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Royals
@ Blue Jays
Rogers Centre
May 24, 2008
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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 May 24, 2008 at Rogers Centre.
Game Summary
| Date | May 24, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Home Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 24, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Luke Hochevar |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jesse Litsch |
| Ballpark | Rogers Centre |
| City | Toronto |
| State | ONT |
| Attendance | 28,162 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 37 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bruce Dreckman 1B: Brian Gorman 2B: Sam Holbrook 3B: Scott Barry |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| David DeJesus | Left Fielder |
| Mark Grudzielanek | Second Baseman |
| Alex Gordon | Third Baseman |
| Jose Guillen | DH |
| Mark Teahen | Right Fielder |
| Billy Butler | First Baseman |
| John Buck | Catcher |
| Tony Pena | Shortstop |
| Joey Gathright | Center Fielder |
| Trey Hillman | Manager |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Shannon Stewart | DH |
| Aaron Hill | Second Baseman |
| Alex Rios | Center Fielder |
| Scott Rolen | Third Baseman |
| Lyle Overbay | First Baseman |
| Brad Wilkerson | Right Fielder |
| Marco Scutaro | Shortstop |
| Gregg Zaun | Catcher |
| Joe Inglett | Left Fielder |
| John Gibbons | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Blue Jays
Rogers Centre
May 24, 2008
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Litsch
DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hill fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Grudzielanek vs. Litsch
Grudzielanek hits a fly ball into left field. Inglett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Litsch
Gordon strikes out. There goes DeJesus. The throw from Zaun to Scutaro, and DeJesus is out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Hochevar
Stewart hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hill vs. Hochevar
Hill hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of DeJesus. Hill reaches second base with a double. There goes Stewart trying to get to home. DeJesus throws the ball in to Pena who relays the ball to Buck, who tags Stewart, who came all the way from first, for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Rios vs. Hochevar
Rios strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Rolen vs. Hochevar
Rolen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Overbay vs. Hochevar
Overbay hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hill moves to third. Rolen moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 123
Wilkerson vs. Hochevar
Wilkerson hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Scutaro vs. Hochevar
Scutaro hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Litsch
Guillen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Teahen vs. Litsch
Teahen strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Butler vs. Litsch
Butler hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Guillen moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Buck vs. Litsch
Buck hits a fly ball into right field. Wilkerson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Pena vs. Litsch
Pena hits a ball on the ground towards first. Overbay scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pena for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Zaun vs. Hochevar
Zaun hits a fly ball into center field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Inglett vs. Hochevar
Inglett 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: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Hochevar
Stewart is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hill vs. Hochevar
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gathright vs. Litsch
Gathright hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scutaro scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Litsch
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 -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Grudzielanek vs. Litsch
Grudzielanek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scutaro scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Rios vs. Hochevar
Rios strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Rolen vs. Hochevar
Rolen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Overbay vs. Hochevar
Overbay takes first base on ball four. Rolen moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Wilkerson vs. Hochevar
Wilkerson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Litsch
Gordon 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, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Litsch
Guillen hits a popup towards first. Overbay settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Litsch
Teahen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Overbay scoops it up and throws to first, with Litsch covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Scutaro vs. Hochevar
Scutaro hits a ball on the ground towards first. Butler scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Scutaro for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Zaun vs. Hochevar
Zaun strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Inglett vs. Hochevar
Inglett 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
Top 5
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Litsch
Butler hits a fly ball into right field. Wilkerson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buck vs. Litsch
Buck hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Wilkerson. Buck reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pena vs. Litsch
Pena hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Litsch fields it and throws to first for the out. Buck moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: --3
Gathright vs. Litsch
Gathright hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Hochevar
Stewart hits a popup towards first. Butler settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Hochevar
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards first. Butler scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hill for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Rios vs. Hochevar
Rios hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Litsch
DeJesus hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Inglett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Grudzielanek vs. Litsch
Grudzielanek hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Litsch
Gordon hits a fly ball into left field. Inglett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Guillen vs. Litsch
There's a wild pitch. Grudzielanek moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Guillen vs. Litsch
Guillen 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 6
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Rolen vs. Hochevar
Rolen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Overbay vs. Hochevar
There goes Rolen. The throw from Buck and he is safe. Rolen steals second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Overbay vs. Hochevar
Overbay takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Wilkerson vs. Hochevar
Wilkerson strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Scutaro vs. Hochevar
Scutaro hits a line drive into center field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Zaun vs. Hochevar
Zaun hits a ball on the ground towards second. Grudzielanek picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Grudzielanek. Rolen scores. Overbay moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Inglett vs. Hochevar
There's a wild pitch. Zaun moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
Inglett vs. Hochevar
Inglett hits a fly ball into right field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, 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 -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Litsch
Butler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scutaro scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Buck vs. Litsch
Buck hits a fly ball into right field. Wilkerson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Yabuta
Yasuhiko Yabuta now pitching.
