Royals 8, Blue Jays 4
Zack Greinke struck out four against one walk on Friday night. (AP)
By Dick Kaegel / MLB.com
Zack Greinke continued his solid month, striking out four and walking one in seven inning and exiting with a lead that the bullpen would ultimately relinquish. The Royals' bats rallied late, however, scoring six runs in the eight inning of the win.
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Kansas City 8, Toronto 4
Today's Boxes 4/25/08
LAA 4, DET 3
CLE 6, NYY 4
PHI 6, PIT 5
ATL 6, NYM 3
TB 5, BOS 4
WSH 5, CHC 3
FLA 3, MIL 0
TEX 6, MIN 5
HOU 3, STL 2
ARI 5, SD 1
OAK 4, SEA 3
SF 3, CIN 1
LAD 8, COL 7
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Standings thru 4/25/08 | Recap: TOR | KC | Gameday | Blue Jays stats | Royals stats
Toronto AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Eckstein , SS5 0 1 0 0 1 0 .247
Hill , 2B4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .290
Rios , RF4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .305
Wells, V , CF4 0 0 1 0 0 3 .277
Stairs , DH3 1 1 0 0 1 1 .317
Rolen , 3B3 0 1 2 1 0 1 .333
Overbay , 1B4 1 2 1 0 0 2 .286
Stewart , LF4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .212
Barajas , C3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .182
a-Zaun , PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266
Totals 35 4 8 4 1 4 13
BATTING 2B : Stairs (1, Greinke), Rolen (1, Nunez).HR : Overbay (1, 7th inning off Greinke, 0 on, 1 out).TB : Eckstein; Hill; Rios 2; Stairs 2; Rolen 2; Overbay 5.RBI : Overbay (6), Wells, V (17), Rolen 2 (2).2-out RBI : Rolen 2.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Barajas; Overbay 2.Team LOB : 6.FIELDING E : Eckstein 2 (5, throw, missed catch), Wells, V (1, fielding).Pickoffs : Barajas (Pena at 3rd base).
Kansas City AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
DeJesus , CF-LF4 0 2 3 1 1 1 .414
Callaspo , 2B4 0 1 1 1 1 2 .333
Gordon , 3B5 0 1 0 0 2 4 .310
Guillen , LF5 1 1 0 0 2 3 .182
Gathright , CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Teahen , RF3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .259
Butler , DH4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .302
1-German , PR-DH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .063
Gload , 1B4 2 1 1 0 1 0 .281
Buck , C4 2 2 2 0 0 0 .230
Pena , SS2 1 1 0 1 0 0 .148
Totals 35 8 11 8 4 7 11
BATTING 2B : Gload (2, Burnett), Buck 2 (3, Burnett, Downs).TB : DeJesus 2; Callaspo; Gordon; Guillen; Teahen; Butler; Gload 2; Buck 4; Pena.RBI : Buck 2 (9), DeJesus 3 (7), Butler (11), Gload (5), Callaspo (3).Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Callaspo 2; Butler; Gordon; Guillen 2.S : Pena.Team LOB : 8.BASERUNNING PO : Pena (3rd base by Barajas).
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Burnett (L, 2-2)7.1 8 5 3 3 6 0 6.07
Downs (BS, 1)0.0 3 3 3 1 0 0 3.27
Frasor 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.24
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Greinke 7.0 5 1 1 1 4 1 1.25
Nunez (BS, 1)(W, 2-0)1.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 2.70
Soria 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
WP : Burnett.Balk : Burnett 2.IBB : Pena (by Downs).HBP : Stairs (by Nunez).Pitches-strikes : Burnett 102-64, Downs 20-12, Frasor 11-8, Greinke 93-63, Nunez 23-15, Soria 12-8.Ground outs-fly outs : Burnett 10-5, Downs 0-0, Frasor 1-0, Greinke 6-11, Nunez 3-0, Soria 3-0.Batters faced : Burnett 33, Downs 5, Frasor 2, Greinke 27, Nunez 7, Soria 3.Inherited runners-scored : Downs 2-2, Frasor 2-0.Umpires : HP: Gary Darling. 1B: Jerry Meals. 2B: Bill Miller. 3B: Paul Emmel.Weather : 48 degrees, cloudy.Wind : 18 mph, L to R.T : 2:48.Att : 22,561.Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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