San Diego 4, Kansas City 1
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:35 PM
Location -
Petco Park
Temperature -
71°
Umpires -
Home Plate -
Mike Muchlinski,
First Base -
Dale Scott,
Second Base -
CB Bucknor,
Third Base -
Jerry Meals,
Attendance -
24461
Final Scoring Summary
Team Records
Recap
Tim Stauffer threw seven strong innings and the San Diego Padres completed their first series sweep with a 4-1 win over the visiting Kansas City Royals on Wednesday.
Stauffer (4-5) gave up one run on four hits while striking out six for San Diego, which has won seven of its last eight games, including four straight.
Stauffer, who has gone at least seven innings in his last five starts, has allowed a four earned runs in his last 36 innings.
Heath Bell worked worked around two baserunners in the ninth inning for his 23rd save and fourth in as many days.
The Padres scored four unearned runs in the third inning off Bruce Chen (4-2) after Stauffer started the rally by reaching base on third baseman Mike Moustakas’ error.
The Royals’ Billy Butler grounded out as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning to end his streak of 131 consecutive series with at least one hit.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Kansas City |
|
San Diego |
|
Bruce Chen
|
Player |
Tim Stauffer
|
|
Loss
|
W/L |
Win
|
|
6.0 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
6 |
Strikeouts |
6 |
|
8 |
Hits |
4 |
|
0.00 |
ERA |
1.29 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Kansas City
|
8 |
0 |
10 |
.235 |
19 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| San Diego
|
8 |
0 |
9 |
.242 |
13 |
10 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
Upcoming Games
-
San Diego will play their next game on the road against
Seattle.
The
Padres
have a W/L % of
.389
after a win and
.500
after a loss.
-
Kansas City will play their next game on the road against Colorado.
The
Royals
have a W/L % of
.471
after a win and
.362
after a loss.