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Royals
@ Blue Jays
Rogers Centre
April 9, 2007
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Kansas City Royals, played on April 9, 2007 at Rogers Centre.
Game Summary
| Date | April 9, 2007 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Home Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 9, 2007 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Odalis Perez |
| Home Starting Pitcher | A.J. Burnett |
| Ballpark | Rogers Centre |
| City | Toronto |
| State | ONT |
| Attendance | 50,125 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 8 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Paul Nauert 1B: Tom Hallion 2B: Mike Everitt 3B: Gerry Davis |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| David DeJesus | Center Fielder |
| Esteban German | Second Baseman |
| Mark Teahen | Right Fielder |
| Mike Sweeney | DH |
| Alex Gordon | Third Baseman |
| Emil Brown | Left Fielder |
| Ryan Shealy | First Baseman |
| John Buck | Catcher |
| Tony Pena | Shortstop |
| Buddy Bell | Manager |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Reed Johnson | Left Fielder |
| Lyle Overbay | First Baseman |
| Vernon Wells | Center Fielder |
| Frank Thomas | DH |
| Troy Glaus | Third Baseman |
| Alex Rios | Right Fielder |
| Aaron Hill | Second Baseman |
| Gregg Zaun | Catcher |
| Royce Clayton | Shortstop |
| John Gibbons | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Blue Jays
Rogers Centre
April 9, 2007
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Burnett
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
German vs. Burnett
German 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 -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Burnett
Teahen strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Perez
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Overbay vs. Perez
Overbay hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Wells vs. Perez
Wells hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Perez
Thomas hits a line drive beyond short. Pena can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Wells moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Glaus vs. Perez
Glaus hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. There goes Wells trying to get to home. Brown throws the ball in to Buck who tags Wells, who's trying to score from second, for the out. Thomas moves to second. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Burnett
Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Burnett
Gordon is hit by the pitch. Sweeney moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Burnett
Brown hits a popup in front of the plate. Zaun settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Shealy vs. Burnett
Shealy takes first base on ball four. Sweeney moves to third. Gordon moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Buck vs. Burnett
Buck hits a ball on the ground towards first. Overbay fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Rios vs. Perez
Rios hits a popup towards short. Pena settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Perez
Hill hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Zaun vs. Perez
Zaun hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brown. Zaun reaches second base with a double. Hill moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Clayton vs. Perez
Clayton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Johnson vs. Perez
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Hill scores. Zaun moves to third. Clayton moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Overbay vs. Perez
Overbay hits a line drive into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Zaun scores. Clayton scores. Johnson goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Wells vs. Standridge
Jason Standridge now pitching.
Wells hits a line drive into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Standridge
Thomas strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Burnett
Pena strikes out. Zaun drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Pena out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Burnett
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Overbay scoops it up and throws to first, with Burnett covering, for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
German vs. Burnett
German takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Teahen vs. Burnett
There goes German. The throw from Zaun and he is safe. German steals second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Teahen vs. Burnett
Teahen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Sweeney vs. Burnett
Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. German moves to third. Teahen moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Gordon vs. Burnett
Gordon strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Glaus vs. Standridge
Glaus hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Rios vs. Standridge
Rios hits a fly ball into right field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Hill vs. Standridge
Hill takes first base on ball four. Glaus moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Zaun vs. Standridge
Zaun hits a ball on the ground towards first. Shealy fields it and throws to second for the out. Glaus moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Clayton vs. Standridge
Clayton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Burnett
Brown hits a fly ball into right field. Rios settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Shealy vs. Burnett
Shealy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Buck vs. Burnett
Buck hits a popup, foul, towards first. Overbay settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Standridge
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Overbay vs. Standridge
Overbay hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Wells vs. Standridge
Wells hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Standridge
Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Burnett
Pena hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
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. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
German vs. Burnett
German strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Glaus vs. Standridge
Glaus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rios vs. Standridge
Rios hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Glaus moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Hill vs. Standridge
Hill hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Brown. Hill reaches second base with a double. Glaus scores. Rios moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: -23
Zaun vs. Braun
Ryan Braun now pitching.
