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Blue Jays
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
April 27, 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 27, 2008 at Kauffman Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 27, 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 27, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jesse Litsch |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Gil Meche |
| Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 13,998 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 44 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Miller 1B: Paul Emmel 2B: Gary Darling 3B: Jerry Meals |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Alex Rios | Right Fielder |
| Lyle Overbay | First Baseman |
| Scott Rolen | Third Baseman |
| Matt Stairs | DH |
| Vernon Wells | Center Fielder |
| Aaron Hill | Second Baseman |
| Adam Lind | Left Fielder |
| Rod Barajas | Catcher |
| John McDonald | Shortstop |
| 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 |
| Miguel Olivo | Catcher |
| Ross Gload | First Baseman |
| Tony Pena | Shortstop |
| Trey Hillman | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Blue Jays
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
April 27, 2008
Top 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Rios vs. Meche
Rios hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of DeJesus who is chasing the ball. Rios reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Overbay vs. Meche
There's a wild pitch. Rios scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Overbay vs. Meche
Overbay hits a fly ball into right field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Rolen vs. Meche
Rolen hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Meche
Stairs 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, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Wells vs. Meche
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, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Litsch
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDonald scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Callaspo vs. Litsch
Callaspo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Litsch
Gordon strikes out. There goes Callaspo. The throw from Barajas to McDonald, and Callaspo is out. View Play
Top 2
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Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Meche
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Meche fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Lind vs. Meche
Lind hits a line drive towards first. Gload catches it and steps on first to double up Hill. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Barajas vs. Meche
Barajas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Litsch
Guillen hits a popup, foul, towards first. Overbay settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Litsch
Teahen 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 -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Litsch
Butler hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hill settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
McDonald vs. Meche
McDonald hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Meche, and towards Gordon, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Rios vs. Meche
Rios hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Overbay vs. Meche
Overbay strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Rolen vs. Meche
Rolen 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, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Olivo vs. Litsch
Olivo hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDonald scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gload vs. Litsch
Gload hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Pena vs. Litsch
Pena hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Litsch juggles the ball. That's an error on Litsch. Gload moves to third. Pena moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
DeJesus vs. Litsch
DeJesus hits a line drive into center field. Wells picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Wells. Gload scores. Pena scores. DeJesus moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Callaspo vs. Litsch
Callaspo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. DeJesus moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Gordon vs. Litsch
Gordon strikes out. Barajas drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Gordon out. View Play
Top 4
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Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Meche
Stairs hits a fly ball into center field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Wells vs. Meche
Wells hits a fly ball into center field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Meche
Hill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Lind vs. Meche
Lind takes first base on ball four. Hill moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Barajas vs. Meche
Barajas strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Litsch
Guillen hits a fly ball into center field. Wells settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Litsch
Teahen 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 -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Litsch
Butler hits a popup towards short. McDonald settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
McDonald vs. Meche
McDonald hits a fly ball into left field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Rios vs. Meche
Rios hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Overbay vs. Meche
Overbay hits a fly ball into center field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Rolen vs. Meche
Rolen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rios goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Stairs vs. Meche
Stairs strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Olivo vs. Litsch
Olivo strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Gload vs. Litsch
Gload hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Pena vs. Litsch
Pena hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDonald fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wells vs. Meche
Wells hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Meche fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Meche
Hill hits a fly ball into right field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Lind vs. Meche
Lind 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 6
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Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Litsch
DeJesus hits a fly ball into left field. Lind settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Callaspo vs. Litsch
Callaspo 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 -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Litsch
Gordon strikes out. Barajas drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Gordon out. View Play
Top 7
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Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Barajas vs. Meche
Barajas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
McDonald vs. Meche
McDonald 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, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Rios vs. Meche
Rios hits a fly ball into right field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Overbay vs. Meche
Overbay hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Barajas moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Rolen vs. Peralta
Joel Peralta now pitching.
Rolen hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Litsch
Guillen 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, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Litsch
Teahen hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Butler vs. Litsch
Butler hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Barajas fields it and throws to first for the out. Teahen moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Olivo vs. Litsch
Olivo hits a line drive towards short. McDonald reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Peralta
Stairs takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wells vs. Peralta
Wells hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stairs moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Hill vs. Peralta
There goes Wells. The throw from Olivo and he is out, Callaspo applying the tag. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Hill vs. Peralta
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Lind vs. Peralta
Lind hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gload scoops it up and throws to first, with Peralta covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gload vs. Ryan
B.J. Ryan now pitching.
Gload 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, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Ryan
Pena strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Ryan
DeJesus hits a fly ball into center field. Wells settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Barajas vs. Peralta
Barajas hits a fly ball into left field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDonald vs. Peralta
McDonald hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Guillen. McDonald reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Rios vs. Peralta
Rios hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of DeJesus. Rios reaches second base with a double. McDonald moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Overbay vs. Gobble
Jimmy Gobble now pitching.
Overbay hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Pena. McDonald scores. Rios scores. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Rolen vs. Gobble
Rolen hits a fly ball into right field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Stairs vs. Gobble
There's a wild pitch. Overbay moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Stairs vs. Gobble
Stairs strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Blue Jays, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Callaspo vs. Carlson
Jesse Carlson now pitching.
Callaspo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Carlson
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hill fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Carlson
Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDonald scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/27/2008 -- Toronto at Kansas City (D)
Toronto AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Rios A, rf 5 3 4 0 DeJesus D, cf 4 0 1 2
Overbay L, 1b 5 0 1 1 Callaspo A, 2b 4 0 2 0
Rolen S, 3b 5 1 2 2 Gordon A, 3b 4 0 0 0
Stairs M, dh 4 0 0 0 Guillen J, lf 4 0 0 0
Wells V, cf 4 0 1 0 Teahen M, rf 3 0 1 0
Hill A, 2b 4 0 2 0 Butler B, dh 3 0 0 0
Lind A, lf 3 0 0 0 Olivo M, c 3 0 0 0
Barajas R, c 4 0 1 0 Gload R, 1b 3 1 2 0
McDonald J, ss 4 1 1 0 Pena T, ss 3 1 0 0
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38 5 12 3 31 2 6 2
Toronto 200 010 002 -- 5
Kansas City 002 000 000 -- 2
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO
Litsch J (W) 7.0 5 2 1 0 4
Ryan B 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Carlson J (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Meche G (L) 6.2 9 3 3 1 3
Peralta J 1.2 3 2 2 1 0
Gobble J 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
E -- Litsch J 2, Wells V, Pena T
DP -- Toronto 3, Kansas City 1
LOB -- Toronto 8, Kansas City 2
2B -- McDonald J, Rios A
3B -- Rios A
HR -- Rolen S
CS -- Callaspo A, Wells V
WP -- Meche G, Gobble J
T -- 2:44
A -- 13998
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