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May 8, 2011

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Alex Gordon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .311
OBP .333 .369
At Bats 2 135
Hits 0 42
• Singles 0 24
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 1 11
RBI’s 0 23

Grant Balfour Season Stats

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Kauffman Stadium - May 8, 2011
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Grant Balfour
Kurt Suzuki
Daric Barton
Mark Ellis
Kevin Kouzmanoff
Cliff Pennington
Conor Jackson
Coco Crisp
David DeJesus
Alex Gordon
Count: 0-1, 0 Outs
Count: 0-1, 1 Out

Grant Balfour now pitching. Gordon hits a popup towards third. Kouzmanoff settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Barton strikes out.
Top 8 Tim Collins now pitching. Crisp hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ellis scores. Pennington moves to second.
Top 8 Pennington takes first base on ball four. Ellis moves to second.
Top 8 Kouzmanoff strikes out.
Top 8 Ellis hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 DeJesus hits a line drive into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cabrera strikes out.
Bottom 7 Getz hits a fly ball into center field. Crisp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Pena moves to third.
Bottom 7 Escobar bunts towards first. Barton scoops it up and throws to first, with Ellis covering, for the out. Pena moves to second.
Bottom 7 Michael Wuertz now pitching. Pena takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Suzuki hits a ball on the ground towards third. Betemit fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Willingham hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Barton moves to second.
Top 7 Jackson strikes out.
Top 7 Blake Wood now pitching. Wood fires to first and has Barton trapped. There's the throw to Getz who tags Barton for the out.
Top 7 Barton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Crisp hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Francis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Maier hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hosmer scores. There goes Betemit trying to get to second. DeJesus throws the ball in to Pennington who tags Betemit for the out.
Bottom 6 Betemit takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Hosmer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of DeJesus. Hosmer reaches second base with a double. Cabrera scores.
Bottom 6 Francoeur strikes out.
Bottom 6 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ellis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cabrera moves to third.
Bottom 6 Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ross picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Ross. Cabrera moves to second.
Top 6 Pennington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Kouzmanoff hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Ellis strikes out.
Top 6 DeJesus hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hosmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Getz strikes out.
Bottom 5 Escobar strikes out.
Bottom 5 Pena hits a fly ball into center field. Crisp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Maier takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Suzuki hits a fly ball into right field. Francoeur settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Willingham hits a ball on the ground towards third. Betemit fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Jackson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Barton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Francis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Betemit strikes out.
Bottom 4 Hosmer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ross fields it and has Gordon trapped. There's the throw to Kouzmanoff who throws to Pennington, who tags Gordon for the out. Hosmer moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 Francoeur hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ross fields it and throws to first for the out. Gordon moves to second.
Bottom 4 Gordon takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Crisp hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Getz reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Pennington hits a ball on the ground towards third. Betemit fields it and throws to first for the out. Ellis moves to third. Kouzmanoff moves to second.
Top 4 Kouzmanoff hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ellis moves to second.
Top 4 Ellis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 DeJesus strikes out.
Bottom 3 Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pennington scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Getz hits a fly ball into right field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Escobar hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Pena hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ross fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Suzuki hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Francis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Willingham hits a fly ball into right field. Francoeur settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jackson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Barton hits a fly ball into center field. Maier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Maier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ellis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Betemit hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Ellis reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hosmer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ellis fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Francoeur trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Bottom 2 Francoeur hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Crisp hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Francis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Pennington bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Pena settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kouzmanoff hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Barton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gordon for the out.
Bottom 1 Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pennington scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Getz hits a fly ball into left field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Betemit fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 DeJesus hits a fly ball into right field. Francoeur settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Suzuki takes first base on ball four. Willingham moves to second.
Top 1 Willingham hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hosmer fields it and throws to second for the out. Barton scores.
Top 1 Jackson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Crisp scores. Barton moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Barton hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Francoeur. Barton reaches second base with a double. Crisp moves to third.
Top 1 Crisp hits a ball on the ground towards third. Betemit fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Betemit.