THESHOW
KANSAS CITY ROYALS AT CAROLINA CATAMOUNTS
08/14/2041
 
THESHOW
KANSAS CITY ROYALS AT CAROLINA CATAMOUNTS
GAME ID: 2439 - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14TH , 2041 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City Royals (62-55) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 0
Carolina Catamounts (45-72) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Kansas City Gets 3-0 Win
The Kansas City Royals got a magnificent performance from pitcher Héctor Ayala, who muffled the Carolina offense en route to a tight 3-0 Royals win at Carolina Grounds. The third-place Royals raised their record to 62-55.

Kansas City relied on the hitting of Luis Díaz to pick up the win. The designated hitter clubbed a 2-run home run in the top of the ninth inning to put the Royals on top, 3-0. For the game, Díaz had 1 home run and 1 single in 4 at-bats.

"We take it day by day here," said Ayala, "and today was a good one for us."
KANSAS CITY BATTING LINESCORE CAROLINA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Brown LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .312 13 31
J. Tornatore SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .256 12 49
L. Díaz DH 4 1 2 2 0 1 0 .263 33 71
J. Jacobson RF 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 .233 15 52
A. Guerra 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 2 2
T. Rodríguez 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 19 47
J. Hodge CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .242 11 40
S. Anderson 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .237 3 22
H. Benizi C 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 .180 9 26
Totals 28 3 4 3 3 6 6      
BATTING
Home Runs: J. Jacobson (15, 2nd Inning off E. Huffman, 0 on, 0 outs) , L. Díaz (33, 9th Inning off A. Montoya, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: L. Díaz 5 , J. Jacobson 4 , H. Benizi
2-out RBI: L. Díaz
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Guerra
GIDP: J. Tornatore , A. Guerra
Team LOB: 1

BASERUNNING
CS: L. Díaz (9)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 3 (Guerra-Anderson-Rodríguez, Anderson-Tornatore-Rodríguez, Tornatore-Anderson-Rodríguez)
OF assists: 1 (Hodge(Anderson at 3rd base))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
O. Hernández CF 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .216 8 26
S. Manley 3B 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .220 4 10
I. Montalvo SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .188 18 43
J. Anderson LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .202 18 35
B. Galván RF 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .232 13 35
L. Myers DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .201 8 21
J. Cordero C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .212 15 34
S. Kirby 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .208 5 30
D. Bailey 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0
Totals 28 0 5 0 2 2 7      
BATTING
Doubles: O. Hernández (21, 6th Inning off H. Ayala, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: O. Hernández 3 , J. Anderson , B. Galván , S. Kirby
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: I. Montalvo
GIDP: S. Manley , I. Montalvo , D. Bailey
Team LOB: 3

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Montalvo-Kirby-Bailey, Montalvo-Kirby-Bailey)
KANSAS CITY PITCHING LINESCORE CAROLINA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
H. Ayala W (8-8) 8.0 5 0 0 1 1 0 86 3.41   
A. McClendon SV (35) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 1.69   
PITCHING
Game Score: H. Ayala 72
Batters Faced: H. Ayala 27, A. McClendon 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: H. Ayala 10-10, A. McClendon 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: H. Ayala 86-54, A. McClendon 12-6
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
E. Huffman L (5-12) 8.0 3 2 2 3 4 1 106 4.90   
A. Montoya 0.2 1 1 1 0 1 1 14 5.70   
R. White 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3.30   
PITCHING
Game Score: E. Huffman 69
Batters Faced: E. Huffman 27, A. Montoya 3, R. White 1
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: E. Huffman 8-9, A. Montoya 1-0, R. White 0-0
Pitches - Strikes: E. Huffman 106-63, A. Montoya 14-10, R. White 4-3
Inherited Runners - Scored: A. Montoya 1-1
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Héctor Ayala
Ballpark: Carolina Grounds
Weather: Partly Cloudy (79 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 7 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM ET
Time: 2:48
Attendance: 25329
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