Starting Lineups:
Washington Nationals Kansas City Royals
1. Taylor cf Escobar ss
2. Rendon 3b Cain cf
3. Harper rf Hosmer 1b
4. Zimmerman 1b Morales dh
5. Murphy 2b Gordon lf
6. Werth lf Perez c
7. Drew dh Infante 2b
8. Lobaton c Colon 3b
9. Espinosa ss Orlando rf
Gonzalez p Volquez p
NATIONALS 1ST: Taylor walked; Rendon singled to center [Taylor
to second]; Harper struck out; Taylor stole third; Zimmerman
doubled to right [Taylor scored, Rendon to third]; Murphy
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Rendon scored, Zimmerman to
third]; Werth struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Nationals 2,
Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Escobar lined to right; Cain flied to right; Hosmer
walked; Morales flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Nationals
2, Royals 0.
NATIONALS 2ND: Drew struck out; Lobaton flied to center; On a
bunt Espinosa grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Nationals 2, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Gordon was hit by a pitch; Perez popped to
shortstop; Infante flied to center; Colon flied to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Nationals 2, Royals 0.
NATIONALS 3RD: On a bunt Taylor grounded out (third to first);
Rendon lined to right; Harper flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Nationals 2, Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: On a bunt Orlando grounded out (pitcher to
first); Paulo Orlando called for interference for running in
fair territory outside the running lane; Gio Gonzalez' throw
struck Orlando; Escobar grounded out (second to first); Cain
singled to left; Hosmer walked [Cain to second]; Cain was caught
stealing third (catcher to third); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Nationals 2, Royals 0.
NATIONALS 4TH: Zimmerman grounded out (first unassisted); Murphy
singled to right; Werth flied to center; Drew grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Nationals 2, Royals 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Gordon
grounded out (first to pitcher); Perez grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Nationals 2, Royals 0.
NATIONALS 5TH: Lobaton singled to right; Espinosa singled to
center [Lobaton to second]; Taylor grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Lobaton to third, Espinosa out at second];
Rendon lined to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Nationals 2,
Royals 0.
ROYALS 5TH: Infante popped to second; Colon grounded out
(shortstop to first); Orlando singled to right; Escobar flied to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Nationals 2, Royals 0.
NATIONALS 6TH: Harper singled to left; Harper was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Zimmerman struck out;
Murphy doubled to center; Werth struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Nationals 2, Royals 0.
ROYALS 6TH: Cain struck out; Hosmer singled to right; Morales
singled to left [Hosmer to second]; Gordon flied to right; Perez
flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Nationals 2, Royals 0.
NATIONALS 7TH: Drew struck out; Lobaton grounded out (first
unassisted); Espinosa grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Nationals 2, Royals 0.
ROYALS 7TH: SOLIS REPLACED GONZALEZ (PITCHING); Infante flied to
right; Colon grounded out (pitcher to first); Orlando flied to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Nationals 2, Royals 0.
NATIONALS 8TH: Taylor struck out; Rendon popped to shortstop;
DUFFY REPLACED VOLQUEZ (PITCHING); Harper was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Nationals 2, Royals 0.
ROYALS 8TH: KELLEY REPLACED SOLIS (PITCHING); Escobar doubled to
left; Cain was called out on strikes; PEREZ REPLACED KELLEY
(PITCHING); Hosmer struck out; Morales was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Nationals 2, Royals 0.
NATIONALS 9TH: Zimmerman doubled; Murphy singled to left
[Zimmerman to third]; Werth grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Murphy to second]; HEISEY BATTED FOR DREW; Heisey struck out;
Lobaton walked; Espinosa struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Nationals 2, Royals 0.
ROYALS 9TH: HEISEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); PAPELBON
REPLACED PEREZ (PITCHING); Gordon flied to center; Perez flied
to center; Infante struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Nationals
2, Royals 0.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Nationals 2 9 0 7
Royals 0 5 0 7
