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Blue Jays
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
July 7, 2006
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Toronto Blue Jays, played on July 7, 2006 at Kauffman Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 7, 2006 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 7, 2006 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | A.J. Burnett |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Luke Hudson |
| Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 17,162 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 2 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Andy Fletcher 1B: Mike Reilly 2B: Jeff Kellogg 3B: Jerry Meals |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Frank Catalanotto | Left Fielder |
| Eric Hinske | Right Fielder |
| Vernon Wells | Center Fielder |
| Lyle Overbay | First Baseman |
| Troy Glaus | Third Baseman |
| Shea Hillenbrand | DH |
| Gregg Zaun | Catcher |
| Aaron Hill | Shortstop |
| Russ Adams | Second Baseman |
| John Gibbons | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| David DeJesus | Left Fielder |
| Mark Grudzielanek | Second Baseman |
| Doug Mientkiewicz | First Baseman |
| Emil Brown | Right Fielder |
| Matt Stairs | DH |
| Mark Teahen | Third Baseman |
| Tony Graffanino | Shortstop |
| John Buck | Catcher |
| Joey Gathright | Center Fielder |
| Buddy Bell | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Blue Jays
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
July 7, 2006
Top 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Catalanotto vs. Hudson
Catalanotto hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Hinske vs. Hudson
Hinske hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mientkiewicz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hinske for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Wells vs. Hudson
Wells hits a line drive into center field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Burnett
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Grudzielanek vs. Burnett
Grudzielanek takes first base on ball four. DeJesus moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Mientkiewicz vs. Burnett
Mientkiewicz hits a fly ball into center field. Wells settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Burnett
Brown strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Stairs vs. Burnett
Stairs strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Overbay vs. Hudson
Overbay hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Glaus vs. Hudson
Glaus hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hillenbrand vs. Hudson
Hillenbrand hits a popup towards first. Mientkiewicz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Burnett
Teahen hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Adams reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Graffanino vs. Burnett
Graffanino strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Buck vs. Burnett
Buck strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Zaun vs. Hudson
Zaun hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mientkiewicz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Zaun for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Hudson
Hill hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Hudson
Adams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mientkiewicz fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Catalanotto vs. Hudson
Catalanotto hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gathright vs. Burnett
Gathright hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
DeJesus vs. Burnett
Burnett fires over to first and Overbay drops the ball. That's an error on Overbay. Gathright moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
DeJesus vs. Burnett
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Overbay scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats DeJesus for the out. Gathright moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: --3
Grudzielanek vs. Burnett
Grudzielanek hits a fly ball into left field. Catalanotto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gathright tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Mientkiewicz vs. Burnett
Mientkiewicz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hinske vs. Hudson
Hinske hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mientkiewicz scoops it up and throws to first, with Hudson covering, for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Wells vs. Hudson
Wells strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Overbay vs. Hudson
Overbay hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mientkiewicz scoops it up and throws to first, with Hudson covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Burnett
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hill fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Hill. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Stairs vs. Burnett
There goes Brown. The throw from Zaun and he is safe. Brown steals second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Stairs vs. Burnett
Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brown moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Teahen vs. Burnett
Teahen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Brown scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Graffanino vs. Burnett
There goes Teahen. The throw from Zaun and he is safe. Teahen steals second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Graffanino vs. Burnett
Graffanino hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Teahen scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Buck vs. Burnett
Buck hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hill scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 5
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Glaus vs. Hudson
Glaus hits a fly ball into center field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hillenbrand vs. Hudson
Hillenbrand hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Zaun vs. Hudson
Zaun takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Hill vs. Hudson
Hill hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brown who is chasing the ball. Hill reaches third base with a triple. Zaun goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Adams vs. Hudson
Adams hits a popup towards short. Graffanino settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gathright vs. Burnett
Gathright hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hill fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeJesus vs. Burnett
There goes Gathright. The throw from Zaun and he is out, Hill applying the tag. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Burnett
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Grudzielanek vs. Burnett
Grudzielanek hits a fly ball into right field. Hinske settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Catalanotto vs. Affeldt
Jeremy Affeldt now pitching.
Catalanotto takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Hinske vs. Affeldt
Hinske strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Wells vs. Affeldt
Wells hits a ball on the ground towards short. Graffanino fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Mientkiewicz vs. Burnett
Mientkiewicz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Burnett
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hill fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Burnett
Stairs hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Burnett
Teahen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Overbay scoops it up and throws to first, with Burnett covering, for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Overbay vs. Affeldt
Overbay hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Glaus vs. Affeldt
Glaus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hillenbrand vs. Dessens
Elmer Dessens now pitching.
