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Braves Start Their Title Defense With Opening Day Loss









BOXSCORE: 2008 Kansas City Royals At 2008 Atlanta Braves 4/3/2008





Royals AB R H RBI AVG Braves AB R H RBI AVG


R.Spilborghs LF 3 0 0 0 .000 G.Sizemore CF 5 1 3 1 .600


B-C.Granderson PH,CF 2 0 1 0 .500 D.Jeter SS 6 0 0 0 .000


R.Johnson CF 4 0 2 0 .500 C.Jones 3B 5 0 3 1 .600


C-W.Harris PR,LF 1 0 0 0 .000 M.Holliday LF 4 1 1 0 .250


J.Mauer C 4 1 2 0 .500 K.Youkilis 1B 5 0 2 1 .400


M.Ordonez RF 5 1 0 0 .000 R.Durham DH 5 0 1 0 .200


H.Ramirez SS 5 0 0 0 .000 R.Church RF 4 0 0 0 .000


N.Garciaparra DH 3 1 1 1 .333 J.Varitek C 5 0 1 0 .200


D-J.Thome PH 2 1 1 3 .500 E-B.Hall PR 0 0 0 0 ----


R.Zimmerman 3B 5 1 1 1 .200 F-J.Posada C 0 0 0 0 ----


D.Barton 1B 2 0 0 0 .000 I.Kinsler 2B 5 1 1 0 .200


A-A.Gonzalez 1B 3 1 1 1 .333


A.Iwamura 2B 4 0 1 0 .250


-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---


Totals 43 6 10 6 Totals 44 3 12 3





A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Barton In 7th Inning


B-Pinch Hit For Spilborghs In 8th Inning


C-Pinch Ran For Johnson In 8th Inning


D-Pinch Hit For Garciaparra In 9th Inning


E-Pinch Ran For Varitek In 10th Inning


F-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Hall In 11th Inning





Royals.......... 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 - 6 10 2


Braves.......... 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 12 1





Royals (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA


D.Haren 6 10 3 3 2 6 0 4.50


R.Corcoran 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00


D.Oliver 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00


G.Balfour 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00


B.Jenks WIN(1-0) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00


J.Hanrahan SAVE(1st) 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.00


Totals 11 12 3 3 5 8 0





Braves (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA


S.Olsen 6 4 2 2 1 4 2 3.00


A.Lopez BS(1st) 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 4.50


J.Bennett LOSS(0-1) 3 3 3 2 0 3 1 6.00


Totals 11 10 6 5 1 7 4





ATTENDANCE- 25,581 DATE- Wednesday, April 3rd 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad


UMPIRES- Jerry Crawford, Mike Everett, Brian Gorman, Mike Dimuro


T- 3:55


LEFT ON BASE- Royals: 5 Braves:14


DOUBLE PLAYS- Royals: 1 Braves: 1


ERRORS- R.Zimmerman-2, J.Bennett


DOUBLES- G.Sizemore(1st), C.Jones-2(2nd), K.Youkilis(1st), J.Varitek(1st)


HOME RUNS- N.Garciaparra(1st), J.Thome(1st), R.Zimmerman(1st), A.Gonzalez(1st)


WALKS- J.Mauer, G.Sizemore, C.Jones, M.Holliday, K.Youkilis, R.Church


HIT BY PITCH- M.Holliday


STRIKE OUTS- R.Johnson, M.Ordonez, H.Ramirez-2, R.Zimmerman, D.Barton,


A.Gonzalez, D.Jeter, M.Holliday, K.Youkilis-2, R.Durham,


R.Church-2, J.Varitek


GIDP- J.Mauer, K.Youkilis


WILD PITCHES- R.Corcoran


2-out RBI- K.Youkilis





Joe Mauer had 2 base hits as the Kansas City Royals bested the Atlanta Braves


in 11 innings 6 to 3 at Jacobs Field.





Both teams had scored 3 runs after nine full innings. Kansas City was


victorious in the 11th inning. Mauer led off and keyed the rally when he hit


a single. Magglio Ordonez followed and he reached on an error. Hanley


Ramirez dug into the batters box next, but he struck out. Jim Thome was up


next and he smacked a three-run homer. Ryan Zimmerman was next to bat, but


he was a strikeout victim. Kansas City had a total of 10 hits for the game.





Bobby Jenks(1-0) went 1 inning allowing no runs for the win. Joel Hanrahan


earned his 1st save. Jeff Bennett(0-1) ended up with the loss in relief.




















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