Stewart takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Hill vs. Yabuta
Hill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Stewart moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Rios vs. Yabuta
Rios takes first base on ball four. Stewart moves to third. Hill moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Rolen vs. Ramirez
Ramon Ramirez now pitching.
Rolen hits a fly ball into left field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Overbay vs. Ramirez
Overbay takes first base on ball four. Stewart scores. Hill moves to third. Rios moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Wilkerson vs. Ramirez
Wilkerson hits a popup towards short. Pena settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Scutaro vs. Ramirez
Scutaro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Litsch
Pena hits a fly ball into left field. Inglett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gathright vs. Litsch
Gathright bunts towards the right side of the infield. Hill fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
DeJesus vs. Litsch
DeJesus 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
Bottom 8
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zaun vs. Nunez
Leo Nunez now pitching.
Zaun hits a ball on the ground towards first. Butler scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Zaun for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Inglett vs. Nunez
Inglett hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gathright who is chasing the ball. Inglett reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Stewart vs. Nunez
Stewart takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Hill vs. Nunez
Hill hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Buck settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rios vs. Nunez
Rios hits a line drive into right field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Grudzielanek vs. Litsch
Grudzielanek hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Inglett. Grudzielanek reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Gordon vs. Litsch
Gordon strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Guillen vs. Litsch
Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scutaro scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Grudzielanek moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Teahen vs. Litsch
Teahen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Butler vs. Litsch
That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Teahen moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Butler vs. Litsch
Butler hits a fly ball into right field. Wilkerson 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 5/24/2008 -- Kansas City at Toronto (D)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Toronto AB R H RBI
DeJesus D, lf 4 0 1 0 Stewart S, dh 2 1 1 0
Grudzielanek M, 2b 4 0 2 0 Hill A, 2b 5 1 2 0
Gordon A, 3b 4 0 0 0 Rios A, cf 4 0 0 0
Guillen J, dh 4 0 1 0 Rolen S, 3b 2 2 1 0
Teahen M, rf 3 0 0 0 Overbay L, 1b 1 1 1 1
Butler B, 1b 4 0 1 0 Wilkerson B, rf 4 1 1 4
Buck J, c 3 0 1 0 Scutaro M, ss 4 0 0 0
Pena T, ss 3 0 0 0 Zaun G, c 4 0 1 0
Gathright J, cf 3 0 1 0 Inglett J, lf 4 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 0 7 0 30 6 8 5
Kansas City 000 000 000 -- 0
Toronto 400 001 10x -- 6
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Hochevar L (L) 6.0 6 5 4 4 4
Yabuta Y* 0.0 1 1 1 2 0
Ramirez R 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Nunez L 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO
Litsch J (W) 9.0 7 0 0 1 3
* Pitched to 3 batters in 7th
E -- Grudzielanek M
DP -- Kansas City 1, Toronto 2
LOB -- Kansas City 6, Toronto 9
2B -- Hill A, Buck J, Grudzielanek M
3B -- Inglett J
HR -- Wilkerson B
SB -- Rolen S
CS -- DeJesus D
HBP -- by Hochevar L (Stewart S)
WP -- Litsch J, Hochevar L
T -- 2:37
A -- 28162
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