Scorecard: June 7, 2011 Toronto Blue Jays at Kansas City Royals - Game 2 of 4

From Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri,

USA:

Toronto Blue Jays

(30-30)

Manager: John Farrell

@

Kansas City Royals

(26-34)

Manager: Ned Yost

Game 2 of 4

First pitch: 8:10 PM EDT

Starting pitchers:
Toronto - Kyle Drabek
Kansas City - Vin Mazzaro

Umpires:

Home - Jim Wolf
3B - Ron Kulpa
2B - Jim Joyce
1B - Derryl Cousins

Weather: 
Clear
Temp - 31 °C | 89 °F
Wind - "breezy" says Greg Zaun - "wunderground" says "0"
(via: WeatherUnderground)


Listening to Jerry Howarth and Gregg Zaun on the radio again tonight. Not missing the beautiful TV broadcast, at-all. Lots of fun on the radio - Zauny is in fine form tonight singing the Blue Jays song from the '80's (70's?) 'Let's-Play-Ball' - then later doing his patented sponsor call about some phone thing, almost going too far at one point - then rescued by Howarth with a apropos segue back into the game. The two are perfect together. Zaun's off the cuff stuff works as a counter point to Jerry's perfect call of the game and old-timey references.

Could the days of sharing the play by play be over? This combo needs to stay together in my opinion - for years to come if that is possible. These two peas in a pod are one of a kind. 

A line came to mind the other day - a product I expect, of listening to more radio broadcasts of Blue Jays games lately - and this isn't dissing anyone on the TV side, just an observation about the medium in general - in these days of dumbed-down (lower cost) programming...

'He's got the smarts for television'
(as opposed to 'A face for radio').
:)

mh

Line-up and pitching totals from ESPN (box score).

Colour Legend (as of this date)

Red is an out Pink are un-earned bases - Wild Pitch, Passed Ball or an Error Yellow is Intentional Base on Balls, Defensive Indifference or Fielder's Choice Neon Green is a Base Hit Forest Green is a runner advanced by a Base Hit or a Sacrifice Neon Blue is a Stolen Base Navy Blue is a base earned via a Hit or a Sacrifice, that results in a Run Scored

Box Score - Final	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Toronto Blue Jays	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0			8	9	0	3
Kansas City Royals	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0			5	11	2	8

Toronto Blue Jays	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
1.  Y Escobar SS 4th M McCoy SS	S 8:10 FBBF X E2th SB E8th RS BH8(7)	FX 6-3			X RS #4 sacF RBI 2BH7(8)		CBFS Ks Coleman -		*BX LO!8
2.  C Patterson LF	bF>B X #1 SB Eth2-8, Eth8 8-2 FO8	B2 #9 out 1-6 / --->	BX FO9 deep!		bFb1 sacBunt1 1-5 safe! FC #1 2,3		SSFS Collins + Ks /		X FO7 /
3.  J Bautista RF	BBCF BFX RS BH7		CBBB B BB		SFX pop FO4			BBFB B FC #4 BB
4.  A Lind 1B	CFFB X RS 2RBI HR9 #3 1,H		FBFX FO9		BBX SAC RBI FO9 9-4 #1 3,H			BFBB 1FX RS #5 GB4 FC 4-6 hard
5.  J Arencibia C	X FO7		BFBB >F>S Ks /		CFS Ks /			BBBC SFX RS 2RBI HR7 #4 1,H
6.  A Hill 2B	CSS Ks /			CFBB X GB1 2nd 6!-3		CBFX FC #8 BH8 Mazzaro -		BCFX FO9
7.  E Encarnacion DH		SFX RS FB8(9) both shy away! 2BH9 (9-6)		CX 6-3		FFX Coleman + FO9		BBBB BB Collins -
8.  R Davis CF		X GB5 5-3 #7 2,3		X 4-3 /		CB1,1 SX CS 2-4 (#9) GB5 FC 5-4 #6 out		BBBC FX Wood + 1-3 /
9.  J Nix 3B		picked off 1-6 (#2 AB) RBI 2BH7 #7 3,H			bBX RS #1 GB5 wild throw IF-BH5	1,1CS >B #8 out 2-4 / --->	SBSS Ks		BBCF FX 6-3
Per-Inning Totals	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	Totals
Runs Hits Errors LOB	3 3 0 0	1 2 0 0	0 0 0 1	0 0 0 0	2 2 0 1	0 1 0 0	0 0 0 0	2 1 0 1	0 0 0 0			8 9 0 3

Jays Pitching Totals	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P/S	ERA
Kyle Drabek	5.1	9	5	5	3	0	0	99/56	4.98
Luis Perez	2.2	2	0	0	1	4	0	41/26	2.55
Jon Rauch	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11/6	3.65

Kansas City Royals	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
1.  A Gordon LF	BBCX RS #4 BH BH8		BSBX GB3 3-1	BBCF 1*>B B Zaun taking about how your shoes would melt on the Astro-Turf in Philli. #9 1,2 SB BB		CBFC K		BSBB SFS Ks /
2.  M Cabrera CF	CBFF *>B *BFF FX #1 1,2 SB np LO7		CBBX 6-3	2 #9 out 1-6 / --->	BBCX RS #4 BH7	BX RBI BH9 9-5 #8 3,H #9 1,3			CBX 6-3
3.  E Hosmer 1B	BBBB BB		BBX WP #4 WP #4 RS #4 BH LD9! 9-4 BH9		BX RS #5 BH9 8-6 #2 1,2	CFBF S Ks /			CBX pop FO5f
4.  J Francoeur RF	X DP #5 RBI BH8(9) #1 2,H #3 1,3		BBX RBI WP #3 1,2 WP #3 2,3 BH8 #3 3,H		BBwp X SAC RBI WP #2,#3 1b 6-3 #2 3,H #3 2,3		CSBX FO9		BFBB X FO8 / 2h55m
5.  B Butler DH	CSFX Zauny calls the off speed pitch! GB1 DP 1-4-3 #4 out /		BF1*B X FC #6 BH8 #4 1,2		*BX SAC RBI GB4 4-3 #3 3,H		BX 5-3
6.  M Aviles 3B		BCFX FO8	*BX GB6 FC 6-4 /		CBX FO7 /		CBSS Ks /
7.  C Getz 2B		CCBX 2BH8 #8 slow (SB)		Cb4 Pass Bunt 4! 4-3		BCBB CX GB3 3-1		BCCX 6-3
8.  M Treanor C		X pop FO3		BBCX GB5 5-3		BCF *BBB RS #1 BH BB Drabek -		BBCC BB BB
9.  A Escobar SS		CSX 4-3 /		CBX Picked off 1-6 (#2 AB) SB #1 BH9		X Perez + #1 9-5 safe! BH7 #8 1,2		CBX FO7
Per-Inning Totals	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	Totals
Runs Hits Errors LOB	1 2 2 1	0 1 0 1	1 3 0 2	0 1 0 1	2 2 0 0	1 2 0 2	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 1	0 0 0 0			5 11 2 8

Royals Pitching Totals	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P/S	ERA
Vin Mazzaro	5.0	8	6	6	1	3	1	78/53	17.47
Louis Coleman	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	18/14	3.24
Tim Collins	1.0	1	2	2	1	0	0	6/3	2.81
Blake Wood	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15/9	2.70