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Blue Jays
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
April 25, 2008
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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 April 25, 2008 at Kauffman Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 25, 2008 |
|---|---|
| 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 | April 25, 2008 |
|---|---|
| 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 | Zack Greinke |
| Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 22,561 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 47 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Gary Darling 1B: Jerry Meals 2B: Bill Miller 3B: Paul Emmel |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| David Eckstein | Shortstop |
| Aaron Hill | Second Baseman |
| Alex Rios | Right Fielder |
| Vernon Wells | Center Fielder |
| Matt Stairs | DH |
| Scott Rolen | Third Baseman |
| Lyle Overbay | First Baseman |
| Shannon Stewart | Left Fielder |
| Rod Barajas | Catcher |
| John Gibbons | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| David DeJesus | Center Fielder |
| Alberto Callaspo | Second Baseman |
| Alex Gordon | Third Baseman |
| Jose Guillen | Left Fielder |
| Mark Teahen | Right Fielder |
| Billy Butler | DH |
| Ross Gload | First Baseman |
| John Buck | Catcher |
| Tony Pena | Shortstop |
| Trey Hillman | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Blue Jays
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
April 25, 2008
Top 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Eckstein vs. Greinke
Eckstein hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Hill vs. Greinke
Hill hits a popup towards short. Pena settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Rios vs. Greinke
Rios hits a fly ball into right field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Wells vs. Greinke
Wells hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Burnett
DeJesus hits a popup towards third. Rolen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Callaspo vs. Burnett
Callaspo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Eckstein scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Burnett
Gordon hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Guillen vs. Burnett
Guillen strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Greinke
Stairs strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Rolen vs. Greinke
Rolen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Overbay vs. Greinke
Overbay hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Rolen moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1-3
Stewart vs. Greinke
Stewart hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Barajas vs. Greinke
Barajas strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Burnett
Teahen hits a line drive into left field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Burnett
Butler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Gload vs. Burnett
Gload hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Eckstein vs. Greinke
Eckstein hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Greinke
Hill hits a fly ball into right field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Rios vs. Greinke
Rios hits a line drive into left field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Buck vs. Burnett
Buck hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burnett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Burnett
Pena hits a ball on the ground towards short. Eckstein scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Burnett
DeJesus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Callaspo vs. Burnett
The umpire calls a balk on Burnett DeJesus moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Callaspo vs. Burnett
Callaspo strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wells vs. Greinke
Wells hits a fly ball into left field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Greinke
Stairs hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Guillen. Stairs reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rolen vs. Greinke
Rolen hits a fly ball into left field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Overbay vs. Greinke
Overbay hits a popup towards short. Pena settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Burnett
Gordon strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Burnett
Guillen strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Burnett
Teahen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Butler vs. Burnett
The umpire calls a balk on Burnett Teahen moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Butler vs. Burnett
Butler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Greinke
Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barajas vs. Greinke
Barajas hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Buck settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Eckstein vs. Greinke
Eckstein strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gload vs. Burnett
Gload hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wells. Gload reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Buck vs. Burnett
There's a wild pitch. Gload moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Buck vs. Burnett
Buck hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rios. Buck reaches second base with a double. Gload scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pena vs. Burnett
Pena bunts towards third. Rolen fields it and throws to first for the out. Buck moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
DeJesus vs. Burnett
DeJesus strikes out. Barajas drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws DeJesus out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Callaspo vs. Burnett
Callaspo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1-3
Gordon vs. Burnett
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Eckstein fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Greinke
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Rios vs. Greinke
Rios hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Wells vs. Greinke
Wells hits a fly ball into right field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stairs vs. Greinke
Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Greinke fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Burnett
Guillen hits a fly ball into right field. Rios settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Burnett
Teahen hits a fly ball into left field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Burnett
Butler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolen vs. Greinke
Rolen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Overbay vs. Greinke
Overbay hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Greinke
Stewart strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Barajas vs. Greinke
Barajas hits a fly ball into left field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gload vs. Burnett
Gload strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Buck vs. Burnett
Buck hits a ball on the ground towards short. Eckstein fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Eckstein. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Pena vs. Burnett
Pena hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Buck moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
DeJesus vs. Burnett
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Buck scores. Pena moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Callaspo vs. Burnett
Barajas fires to third and picks off Pena. DeJesus moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Callaspo vs. Burnett
Callaspo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Eckstein vs. Nunez
Leo Nunez now pitching.