Hillenbrand hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Glaus moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Zaun vs. Dessens
Zaun takes first base on ball four. Glaus moves to third. Hillenbrand moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Hill vs. Dessens
Hill strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Adams vs. Dessens
Adams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Glaus scores. Hillenbrand scores. Zaun moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Catalanotto vs. Dessens
Catalanotto hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Graffanino vs. Burnett
Graffanino hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adams fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Buck vs. Burnett
Buck hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gathright vs. Schoeneweis
Scott Schoeneweis now pitching.
Gathright takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
DeJesus vs. Schoeneweis
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground that hits Gathright. Gathright is out and DeJesus is safe at first. There goes Gathright trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Grudzielanek vs. Schoeneweis
There's a wild pitch. DeJesus moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Grudzielanek vs. Schoeneweis
Grudzielanek is walked intentionally. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Mientkiewicz vs. Schoeneweis
Mientkiewicz hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Hinske. Mientkiewicz reaches second base with a double. Hinske throws the ball in to Zaun who tags Mientkiewicz trying to catch an extra base, for the out. DeJesus scores. Grudzielanek goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Schoeneweis
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hinske vs. Wellemeyer
Todd Wellemeyer now pitching.
Hinske strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Wells vs. Wellemeyer
Wells takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Overbay vs. Wellemeyer
Overbay hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Glaus vs. Wellemeyer
Glaus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Overbay moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
Hillenbrand vs. Wellemeyer
Hillenbrand hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Walker
Pete Walker now pitching.
Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adams fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Teahen vs. Walker
Teahen hits a fly ball into left field. Catalanotto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Graffanino vs. Walker
Graffanino hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hill misplays the ball. That's an error on Hill. Stairs moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Buck vs. Walker
Buck hits a fly ball into center field. Wells settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Gathright vs. Walker
Gathright takes first base on ball four. Stairs moves to third. Graffanino moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
DeJesus vs. Walker
DeJesus hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Catalanotto. DeJesus reaches second base with a double. Stairs scores. Graffanino scores. Gathright goes all the way around to score. Three runs are unearned. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grudzielanek vs. Walker
Grudzielanek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. DeJesus scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mientkiewicz vs. Walker
Mientkiewicz hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hinske who is chasing the ball. Mientkiewicz reaches third base with a triple. Grudzielanek goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Brown vs. Walker
Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Catalanotto settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Zaun vs. Wellemeyer
Zaun strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Wellemeyer
Hill hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Wellemeyer
Adams hits a fly ball into right field. Brown 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 7/7/2006 -- Toronto at Kansas City (N)
Toronto AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Catalanotto F, lf 3 0 0 0 DeJesus D, lf 5 2 3 3
Hinske E, rf 4 0 0 0 Grudzielanek M, 2b 2 2 1 2
Wells V, cf 3 0 0 0 Mientkiewicz D, 1b 5 0 3 3
Overbay L, 1b 4 0 0 0 Brown E, rf 5 1 0 0
Glaus T, 3b 3 1 1 0 Stairs M, dh 4 2 2 1
Hillenbrand S, dh 4 1 1 0 Teahen M, 3b 4 1 1 1
Zaun G, c 2 1 0 0 Graffanino T, ss 4 2 2 1
Hill A, ss 4 0 2 1 Buck J, c 4 1 1 2
Adams R, 2b 4 0 1 2 Gathright J, cf 2 2 2 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
31 3 5 3 35 13 15 13
Toronto 000 010 200 -- 3
Kansas City 001 201 45x -- 13
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO
Burnett A (L)* 6.0 9 6 4 1 4
Schoeneweis S 1.0 2 2 2 2 0
Walker P 1.0 4 5 0 1 0
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Hudson L (W) 5.0 2 1 1 1 1
Affeldt J 1.1 0 1 1 2 1
Dessens E 0.2 2 1 1 1 1
Wellemeyer T 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
* Pitched to 2 batters in 7th
E -- Overbay L, Hill A 2
DP -- Toronto 2, Kansas City 1
LOB -- Toronto 6, Kansas City 3
2B -- Mientkiewicz D, DeJesus D
3B -- Hill A, Mientkiewicz D
HR -- Stairs M, Buck J
SB -- Brown E, Teahen M
CS -- Gathright J
SF -- Grudzielanek M
WP -- Schoeneweis S
T -- 3:02
A -- 17162
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