Ejections: BAL Manager Cal Ripken by Tim Welke [Balls and strikes]
Time of Game: 2:37 Attendance: 28478
Starting Lineups:
Kansas City Royals Baltimore Orioles
1. Smith lf Wiggins dh
2. Pecota 3b B. Ripken 2b
3. Brett 1b C. Ripken ss
4. Eisenreich dh Murray 1b
5. White 2b Knight 3b
6. Tartabull rf Young lf
7. B. Jackson cf Sheets rf
8. Salazar ss Rayford c
9. Owen c Gerhart cf
Leibrandt p Dixon p
ROYALS 1ST: Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); Pecota
grounded out (third to first); Brett singled; Eisenreich singled
[Brett to third]; White struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 0, Orioles 0.
ORIOLES 1ST: Wiggins struck out; B. Ripken grounded out (third
to first); C. Ripken was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Tartabull doubled; B. Jackson grounded out (third to
first); Salazar struck out; Owen was called out on strikes; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 0.
ORIOLES 2ND: Murray grounded out (second to first); Knight
grounded out (pitcher to first); Young popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Smith homered; Pecota singled; Brett grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Pecota out at
second]; Eisenreich grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Orioles 0.
ORIOLES 3RD: Sheets struck out; Rayford grounded out (second to
first); Gerhart struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1,
Orioles 0.
ROYALS 4TH: White was called out on strikes; Tartabull struck
out; B. Jackson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 1, Orioles 0.
ORIOLES 4TH: Wiggins popped to first; B. Ripken struck out; C.
Ripken grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Orioles 0.
ROYALS 5TH: Salazar grounded out (shortstop to first); Owen
grounded out (third to first); Smith singled; Pecota singled
[Smith to third]; Brett singled [Smith scored, Pecota to
second]; Eisenreich struck out (catcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Orioles 0.
ORIOLES 5TH: Murray was called out on strikes; Knight walked;
Young made an out to shortstop; Sheets grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Orioles 0.
ROYALS 6TH: White flied out to center; Tartabull walked;
Tartabull stole second; B. Jackson lined to first; Orioles
manager Ripken ejected by HP umpire Welke for arguing balls and
strikes during mound conference; Salazar singled [Tartabull
scored]; Owen flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals
3, Orioles 0.
ORIOLES 6TH: Rayford struck out; Gerhart singled; Wiggins
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Gerhart out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3,
Orioles 0.
ROYALS 7TH: Smith singled; CORBETT REPLACED DIXON (PITCHING);
Smith stole second; Pecota grounded out (shortstop to first);
Brett was walked intentionally; Eisenreich grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Brett out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Orioles 0.
ORIOLES 7TH: B. Ripken grounded out (shortstop to first); C.
Ripken walked; Murray grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [C. Ripken out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 3, Orioles 0.
ROYALS 8TH: White struck out; Tartabull struck out; B. Jackson
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Orioles 0.
ORIOLES 8TH: Knight walked; Young flied to right in foul
territory; Sheets flied out to right; Rayford forced Knight
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Orioles
0.
ROYALS 9TH: Salazar struck out; Owen doubled; Smith singled
[Owen scored]; Pecota grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Smith out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 4, Orioles 0.
ORIOLES 9TH: Gerhart grounded out (third to first); Wiggins made
an out to second; B. Ripken singled; C. Ripken grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Orioles 0.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 4 12 0 7
Orioles 0 2 0 3
