White Sox 4, Royals 3
Joey Gathright follows through on an RBI single in the sixth inning. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)
By Dick Kaegel / MLB.com
Gil Meche gave up two runs on six hits and two walks over 5 2/3 innings, but the Royals dropped the series opener to the White Sox. Emil Brown crushed a two-run home run and Joey Gathright added an RBI single in the sixth inning, but that accounted for all of Kansas City's scoring. Gathright collected three hits in the game.
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Chi White Sox 4, Kansas City 3
Today's Boxes 8/20/07
SF 8, FLA 7
STL 6, CHC 4
OAK 6, TOR 4
ATL 14, CIN 4
BOS 6, TB 0
WSH 7, HOU 0
SEA 9, MIN 4
PIT 4, COL 2
MIL 9, ARI 0
LAA 7, NYY 6
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Standings thru 8/20/07 | Gameday | Royals Stats | White Sox Stats
Kansas City AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
German , 3B4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .272
DeJesus , CF5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .271
Grudzielanek , 2B5 1 1 0 0 1 3 .305
Butler , DH4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .303
Brown, E , RF3 1 2 2 1 1 1 .231
Gordon , 1B3 1 1 0 1 0 2 .245
Buck , C2 0 0 0 0 2 3 .232
a-Gload , PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .298
LaRue , C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .147
Pena, T , SS3 0 0 0 0 0 5 .263
b-Smith , PH-SS 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .213
Gathright , LF4 0 3 1 0 0 0 .375
Totals 35 3 9 3 2 6 23
BATTING 2B : Butler (14, Buehrle), Grudzielanek (27, Buehrle), Gordon (26, Buehrle).HR : Brown, E (6, 6th inning off Buehrle, 1 on, 1 out).TB : DeJesus; Grudzielanek 2; Butler 2; Brown, E 5; Gordon 2; Gathright 3.RBI : Brown, E 2 (48), Gathright (15).2-out RBI : Gathright.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Grudzielanek 2; Pena, T; German; Smith.S : German.Team LOB : 9.BASERUNNING SB : Brown, E (10, 2nd base off MacDougal/Pierzynski).FIELDING Pickoffs : Greinke (Fields at 1st base).
Chi White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Owens , CF4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .252
Fields , 3B4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .245
Thome , DH4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .260
Konerko , 1B4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .267
Pierzynski , C4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .272
Dye , RF3 1 2 0 1 0 1 .245
Podsednik , LF4 1 1 2 0 0 4 .253
Uribe , SS2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .224
Richar , 2B3 1 1 1 0 2 0 .192
Totals 32 4 10 4 2 7 9
BATTING 2B : Dye 2 (25, Meche, Greinke).HR : Podsednik (2, 5th inning off Meche, 1 on, 0 out), Richar (2, 7th inning off Riske, 0 on, 1 out).TB : Owens 3; Fields; Konerko; Pierzynski; Dye 4; Podsednik 4; Richar 4.RBI : Podsednik 2 (10), Richar (8), Fields (43).Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Fields; Podsednik 2.Team LOB : 6.BASERUNNING SB : Owens 2 (19, 2nd base off Meche/Buck, 2nd base off Riske/Buck).CS : Uribe (6, 2nd base by Meche/Buck).PO : Fields (1st base by Greinke).
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Meche 5.2 6 2 2 2 6 1 3.88
Gobble (H, 11)0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.03
Riske (BS, 3)(L, 1-3)0.1 3 2 2 0 0 1 2.53
Greinke 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.40
HBP : Buck (by Wassermann).Pitches-strikes : Meche 104-64, Gobble 1-1, Riske 15-10, Greinke 27-17, Buehrle 101-65, Wassermann 7-4, Thornton 16-9, Bukvich 3-2, Logan 2-1, MacDougal 6-4, Jenks 11-8.Ground outs-fly outs : Meche 6-4, Gobble 1-0, Riske 0-1, Greinke 1-2, Buehrle 6-6, Wassermann 1-0, Thornton 1-2, Bukvich 0-0, Logan 0-1, MacDougal 0-1, Jenks 2-1.Batters faced : Meche 24, Gobble 1, Riske 4, Greinke 5, Buehrle 24, Wassermann 2, Thornton 5, Bukvich 1, Logan 1, MacDougal 2, Jenks 4.Inherited runners-scored : Gobble 2-0, Greinke 1-0, Wassermann 1-0, Thornton 2-1, Logan 1-0, MacDougal 1-0.Umpires : HP: Chuck Meriwether. 1B: Tim Timmons. 2B: Adam Dowdy. 3B: Derryl Cousins.Weather : 74 degrees, cloudy.Wind : 4 mph, L to R.T : 3:06.Att : 35,391.Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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