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Royals
@ White Sox
U.S. Cellular Park
August 20, 2007
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Kansas City Royals, played on August 20, 2007 at U.S. Cellular Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 20, 2007 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Home Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 20, 2007 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Gil Meche |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mark Buehrle |
| Ballpark | U.S. Cellular Park |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 35,391 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 6 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Chuck Meriwether 1B: Tim Timmons 2B: (none) 3B: Adam Dowdy |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Esteban German | Third Baseman |
| David DeJesus | Center Fielder |
| Mark Grudzielanek | Second Baseman |
| Billy Butler | DH |
| Emil Brown | Right Fielder |
| Alex Gordon | First Baseman |
| John Buck | Catcher |
| Tony Pena | Shortstop |
| Joey Gathright | Left Fielder |
| Buddy Bell | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jerry Owens | Center Fielder |
| Josh Fields | Third Baseman |
| Jim Thome | DH |
| Paul Konerko | First Baseman |
| A.J. Pierzynski | Catcher |
| Jermaine Dye | Right Fielder |
| Scott Podsednik | Left Fielder |
| Juan Uribe | Shortstop |
| Danny Richar | Second Baseman |
| Ozzie Guillen | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ White Sox
U.S. Cellular Park
August 20, 2007
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
German vs. Buehrle
German hits a fly ball into left field. Podsednik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Buehrle
DeJesus hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Grudzielanek vs. Buehrle
Grudzielanek hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Butler vs. Buehrle
Butler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fields fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Owens vs. Meche
Owens hits a fly ball into left field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Fields vs. Meche
Fields hits a fly ball into left field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Thome vs. Meche
Thome hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gordon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thome for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Buehrle
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Buehrle
Gordon hits a popup towards short. Uribe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Buck vs. Buehrle
Buck strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Pena vs. Buehrle
Pena hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Konerko vs. Meche
Konerko hits a ball on the ground towards third. German fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Pierzynski vs. Meche
Pierzynski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Dye vs. Meche
Dye hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Podsednik vs. Meche
Podsednik hits a fly ball into left field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gathright vs. Buehrle
Gathright bunts towards the right side of the infield. Richar fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
German vs. Buehrle
German hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Buehrle fields it and throws to first for the out. Gathright moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
DeJesus vs. Buehrle
DeJesus hits a fly ball into center field. Owens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gathright moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Grudzielanek vs. Buehrle
Grudzielanek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fields fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Uribe vs. Meche
Uribe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Richar vs. Meche
There goes Uribe. The throw from Buck and he is out, Pena applying the tag. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Richar vs. Meche
Richar strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Owens vs. Meche
Owens hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fields vs. Meche
Fields hits a ball on the ground towards third. German fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Buehrle
Butler hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Podsednik. Butler reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Buehrle
Brown strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Gordon vs. Buehrle
Gordon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Buck vs. Buehrle
Buck strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pena vs. Buehrle
Pena hits a ball on the ground towards short. Uribe fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Thome vs. Meche
Thome strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Konerko vs. Meche
Konerko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Pierzynski vs. Meche
Pierzynski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gordon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pierzynski for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gathright vs. Buehrle
Gathright hits a ball on the ground towards short. Uribe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
German vs. Buehrle
German strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Buehrle
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fields fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Dye vs. Meche
Dye hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of DeJesus. Dye reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Podsednik vs. Meche
Podsednik hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Uribe vs. Meche
Uribe strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Richar vs. Meche
Richar strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Owens vs. Meche
Owens hits a popup beyond short. Pena can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Fields vs. Meche
There goes Owens. The throw from Buck and he is safe. Owens steals second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Fields vs. Meche
Fields strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Grudzielanek vs. Buehrle
Grudzielanek hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Owens. Grudzielanek reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Butler vs. Buehrle
Butler hits a fly ball into center field. Owens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Grudzielanek moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: --3
Brown vs. Buehrle
Brown hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Buehrle
Gordon hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Dye. Gordon reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Buck vs. Wassermann
Ehren Wassermann now pitching.
