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Seattle Mariners @ Kansas City Royals

2008-09-17 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 13382 · 77°F, sunny · Wind 4 mph R to L · 2:39

Kansas City Royals defeated Seattle Mariners 5–2. Kansas City Royals put up 3 in the 7th. Gil Meche earned the win and Joakim Soria picked up the save. Ryan Shealy went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SEA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8
KCA	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1		5	7

W: Gil Meche L: Roy Corcoran SV: Joakim Soria

Umpires — HP: Jerry Layne · 1B: Brian Knight · 2B: Phil Cuzzi · 3B: Jim Wolf · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Seattle Mariners — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ichiro Suzuki	3	1	3	0	1	0
Yuniesky Betancourt	3	1	1	0	0	0
Raul Ibanez	4	0	1	0	0	2
Jose Lopez	4	0	2	2	0	0
Jeremy Reed	4	0	1	0	0	2
Wladimir Balentien	3	0	0	0	0	1
Matt Tuiasosopo	3	0	0	0	0	1
Kenji Johjima	1	0	0	0	2	0
Luis Valbuena	3	0	0	0	0	1
Miguel Cairo	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tug Hulett	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
David DeJesus	4	1	1	0	1	0
Mike Aviles	4	0	0	1	0	0
Jose Guillen	3	0	1	2	1	1
Ryan Shealy	4	1	1	1	0	0
Billy Butler	3	0	0	0	1	0
Mark Teahen	4	0	0	0	0	1
John Buck	3	2	2	0	1	0
Alberto Callaspo	4	1	1	1	0	0
Esteban German	1	0	1	0	1	0
Joey Gathright	0	0	0	0	1	0

Seattle Mariners — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ryan Rowland-Smith	6.0	3	4	1
Roy Corcoran	0.2	1	1	0
Miguel Batista	1.0	3	0	1
Justin Thomas	0.1	0	1	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gil Meche	7.0	6	3	7
Ron Mahay	0.1	2	0	0
Ramon Ramirez	0.2	0	0	0
Joakim Soria	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ichiro Suzuki: W
Yuniesky Betancourt: S7/L78M+.1-2
Raul Ibanez: K
Jose Lopez: SB3;SB2
Jose Lopez: S8/L6D.3-H;2-H
Jeremy Reed: CS2(26)
Jeremy Reed: K

Bot 1

David DeJesus: D9/L9LM+
Mike Aviles: 43/G4.2-3
Jose Guillen: K
Ryan Shealy: 3/G3S-

Top 2

Wladimir Balentien: 9/F89D+
Matt Tuiasosopo: K
Kenji Johjima: W
Luis Valbuena: K

Bot 2

Billy Butler: 53/G56+
Mark Teahen: 8/F8RM
John Buck: 8/F8RM

Top 3

Ichiro Suzuki: D9/G3+
Yuniesky Betancourt: 13/SH.2-3
Raul Ibanez: K
Jose Lopez: 9/L89M+

Bot 3

Alberto Callaspo: 53/G6S-
Esteban German: W
David DeJesus: 46(1)3/GDP/G4S

Top 4

Jeremy Reed: S7/G56+
Wladimir Balentien: 64(1)3/GDP/G6+
Matt Tuiasosopo: 9/F9LM

Bot 4

Mike Aviles: 13/G15
Jose Guillen: 9/F89S
Ryan Shealy: HR/F7D+
Billy Butler: 3/P3F

Top 5

Kenji Johjima: W
Luis Valbuena: 7/F7LMF
Ichiro Suzuki: S5/P5D-.1-2
Yuniesky Betancourt: 5/LDP/L5+.2X2(54)

Bot 5

Mark Teahen: 31/G34S
John Buck: W
Alberto Callaspo: 9/F89D
Esteban German: S8/G6M+.1-2
David DeJesus: 7/F7D

Top 6

Raul Ibanez: 3/P3F
Jose Lopez: S7/G56+
Jeremy Reed: WP.1-2
Jeremy Reed: K
Wladimir Balentien: K

Bot 6

Mike Aviles: 3/P3F
Jose Guillen: W
Ryan Shealy: 43/G4S.1-2
Billy Butler: W
Mark Teahen: 63/G6M

Top 7

Matt Tuiasosopo: 3/P3F
Kenji Johjima: 7/F7S
Luis Valbuena: 8/F8RD+

Bot 7

John Buck: S8/G6M+
Alberto Callaspo: E6/G6.1-2
Esteban German: 54/SH/BG25-.2-3;1-2
David DeJesus: IW
Mike Aviles: 13/G34S-.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Jose Guillen: S8/G6+.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);B-1
Ryan Shealy: 13/G15+

Top 8

Ichiro Suzuki: S6/G6S-
Yuniesky Betancourt: 9/F89D+
Raul Ibanez: S8/L8LS.1-2
Jose Lopez: 64(1)3/GDP/G6S

Bot 8

Billy Butler: 53/G5+
Mark Teahen: K
John Buck: D8/L78XD+
Alberto Callaspo: S68/G6+.2-H
Joey Gathright: W.1-2
David DeJesus: 3/L3

Top 9

Jeremy Reed: 31/G34S-
Miguel Cairo: 6/P6D-
Tug Hulett: 143/G13

Notes & reviews

Suzuki's 200th hit of the season, his eighth consecutive year with at least 200 hits; this ties the major league record set by Willie Keeler (1894-1901) and breaks the American League record set by Wade Boggs (1983-89)

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