Game Wrapup


	Hernandez struggles

Royals 3, Mariners 1

Felix Hernandez threw 83 pitches in his outing against Kansas City. (Charlie Riedel/AP)

By Mark Dent / MLB.com

Felix Hernandez seemed to have an abundance of energy at first, not allowing a hit until the fourth inning. He ran out of gas, though, and gave up three runs as the Mariners lost. Miguel Cairo drove in the lone run for Seattle.

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Series at a glance:

Fri. 07/11: KC 3, SEA 1
Sat. 07/12: KC 5, SEA 4
Sun. 07/13: SEA 4, KC 3

Seattle (36-57)
Lost 2

Kansas City 3, Seattle 1

Kansas City (42-52)
Won 2

July 11, 2008

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	0
Kansas City	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	X	3	4	0

Seattle	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Suzuki, RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.302
Lopez, 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.299
Ibanez, LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.273
Vidro, DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.214
Beltre, 3B	4	1	2	0	0	2	0	.259
Reed, CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.259
Cairo, 1B	3	0	1	1	0	1	2	.216
Clement, C	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.162
Betancourt, SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.270
Totals	33	1	6	1	0	5	9
BATTING 2B: Beltre (15, Hochevar). TB: Lopez; Beltre 3; Reed; Cairo; Betancourt. RBI: Cairo (11). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Vidro; Clement; Cairo; Ibanez. Team LOB: 5. BASERUNNING SB: Lopez (4, 2nd base off Hochevar/Buck), Cairo (4, 2nd base off Hochevar/Buck).

Kansas City	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
DeJesus, LF	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	.306
Aviles, M, SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.296
Teahen, RF	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	.252
Butler, DH	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	.253
Grudzielanek, 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.311
Gordon, 3B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.250
Gload, 1B	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	.281
Buck, C	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	.251
Gathright, CF	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	.251
Totals	28	3	4	3	1	10	3
BATTING 2B: Aviles, M (11, Hernandez), DeJesus (14, Hernandez). TB: DeJesus 2; Aviles, M 2; Gload; Gathright. RBI: Gathright (16), DeJesus 2 (49). 2-out RBI: Gathright; DeJesus 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Butler; Aviles, M. Team LOB: 2. BASERUNNING SB: Gload (2, 2nd base off Hernandez/Clement), DeJesus (7, 3rd base off Hernandez/Clement).

Seattle	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Hernandez (L, 6-6)	5.0	4	3	3	1	8	0	2.95
Corcoran	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.25
Jimenez, C	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.00

Kansas City	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Hochevar (W, 6-7)	7.0	5	1	1	0	4	0	5.10
Ramirez, R (H, 13)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.82
Soria (S, 25)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.50

WP: Hernandez.
Pitches-strikes: Hernandez 83-56, Corcoran 8-5, Jimenez, C 23-15, Hochevar 92-59, Ramirez, R 10-7, Soria 11-8.
Ground outs-fly outs: Hernandez 5-2, Corcoran 3-0, Jimenez, C 3-1, Hochevar 8-9, Ramirez, R 2-1, Soria 2-0.
Batters faced: Hernandez 20, Corcoran 3, Jimenez, C 6, Hochevar 26, Ramirez, R 4, Soria 3.
Umpires: HP: Paul Emmel. 1B: Gary Darling. 2B: Bill Miller. 3B: Jerry Meals.
Weather: 89 degrees, clear.
Wind: 16 mph, R to L.
T: 2:14.
Att: 25,345.

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner

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