Kansas City Royals vs. Chicago White Sox

Royals Batting

Triples: W Bloomquist (3, M Buehrle); M Maier (2, M Buehrle)

Home Runs: M Olivo (4, 8th inning off M Buehrle 0 on, 0 Out)

Runs Batted In: M Maier 2 (5), M Olivo (14)

2-out Runs Batted In: M Maier

Ground Into Double Play: A Callaspo; J Guillen

Team Left On Base: 3

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 0-2 (M Maier 0-1, B Butler 0-1)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: B Butler 1

Royals Pitching

Wild Pitches: G Meche

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: G Meche 18-27; J Bale 4-6; J Cruz 2-5

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: G Meche 18-10-19-18; J Bale 4-0-0-4; J Cruz 3-3-1-3

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: G Meche 7-7; J Bale 3-0; J Cruz 0-0

Game Scores: G Meche 64

Royals Fielding

Double Plays: 2 (A Callaspo-L Hernandez-B Butler 2)

Errors: J Buck (5, throw)

Assists: W Bloomquist (S Podsednik at 2nd base); D DeJesus (S Podsednik at 2nd base)

White Sox Batting

Doubles: J Fields (5, G Meche)

Triples: J Dye (1, G Meche)

Runs Batted In: J Thome 2 (28), C Getz (8), S Podsednik (7), A Ramirez (23)

2-out Runs Batted In: A Ramirez

Sacrifice Flies: J Thome; C Getz

Ground Into Double Play: J Dye; A Pierzynski

Team Left On Base: 6

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 2-10 (B Anderson 0-1, S Podsednik 1-3, J Thome 0-1, A Ramirez 1-2, J Fields 0-2, A Pierzynski 0-1)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: S Podsednik 1; J Fields 1; A Ramirez 1

White Sox Pitching

Intentional Walks: P Konerko (By J Bale)

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: M Buehrle 15-27; S Linebrink 2-2; B Jenks 2-4

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: M Buehrle 15-12-19-21; S Linebrink 1-1-2-1; B Jenks 5-1-4-3

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: M Buehrle 12-4; S Linebrink 1-0; B Jenks 1-1

Game Scores: M Buehrle 58

White Sox Fielding

Double Plays: 2 (J Fields-C Getz-P Konerko 2)

White Sox Baserunning

Caught Stealing: A Ramirez (2, 2nd base by J Cruz/M Olivo)

Stolen Bases: C Getz (5, 2nd base off G Meche/J Buck)