Buck is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Pena vs. Wassermann
Pena hits a ball on the ground towards short. Uribe fields it and throws to second for the out. Gordon moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Gathright vs. Thornton
Matt Thornton now pitching.
Gathright hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Gordon scores. Pena moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
German vs. Thornton
German hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 3 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Thome vs. Meche
Thome strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Konerko vs. Meche
Konerko hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Pierzynski vs. Meche
Pierzynski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gordon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pierzynski for the out. Konerko moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Dye vs. Meche
Dye takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Podsednik vs. Gobble
Jimmy Gobble now pitching.
Podsednik hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gobble fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 3 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Thornton
DeJesus hits a popup towards short. Uribe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Grudzielanek vs. Thornton
Grudzielanek strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Thornton
Butler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 3 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Uribe vs. Riske
David Riske now pitching.
Uribe hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Richar vs. Riske
Richar hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Owens vs. Riske
Owens bunts towards third. German fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Fields vs. Riske
There goes Owens. The throw from Buck and he is safe. Owens steals second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Fields vs. Riske
Fields hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Owens scores. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Thome vs. Greinke
Zack Greinke now pitching.
Thome hits a fly ball into left field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Konerko vs. Greinke
Greinke fires to first and picks off Fields. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 3 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Bukvich
Ryan Bukvich now pitching.
Brown hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Logan
Boone Logan now pitching.
Gordon bunts towards the mound. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gload vs. MacDougal
Mike MacDougal now pitching. Ross Gload pinch hits for John Buck.
Gload hits a fly ball into left field. Podsednik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. MacDougal
Jason Smith pinch hits for Tony Pena.
There goes Brown. The throw from Pierzynski and he is safe. Brown steals second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. MacDougal
Smith strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 3 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Konerko vs. Greinke
Jason LaRue now catching. Jason Smith now playing shortstop.
Konerko hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Pierzynski vs. Greinke
Pierzynski strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dye vs. Greinke
Dye hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gathright. Dye reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Podsednik vs. Greinke
Podsednik hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 3 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gathright vs. Jenks
Bobby Jenks now pitching.
Gathright hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
German vs. Jenks
German bunts towards the mound. Jenks fields it and throws to first for the out. Gathright moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
DeJesus vs. Jenks
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gathright moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 3 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Grudzielanek vs. Jenks
Grudzielanek hits a fly ball into center field. Owens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/20/2007 -- Kansas City at Chicago (N)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
German E, 3b 4 0 0 0 Owens J, cf 4 1 3 0
DeJesus D, cf 5 0 1 0 Fields J, 3b 4 0 1 1
Grudzielanek M, 2b 5 1 1 0 Thome J, dh 4 0 0 0
Butler B, dh 4 0 1 0 Konerko P, 1b 4 0 1 0
Brown E, rf 3 1 2 2 Pierzynski A, c 4 0 1 0
Gordon A, 1b 3 1 1 0 Dye J, rf 3 1 2 0
Buck J, c 2 0 0 0 Podsednik S, lf 4 1 1 2
Gload R, ph 1 0 0 0 Uribe J, ss 2 0 0 0
LaRue J, c 0 0 0 0 Richar D, 2b 3 1 1 1
Pena T, ss 3 0 0 0
Smith J, ph-ss 1 0 0 0
Gathright J, lf 4 0 3 1
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35 3 9 3 32 4 10 4
Kansas City 000 003 000 -- 3
Chicago 000 020 20x -- 4
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Meche G 5.2 6 2 2 2 6
Gobble J 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Riske D (L) 0.1 3 2 2 0 0
Greinke Z 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Buehrle M 5.1 6 3 3 2 4
Wassermann E 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Thornton M (W) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Bukvich R* 0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Logan B 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
MacDougal M 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Jenks B (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
LOB -- Kansas City 9, Chicago 6
2B -- Butler B, Dye J 2, Grudzielanek M, Gordon A
HR -- Podsednik S, Brown E, Richar D
SB -- Owens J 2, Brown E
CS -- Uribe J
SH -- German E
HBP -- by Wassermann E (Buck J)
T -- 3:06
A -- 35391
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