Kansas City 5, Seattle 1
When: 8:10 PM ET, Thursday, April 14, 2011
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature:
76°
Umpires:
Home -
Marvin Hudson, 1B -
Tim McClelland, 2B -
Ted Barrett, 3B -
Brian Runge
Attendance:
8811
By SportsDirect Inc.
Bruce Chen pitched seven strong innings and the host Kansas City Royals posted a 5-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Thursday night in a rain-shortened game.
The contest was called in the eighth inning and gave Kansas City its fourth win in its last five games.
Alex Gordon recorded a two-run double in the Royals’ three-run third.
Wilson Betemit cracked a solo homer in the fourth and hit a sacrifice fly in the sixth. Billy Butler added an RBI single for Kansas City.
Chen (2-0) allowed one run and six hits while striking out one and walking one.
The Mariners’ Doug Fister (0-3) was touched for five earned runs and eight hits to take the loss.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Seattle |
|
Kansas City |
|
Doug Fister
|
Player |
Bruce Chen
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
7.0 |
IP |
8.0 |
|
5 |
Strikeouts |
1 |
|
8 |
Hits |
6 |
|
6.43 |
ERA |
0.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Seattle
|
6 |
0 |
8 |
.194 |
12 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Kansas City
|
8 |
1 |
12 |
.308 |
7 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
2 |