeremy Jeffress R
Jose Mijares L
Everett Teaford L

Danny Duffy L
Luke Hochevar R
Luis Mendoza R
Jonathan Sanchez L

Royals Pitching Totals	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P/S	ERA
Bruce Chen	7.0	6	3	3	2	3	2	106/68	2.52
Aaron Crow	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13/9	3.00
Jonathan Broxton	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	13/9	3.18