Kansas City 3, St. Louis 2
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(22-22)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 8 0
St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 8 0
WP: B. Bannister (4-1) S: J. Cruz (2)
LP: J. Pineiro (5-4)
(26-18)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 1st: Kansas City
- J. Guillen doubled to deep left, B. Butler scored
Top 5th: Kansas City
- B. Bannister singled to right, M. Olivo scored
Bot 6th: St. Louis
- Y. Molina singled to center, R. Ankiel scored, Y. Molina to second advancing on throw
- J. Pineiro singled to left, Y. Molina scored, J. Thurston to third
Top 7th: Kansas City
- M. Jacobs singled to deep right, W. Bloomquist scored
 Kansas City
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
C. Crisp cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .234
D. DeJesus lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .236
B. Butler 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .286
J. Guillen rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 .290
    J. Cruz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M. Teahen 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .264
A. Callaspo 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .307
M. Olivo c 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 .234
W. Bloomquist ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .309
B. Bannister p 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 .500
    M. Jacobs ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .268
    T. Hulett pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    H. Ramirez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    J. Bale p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    M. Maier rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294
 Totals 35 3 8 3 0 5 7  
 Batting
2B - J Guillen (5, J Pineiro); B Butler (14, J Pineiro); M Olivo (4, J Pineiro); W Bloomquist (2, J Pineiro).
RBI - J Guillen (20), B Bannister (1), M Jacobs (25).
2-out RBI - J Guillen, M Jacobs.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D DeJesus 1, A Callaspo 1, M Teahen 1.
Team LOB - 5.
 St. Louis
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
S. Schumaker 2b 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .301
C. Rasmus cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .233
A. Pujols 1b 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 .327
C. Duncan lf 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 .257
R. Ankiel rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 4 .247
Y. Molina c 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 .284
J. Thurston 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .231
    K. Greene ph-ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .208
J. Pineiro p 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 .158
    J. Motte p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    N. Stavinoha ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240
    K. McClellan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B. Barden ss-3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .262
 Totals 34 2 8 2 5 6 11  
 Batting
2B - R Ankiel (7, B Bannister); C Rasmus (7, J Cruz).
S - C Rasmus.
RBI - Y Molina (17), J Pineiro (1).
2-out RBI - Y Molina, J Pineiro.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Duncan 2, R Ankiel 2, B Barden 1.
Team LOB - 11.
 Kansas City
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
B. Bannister (W, 4-1) 6.0 7 2 2 2 4 0 2.79
H. Ramirez (H, 2) 0.2 0 0 0 2 0 0 7.36
J. Bale (H, 1) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
J. Cruz (S, 2) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.15
 St. Louis
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
J. Pineiro (L, 5-4) 7.0 8 3 3 0 3 0 3.52
J. Motte 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.50
K. McClellan 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.11
WP - H Ramirez.
IBB - J Thurston (by B Bannister), A Pujols 2 (by H Ramirez, J Cruz).
Pitches-strikes - B Bannister 99-61; H Ramirez 17-8; J Bale 13-11; J Cruz 15-8; J Pineiro 92-67; J Motte 11-7; K McClellan 9-6.
Ground balls-fly balls - B Bannister 10-4; H Ramirez 2-0; J Bale 2-0; J Cruz 0-3; J Pineiro 14-4; J Motte 0-2; K McClellan 1-1.
Batters faced - B Bannister 27; H Ramirez 4; J Bale 4; J Cruz 5; J Pineiro 29; J Motte 3; K McClellan 3.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Todd Tichenor. 1B--Jerry Layne. 2B--Tony Randazzo. 3B--Chris Guccione.
Time: 2:32.
Attendance: 44,213.
Weather: 82 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 10 mph, in from right.

Updated on Monday, May 25, 2009 2:58 am ET

  
 Top Batters
 Kansas City
J. Guillen Jose Guillen
1-4
1 RBI
 St. Louis
J. Pineiro Joel Pineiro
2-3
1 RBI