The Kansas City Royals squeaked out a win over the Chicago White Sox, 8 to 7, on May 5, 2009.

2009 Kansas City Royals

Final

KCR

Royals

16-11

8

1

0

0

2

1

0

3

3

1

4

1

3

5

2

0

6

0

2

7

0

1

8

0

0

9

0

0

10

0

0

11

0

1

R

7

8

H

16

11

E

0

0

Top 2nd

CWS

KCR

White Sox

Single by Scott Podsednik; Paul Konerko scored.

1

0

Top 3rd

CWS

KCR

White Sox

Home run by Josh Fields.

2

0

White Sox

Home run by Jermaine Dye; Jim Thome scored.

4

0

Bottom 3rd

CWS

KCR

Royals

Home run by Alberto Callaspo.

4

1

Top 4th

CWS

KCR

White Sox

Single by Carlos Quentin; Chris Getz scored.

5

1

Bottom 4th

CWS

KCR

Royals

Home run by Mike Jacobs; Mark Teahen and Jose Guillen scored.

5

4

Top 5th

CWS

KCR

White Sox

Single by Alexei Ramirez; Jermaine Dye scored.

6

4

White Sox

Sacrifice fly by Scott Podsednik; A.J. Pierzynski scored.

7

4

Bottom 6th

CWS

KCR

Royals

Double by Alberto Callaspo; Jose Guillen scored.

7

5

Royals

Coco Crisp walked; Billy Butler scored.

7

6

Bottom 7th

CWS

KCR

Royals

Double by Billy Butler; Mark Teahen scored.

7

7

Bottom 11th

CWS

KCR

Royals

Single by John Buck; Mitch Maier scored.

7

8

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Chris Getz 2B 5 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Josh Fields 3B 6 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 5
Carlos Quentin LF 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
Jim Thome DH 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0
Jermaine Dye RF 6 2 2 2 1 0 3 0 0 5
Paul Konerko 1B 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
A.J. Pierzynski C 5 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 7
Alexei Ramirez SS 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1
Scott Podsednik CF 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 46 7 16 7 2 5 11 2 0 25

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Gavin Floyd 5.0 6 6 6 2 2 2
Matt Thornton 1.0 2 1 1 2 3 0
Octavio Dotel 1.0 1 0 0 2 1 0
Scott Linebrink 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 0
D.J. Carrasco 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Lance Broadway (L) 0.2 2 1 1 2 1 0
Totals 10.2 11 8 8 11 8 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Coco Crisp CF 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 2 0 1
David DeJesus LF 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mark Teahen 3B 5 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2
Jose Guillen RF 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Mitch Maier PR,RF 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Billy Butler 1B 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Willie Bloomquist PR,1B 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Mike Jacobs DH 5 1 1 3 1 1 2 0 0 4
Alberto Callaspo 2B 5 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 6
John Buck C 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
Mike Aviles SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 8 11 8 2 11 8 3 0 19

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Kyle Davies 4.0 8 6 6 3 2 2
Robinson Tejeda 2.0 3 1 1 1 3 0
Ron Mahay 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jamey Wright 3.0 3 0 0 0 3 0
Juan Cruz (W) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Totals 11.0 16 7 7 5 11 2

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2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
White Sox White Sox
0 0
Guardians Guardians
0 0
Tigers Tigers
0 0
Twins Twins
0 0
Royals Royals
0 0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
3/28
MIN MIN
@
KCR KCR
4:10 PM
Sat
3/30
MIN MIN
@
KCR KCR
4:10 PM
Sun
3/31
MIN MIN
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Mon
4/1
KCR KCR
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM
Tue
4/2
KCR KCR
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2024 Betting

Best Record ATS

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Padres

1-1

Dodgers

1-1

Worst Record ATS

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Padres

1-1

Dodgers

1-1

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
3/20
SDP SDP
@
LAD LAD
15-11
Tue
3/19
LAD LAD
@
SDP SDP
5-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
3/28
LAA LAA
@
BAL BAL
3:05 PM
Thu
3/28
SFG SFG
@
SDP SDP
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
STL STL
@
LAD LAD
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
PIT PIT
@
MIA MIA
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
TOR TOR
@
TBR TBR
4:10 PM