Starting Lineups:
Chicago White Sox Kansas City Royals
1. Owens cf DeJesus cf
2. Fields lf Grudzielanek 2b
3. Thome dh Gload 1b
4. Dye rf Butler dh
5. Erstad 1b Teahen rf
6. Pierzynski c Smith 3b
7. Uribe ss Gathright lf
8. Richar 2b Buck c
9. Cintron 3b Pena ss
Floyd p Meche p
WHITE SOX 1ST: Owens grounded out (first unassisted); Fields
doubled to center; Thome flied to left [Fields to third]; Dye
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White
Sox 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: DeJesus singled to left; Grudzielanek singled to
left [DeJesus to second]; Gload doubled to center [DeJesus
scored, Grudzielanek to third]; Butler singled to right
[Grudzielanek scored, Gload scored]; Teahen struck out; Smith
struck out; Gathright struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White
Sox 0, Royals 3.
WHITE SOX 2ND: Erstad grounded out (shortstop to first);
Pierzynski flied to left; Uribe struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 3.
ROYALS 2ND: Buck lined to first; Pena grounded out (pitcher to
first); DeJesus singled to center; Grudzielanek singled to left
[DeJesus to third]; Gload grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 3.
WHITE SOX 3RD: Richar was called out on strikes; Cintron flied
to left; Owens struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0,
Royals 3.
ROYALS 3RD: Butler grounded out (third to first); Teahen
grounded out (second to first); Smith tripled to right;
Gathright grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 0, Royals 3.
WHITE SOX 4TH: Fields walked; Thome singled to right [Fields to
second]; Dye hit into a double play to first [Thome out at first
(third to second to center)]; Ross Gload made a wild throw to
3B; Jim Thome ran to 2B to find his Josh Fields there;
Erstad reached on an error by Smith [Fields scored (unearned)
(no RBI)]; Pierzynski lined to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB. White Sox 1, Royals 3.
ROYALS 4TH: Buck reached on an error by Uribe; Pena out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Buck to second]; DeJesus
was hit by a pitch; Grudzielanek struck out; Gload walked [Buck
to third, DeJesus to second]; Butler forced Gload (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. White Sox 1, Royals 3.
WHITE SOX 5TH: Uribe lined to shortstop; Richar doubled; Cintron
grounded out (first unassisted) [Richar to third]; Owens flied
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Royals 3.
ROYALS 5TH: Teahen struck out (catcher to first); Smith doubled
to right; Gathright popped to third; Buck was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Royals 3.
WHITE SOX 6TH: Fields doubled to left; Thome walked; Dye flied
to right [Fields to third]; Erstad forced Thome (shortstop to
second) [Fields scored]; Pierzynski grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 3.
ROYALS 6TH: Pena singled to left; DeJesus grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Pena out at second]; Grudzielanek
flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 3.
WHITE SOX 7TH: Uribe struck out; Richar flied to left; Cintron
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 3.
ROYALS 7TH: MYERS REPLACED FLOYD (PITCHING); Gload walked;
Butler forced Gload (second to shortstop); Teahen flied to
right; Smith forced Butler (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 3.
WHITE SOX 8TH: GOBBLE REPLACED MECHE (PITCHING); TERRERO BATTED
FOR OWENS; Terrero grounded out (shortstop to first); PERALTA
REPLACED GOBBLE (PITCHING); Fields flied to right; BALE REPLACED
PERALTA (PITCHING); Thome grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 3.
ROYALS 8TH: TERRERO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Gathright
struck out; WASSERMANN REPLACED MYERS (PITCHING); Buck grounded
out (pitcher to first); Pena grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 3.
WHITE SOX 9TH: SORIA REPLACED BALE (PITCHING); Dye was called
out on strikes; Erstad struck out; Pierzynski grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 3.
Final Totals R H E LOB
White Sox 2 4 1 4
Royals 3 9 1 9