Eckstein hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nunez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Nunez
Hill hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Rios vs. Nunez
Rios hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hill moves to third. Rios moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Wells vs. Nunez
Wells hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hill scores. Rios moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Stairs vs. Nunez
Stairs is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Rolen vs. Nunez
Rolen hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DeJesus. Rolen reaches second base with a double. Rios scores. Stairs goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Overbay vs. Nunez
Overbay hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Blue Jays, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Burnett
Gordon hits a popup towards third. Rolen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Burnett
Guillen hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Teahen vs. Burnett
Teahen takes first base on ball four. Guillen moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Butler vs. Burnett
Butler hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Guillen scores. Teahen moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Gload vs. Downs
Scott Downs now pitching. Esteban German pinch runs for Billy Butler.
Gload hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Teahen scores. German moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Buck vs. Downs
Buck hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Stewart. Buck reaches second base with a double. German scores. Gload moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Pena vs. Downs
Pena is walked intentionally. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
DeJesus vs. Downs
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Gload scores. Buck scores. Pena moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Royals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Callaspo vs. Downs
Callaspo hits a ball on the ground into center field. Wells picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Wells. Pena scores. DeJesus moves to third. Callaspo moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Royals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -23
Gordon vs. Frasor
Jason Frasor now pitching.
Gordon strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Royals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Guillen vs. Frasor
Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Frasor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Blue Jays, 4 - Royals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Soria
David DeJesus now playing left field. Joey Gathright now playing center field. Joakim Soria now pitching.
Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Royals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Zaun vs. Soria
Gregg Zaun pinch hits for Rod Barajas.
Zaun hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Royals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Eckstein vs. Soria
Eckstein hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/25/2008 -- Toronto at Kansas City (N)
Toronto AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Eckstein D, ss 5 0 1 0 DeJesus D, cf-lf 4 0 2 3
Hill A, 2b 4 1 1 0 Callaspo A, 2b 4 0 1 1
Rios A, rf 4 1 2 0 Gordon A, 3b 5 0 1 0
Wells V, cf 4 0 0 1 Guillen J, lf 5 1 1 0
Stairs M, dh 3 1 1 0 Gathright J, cf 0 0 0 0
Rolen S, 3b 3 0 1 2 Teahen M, rf 3 1 1 0
Overbay L, 1b 4 1 2 1 Butler B, dh 4 0 1 1
Stewart S, lf 4 0 0 0 German E, pr 0 1 0 0
Barajas R, c 3 0 0 0 Gload R, 1b 4 2 1 1
Zaun G, ph 1 0 0 0 Buck J, c 4 2 2 2
Pena T, ss 2 1 1 0
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35 4 8 4 35 8 11 8
Toronto 000 000 130 -- 4
Kansas City 000 010 16x -- 8
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO
Burnett A (L) 7.1 8 5 3 3 6
Downs S* 0.0 3 3 3 1 0
Frasor J 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Greinke Z 7.0 5 1 1 1 4
Nunez L (W) 1.0 3 3 3 0 0
Soria J 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 5 batters in 8th
E -- Eckstein D 2, Wells V
LOB -- Toronto 6, Kansas City 8
2B -- Stairs M, Gload R, Buck J 2, Rolen S
HR -- Overbay L
SH -- Pena T
HBP -- by Nunez L (Stairs M)
WP -- Burnett A
Balk -- Burnett A 2
T -- 2:47
A -- 22561
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