Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 6, Toronto 4
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 7:07 PM
When: 7:07 PM ET, Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - John Hirschbeck, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Wally Bell, 3B - Scott Barry
Attendance: 20009
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Kansas City 0300300006160
Toronto 000003001461
Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K Avg
Alex Gordon LF 5 0 1 0 0 4 .296
Melky Cabrera CF 5 0 1 0 0 2 .302
Billy Butler DH 5 1 1 1 0 1 .292
Eric Hosmer 1B 5 2 3 1 0 0 .273
Jeff Francoeur RF 5 1 4 0 0 1 .280
Johnny Giavotella 2B 4 2 2 1 0 0 .281
(S)  Chris Getz 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .255
Salvador Perez C 5 0 2 2 0 0 .220
Mike Moustakas 3B 3 0 2 0 1 0 .212
Alcides Escobar SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .248
Totals 42 6 16 5 1 8  
Batting
2B - Jeff Francoeur 2 (39), Johnny Giavotella (3)
3B - Salvador Perez (1)
HR - Billy Butler (16), Eric Hosmer (11)
TB - Alex Gordon, Melky Cabrera, Billy Butler 4, Eric Hosmer 6, Jeff Francoeur 6, Johnny Giavotella 3, Salvador Perez 4, Mike Moustakas 2
RBI - Billy Butler (71), Eric Hosmer (54), Johnny Giavotella (5), Salvador Perez 2 (5)
2-Out RBI - Johnny Giavotella (2), Salvador Perez (1)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Melky Cabrera (57), Billy Butler (53), Salvador Perez 2 (4), Mike Moustakas (38)
Team LOB - 10
Baserunning
SB - Eric Hosmer (7, 2nd off Morrow/Molina)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Bruce Chen (W 9-5) 7.2 4 3 3 1 9 1 4.12
Greg Holland (H 13) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.54
Joakim Soria (SV 23) 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 4.22
Pitches-Strikes - Bruce Chen 92-67, Greg Holland 5-3, Joakim Soria 21-13
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Bruce Chen 5-6, Greg Holland 1-0, Joakim Soria 0-0
Batters Faced - Bruce Chen 27, Greg Holland 1, Joakim Soria 5
Inherited Runners-Scored - Greg Holland 1-0
Toronto
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K Avg
Yunel Escobar SS 4 1 2 3 0 0 .289
Eric Thames LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 .267
Jose Bautista RF 4 0 0 0 0 3 .315
Adam Lind 1B 4 0 1 1 0 2 .262
Edwin Encarnacion DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 .276
Colby Rasmus CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .216
(S)  Mark Teahen PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .187
Brett Lawrie 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .310
Jose Molina C 3 1 1 0 0 0 .303
Mike McCoy 2B 2 1 1 0 1 1 .229
Totals 32 4 6 4 1 11  
Batting
2B - Eric Thames (15)
HR - Yunel Escobar (11)
TB - Yunel Escobar 5, Eric Thames 2, Adam Lind, Jose Molina, Mike McCoy
RBI - Yunel Escobar 3 (44), Adam Lind (73)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Yunel Escobar (37)
GIDP - Eric Thames (4)
Team LOB - 2
Baserunning
SB - Mike McCoy (5, 2nd off Holland/Perez)
Fielding
E - Colby Rasmus (2)
Outfield Assists - Eric Thames (Moustakas at 2nd)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Brandon Morrow (L 9-8) 4.2 11 6 6 1 5 2 4.65
Wilfredo Ledezma 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6.75
Joel Carreno 3.1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
Pitches-Strikes - Brandon Morrow 103-68, Wilfredo Ledezma 20-13, Joel Carreno 45-29
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brandon Morrow 3-4, Wilfredo Ledezma 1-0, Joel Carreno 3-5
Batters Faced - Brandon Morrow 25, Wilfredo Ledezma 4, Joel Carreno 14
Inherited Runners-Scored - Wilfredo Ledezma 1-0, Joel Carreno 1-0