Zaun hits a ball on the ground towards first. The ball bounces off Shealy, and towards German, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Rios scores. Hill moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Clayton vs. Braun
There's a wild pitch. Hill scores. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Clayton vs. Braun
Clayton hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DeJesus. Clayton reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Braun
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Clayton moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Overbay vs. Braun
Overbay strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Burnett
Teahen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Overbay scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Teahen for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Burnett
Sweeney is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Burnett
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Overbay fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Burnett
That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Gordon moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Burnett
Brown strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Wells vs. Braun
Wells hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Buck settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Buck. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Wells vs. Braun
Wells strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Braun
Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Glaus vs. Braun
Glaus strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Shealy vs. Burnett
Matt Stairs now playing right field. Alex Rios now playing center field.
Shealy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burnett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Buck vs. Burnett
Buck hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Burnett
Pena hits a ball on the ground towards third. Glaus fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Downs
Scott Downs now pitching.
DeJesus 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
Bottom 7
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Royals, 1 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Rios vs. Gobble
Jimmy Gobble now pitching.
Rios hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Gordon. Rios moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Hill vs. Gobble
Hill hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brown. Hill reaches second base with a double. Rios scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Blue Jays, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Zaun vs. Gobble
Zaun strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Blue Jays, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Clayton vs. Gobble
Clayton strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Blue Jays, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Gobble
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 1 - Blue Jays, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
German vs. Accardo
Jeremy Accardo now pitching.
German hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Blue Jays, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Teahen vs. Accardo
Teahen strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Blue Jays, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Sweeney vs. Accardo
Sweeney takes first base on ball four. German moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Blue Jays, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gordon vs. Accardo
Gordon hits a line drive into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Blue Jays, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Accardo
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Rios settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 1 - Blue Jays, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Overbay vs. Wellemeyer
Todd Wellemeyer now pitching.
Overbay strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Blue Jays, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Stairs vs. Wellemeyer
Stairs hits a fly ball into right field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Blue Jays, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Wellemeyer
Jason Smith pinch hits for Frank Thomas.
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 1 - Blue Jays, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Shealy vs. Zambrano
Victor Zambrano now pitching.
Shealy strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Blue Jays, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Buck vs. Zambrano
Buck strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Blue Jays, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Zambrano
Pena hits a ball on the ground towards third. Glaus fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/9/2007 -- Kansas City at Toronto (N)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Toronto AB R H RBI
DeJesus D, cf 4 0 0 0 Johnson R, lf 5 1 1 1
German E, 2b 3 0 1 0 Overbay L, 1b 5 0 1 3
Teahen M, rf 3 0 0 0 Wells V, cf 4 1 2 1
Sweeney M, dh 2 0 2 0 Stairs M, rf 1 0 0 0
Gordon A, 3b 3 0 0 0 Thomas F, dh 4 0 1 0
Brown E, lf 4 0 0 0 Smith J, ph 1 0 0 0
Shealy R, 1b 3 0 0 0 Glaus T, 3b 3 1 2 0
Buck J, c 4 1 1 1 Rios A, rf-cf 4 2 2 0
Pena T, ss 4 0 0 0 Hill A, 2b 3 2 3 2
Zaun G, c 4 1 1 1
Clayton R, ss 3 1 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30 1 4 1 37 9 14 8
Kansas City 000 000 100 -- 1
Toronto 040 130 10x -- 9
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Perez O (L) 1.1 7 4 4 1 1
Standridge J* 2.2 4 4 4 2 2
Braun R 2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Gobble J 1.0 2 1 0 0 2
Wellemeyer T 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO
Burnett A (W) 6.2 3 1 1 3 5
Downs S 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Accardo J 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Zambrano V 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
* Pitched to 3 batters in 5th
E -- Buck J, Gordon A
DP -- Toronto 1
LOB -- Kansas City 8, Toronto 7
2B -- Zaun G, Overbay L, Hill A 2, Clayton R
HR -- Wells V, Buck J
SB -- German E
HBP -- by Burnett A (Gordon A), by Burnett A (Sweeney M)
WP -- Braun R
T -- 3:08
A -- 50125
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