KC 5 vs. HOU 3

BOXSCORE: 2011 Kansas City Royals At 2011 Houston Astros             4/8/2011
 
  Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Astros             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Gordon LF         2  1  1  0 .235     J.Schafer CF        4  0  1  2 .111  
  M.Cabrera CF        1  0  0  1 .111     J.Altuve 2B         4  0  0  0 .308  
  B.Butler DH         4  0  1  1 .316     M.Downs RF          2  0  0  0 .200  
  E.Hosmer 1B         3  0  0  0 .222     C.Lee LF            3  0  0  0 .167  
  J.Francoeur RF      4  0  1  0 .278     B.Wallace 1B        4  0  0  0 .000  
  M.Moustakas 3B      4  0  1  0 .250     B.Bogusevic DH      2  0  0  0 .400  
  B.Pena C            4  0  1  0 .125   A-J.Martinez PH       1  0  0  0 .571  
  C.Getz 2B           4  0  0  0 .143     C.Johnson 3B        3  1  2  0 .364  
  A.Escobar SS        4  1  1  0 .053   B-J.Paredes PH        1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          C.Barmes SS         4  2  2  1 .333  
                                          H.Quintero C        3  0  0  0 .111  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      30  2  6  2                 Totals      31  3  5  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Bogusevic In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Johnson In 9th Inning
 
Royals.......... 1 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  2  6  0
Astros.......... 0 0 2  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  3  5  1
 
Royals (3-2)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
L.Hochevar                7       4   2   2   3   3   0  97   2.45
G.Holland                 1       0   0   0   0   2   0   9   3.86
T.Collins                 0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   0.00
A.Crow LOSS(0-1)          0 1/3   1   1   1   0   1   1   7  27.00
Totals                    8 2/3   5   3   3   3   6   1
 
Astros (1-2)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
W.Rodriguez               7       4   2   1   2   4   0 117   1.29
F.Rodriguez WIN(1-0)      2       2   0   0   2   0   0  33   0.00
Totals                    9       6   2   1   4   4   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 24,961 DATE-  TIME- Night 
UMPIRES- Paul Schrieber, Chad Fairchild, Joe West, Angel Hernandez
T- 2:50
LEFT ON BASE- Royals: 7  Astros: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Royals: 0  Astros: 2
ERRORS- H.Quintero
DOUBLES- B.Butler(3rd), J.Schafer(1st), C.Johnson(2nd), C.Barmes(2nd)
HOME RUNS- C.Barmes(1st)
STOLEN BASES- A.Gordon-2(3rd), A.Escobar(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Cabrera
WALKS- A.Gordon, M.Cabrera-2, E.Hosmer, M.Downs, C.Lee, B.Bogusevic
HIT BY PITCH- A.Gordon, M.Downs
STRIKE OUTS- A.Gordon, B.Butler, B.Pena-2, J.Altuve, C.Lee, B.Wallace-2,
             B.Bogusevic, J.Paredes
GIDP- B.Butler, C.Getz
WILD PITCHES- F.Rodriguez
PASSED BALLS- B.Pena
2-out RBI- C.Barmes
WEB GEMS- Top 5th: Jordan Schafer robbed Melky Cabrera of an extra base hit.
 
Clint Barmes touched them all as the Houston Astros pulled out a win over the
Kansas City Royals by a score of 3 to 2 at Minute Maid Park.
 
Houston scored the deciding run in the bottom of the 9th inning.  After two
outs Barmes ripped a solo home run making Houston the victor and beginning a
joyous home town celebration.  Houston managed only 5 hits on the night.
 
Fernando Rodriguez(1-0) went 2 innings allowing no runs for the victory. Aaron
Crow(0-1) ended up with the loss in relief.  He allowed 1 run and 1 hit in
1/3 of an inning.