Braves Squeeze Home Winning Run in Bottom of 9th

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Kansas City Royals At 2008 Atlanta Braves            4/10/2008
 
  Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Braves             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Mauer C           4  1  1  0 .406     G.Sizemore CF       3  0  1  0 .211  
  R.Spilborghs LF     4  0  1  2 .227     D.Jeter SS          2  2  0  0 .150  
  M.Ordonez RF        4  0  0  0 .265     C.Jones 3B          3  1  1  0 .526  
  H.Ramirez SS        4  1  2  0 .270     M.Holliday LF       3  1  1  4 .111  
  A.Gonzalez 1B       3  1  1  0 .346     K.Youkilis 1B       4  0  0  0 .200  
  J.Thome DH          3  0  0  1 .167     R.Durham DH         3  1  1  0 .211  
A-W.Harris PR,DH      0  0  0  0 .000     R.Church RF         4  0  2  0 .263  
  R.Zimmerman 3B      2  0  0  1 .194     J.Varitek C         3  0  0  0 .125  
  A.Iwamura 2B        3  1  0  0 .323     I.Kinsler 2B        3  0  0  1 .278  
  C.Granderson CF     4  0  1  0 .259                                          
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         Totals      31  4  6  4                 Totals      28  5  6  5
 
A-Pinch Ran For Thome In 8th Inning
 
Royals.......... 0 0 0  0 2 2  0 0 0  -  4  6  1
Braves.......... 3 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  5  6  0
 
Royals (5-3)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
E.Volquez                 6 1/3   4   4   3   5   8   1   3.75
D.Oliver                  0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   8.10
R.Corcoran                1 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
B.Jenks LOSS(1-1)         0 1/3   2   1   1   0   0   0   3.38
Totals                    8 2/3   6   5   4   5   9   1
 
Braves (2-3)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
E.Jackson                 6       5   4   4   3   3   0   9.64
A.Lopez                   2       1   0   0   1   0   0   1.50
J.Bennett WIN(1-1)        1       0   0   0   0   1   0   5.59
Totals                    9       6   4   4   4   4   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 16,895 DATE- Wednesday, April 10th 2008 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Bill Miller, Jerry Meals, Larry Young, Rob Drake
T- 3:03
LEFT ON BASE- Royals: 6  Braves: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Royals: 1  Braves: 1
ERRORS- M.Ordonez
DOUBLES- H.Ramirez(2nd)
HOME RUNS- M.Holliday(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- G.Sizemore, R.Church
SACRIFICE HITS- I.Kinsler
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Zimmerman, M.Holliday
WALKS- J.Mauer, A.Gonzalez, J.Thome, A.Iwamura, G.Sizemore, D.Jeter-2, C.Jones,
       R.Durham
HIT BY PITCH- R.Zimmerman, J.Varitek
STRIKE OUTS- R.Spilborghs, M.Ordonez, J.Thome, C.Granderson, G.Sizemore,
             C.Jones, M.Holliday, K.Youkilis, R.Durham, J.Varitek-3, I.Kinsler
GIDP- J.Thome, R.Church
2-out RBI- R.Spilborghs-2
 
Atlanta Braves won a dramatic crowd-pleaser over Kansas City Royals at Jacobs
Field pulling it out in their last at bats, 5 to 4.
 
Atlanta scored the deciding run in the 9th inning.  After an out was recorded,
Ray Durham delivered a single.  Ryan Church stepped into the batter's box and
he lined a base-hit.  Church took second on the throw.  Jason Varitek then
was hit by a pitch.  Ian Kinsler followed next and he worked the squeeze play
to perfection making Atlanta the winners and sending the 16,895 fans home
happy.  Both teams totaled 6 hits on the afternoon.  
 
The win went to Jeff Bennett(1-1) who allowed no runs in 1 inning. Bobby
Jenks(1-1) ended up with the loss in relief.  He allowed 1 run and 2 hits in
1/3 of an inning.

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