Royals @ Cardinals
July 2, 2006

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Top 9 R H E
Royals 7 14 0
Cardinals 9 11 0
Top 9 R H E
Royals 7 14 0
Cardinals 9 11 0

John Buck Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .253
OBP .250 .320
At Bats 4 178
Hits 1 45
• Singles 0 27
• Doubles 1 11
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 15
RBI’s 0 23

Braden Looper Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 1 0
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Busch Stadium - July 2, 2006
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Braden Looper
Yadier Molina
Albert Pujols
Aaron Miles
Scott Rolen
David Eckstein
So Taguchi
Jim Edmonds
John Rodriguez
John Buck
Tony Graffanino

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 7 14 0 9
St. Louis Cardinals 9 11 0 7
Winning Pitcher Jason Marquis
Losing Pitcher Mike Wood
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Albert Pujols
Attendance 45,400
Time of Game 2 hours 59 minutes
View Box Score
Count: 0-0, 2 Outs
Count: 0-0, 0 Outs

End of Game

Buck hits a ball on the ground towards short. Eckstein scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Graffanino hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Taguchi. Graffanino reaches second base with a double. Teahen scores.
Top 9 That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Teahen moves to second.
Top 9 Teahen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Brown scores.
Top 9 That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Brown moves to second.
Top 9 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Eckstein fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Mientkiewicz hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Braden Looper now pitching. Grudzielanek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Rolen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Graffanino fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Pujols hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Taguchi scores. Rodriguez moves to third.
Bottom 8 Rodriguez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Eckstein hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Taguchi moves to second.
Bottom 8 Taguchi hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Andy Sisco now pitching. Miles strikes out.
Top 8 DeJesus hits a fly ball into right field. Rodriguez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Matt Stairs pinch hits for Jeremy Affeldt. Tyler Johnson now pitching. Reggie Sanders pinch hits for Matt Stairs. Sanders hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Teahen scores. Buck scores. German moves to third.
Top 8 German takes first base on ball four. Buck moves to second.
Top 8 Buck hits a ball on the ground towards short. Eckstein fields it and throws to second for the out. Teahen moves to third.
Top 8 Graffanino hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Mientkiewicz scores. Teahen moves to second.
Top 8 Brad Thompson now pitching. So Taguchi now playing left field. Teahen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miles fields it and throws to second for the out. Mientkiewicz moves to third.
Top 8 Brown hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Mientkiewicz moves to second.
Top 8 Mientkiewicz takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Molina strikes out.
Bottom 7 Spiezio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Graffanino scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 David DeJesus now playing center field. Esteban German now playing left field. Edmonds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Grudzielanek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 DeJesus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Buck scores.
Top 7 Affeldt strikes out.
Top 7 Gathright hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pujols scoops it up and throws to first, with Marquis covering, for the out. Buck moves to third.
Top 7 Buck hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rodriguez. Buck reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Rolen hits a fly ball into center field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Pujols hits a line drive into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Eckstein moves to third.
Bottom 6 Rodriguez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Eckstein moves to second.
Bottom 6 Eckstein hits a ball on the ground towards short. Graffanino fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Marquis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Teahen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Graffanino hits a fly ball into left field. Spiezio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Teahen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miles fields it and throws to second for the out. Mientkiewicz moves to third.
Top 6 Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mientkiewicz moves to second.
Top 6 Mientkiewicz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Grudzielanek hits a fly ball into right field. Rodriguez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Jeremy Affeldt now pitching. Miles hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Molina hits a fly ball into left field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Spiezio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Edmonds hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Rolen hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Eckstein scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Wood strikes out.
Top 5 Gathright bunts towards first. Pujols scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gathright for the out.
Bottom 4 Pujols hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Rodriguez strikes out.
Bottom 4 Eckstein hits a fly ball into left field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Buck hits a fly ball into right field. Rodriguez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Graffanino hits a fly ball into right field. Rodriguez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Teahen moves to third.
Top 4 Teahen hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Spiezio. Teahen reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Brown strikes out.
Bottom 3 Marquis hits a popup beyond second. Grudzielanek can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Spiezio scores. There goes Molina trying to get to third. Grudzielanek throws to Teahen who tags Molina for the out.
Bottom 3 Miles hits a popup towards short. Graffanino settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Molina hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rolen scores. Edmonds scores. Spiezio moves to second.
Bottom 3 Spiezio takes first base on ball four. Rolen moves to third. Edmonds moves to second.
Bottom 3 Edmonds takes first base on ball four. Rolen moves to second.
Bottom 3 Rolen is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 Pujols hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 3 Rodriguez takes first base on ball four. Eckstein moves to second.
Bottom 3 Eckstein hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Marquis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Mientkiewicz hits a fly ball into center field. Edmonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Grudzielanek hits a fly ball into center field. Edmonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 DeJesus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Wood hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pujols scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wood for the out.
Bottom 2 Miles hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Molina strikes out.
Bottom 2 Spiezio hits a fly ball into center field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gathright hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Buck strikes out.
Top 2 Graffanino hits a fly ball into right field. Rodriguez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Edmonds strikes out.
Bottom 1 Rolen hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mientkiewicz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Pujols hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Eckstein moves to second.
Bottom 1 Rodriguez strikes out.
Bottom 1 Eckstein takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Teahen hits a fly ball into left field. Spiezio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Brown hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. DeJesus scores.
Top 1 Mientkiewicz strikes out.
Top 1 Grudzielanek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolen fields it and throws to first for the out. DeJesus moves to second.
Top 1 DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.