Kansas City Has Big 3rd Inning To Outpace Seattle

 GAME 1:

Game MVP:Mike Macfarlane

Royals Stadium    (10-05-2026 12:22:25)       Time 3:10, 66   Night Game

May 20, 1991                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E

1991 Seattle 17-21            0 2 1   0 1 0   0 0 0      4  8  0

1991 Kansas City 17-19        1 0 6   0 0 0   0 0 -      7 11  1

Recap

KC   1st: Scored 1 run on a hit and on one walk.

KC       Jim Eisenreich hit a fly ball scoring 1 to take the lead.  Sea  0 KC 1.

Sea  2nd: Scored 2 runs on 3 hits.

Sea      Pete O'Brien hit a 2 run HR(3) to take the lead.  Sea  2 KC 1.

Sea  3rd: Scored 1 run on a hit and 2 walks.

Sea      Edgar Martinez hit a grounder scoring 1.  Sea  3 KC 1.

KC   3rd: Sent 9 batters to the plate scoring 6 runs on 6 hits.

KC       Nelson Liriano singled scoring 2 to tie the score.  Sea  3 KC 3.

KC       Carmelo Martinez doubled scoring 2 to take the lead.  Sea  3 KC 5.

KC       Mike Macfarlane hit a 2 run HR(7).  Sea  3 KC 7.

Sea  5th: Scored 1 run on a hit and 2 walks.

Sea      Harold Reynolds doubled scoring Cotto.  Sea  4 KC 7.

KC   Mike Macfarlane: 2 for 4, HR, 2 RBI.

KC   Bret Saberhagen pitched 7.1 innings to earn the win: 4 earned runs, 7 hits, 4 BB, 3 K. He's 2-5 on the season.

KC   Jeff Montgomery pitched a shutout 9th to earn his 7th save.

Sea  Rich DeLucia was bombed, lasted only 2.2 innings and took the loss: 7 earned runs, 7 hits, 1 BB, 0 K. He drops to 1-5 on the year.

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Seattle                        IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct   S   B    ERA  BF     EPC  Stf  GSc

DeLucia L(1-5)                2.2  7  7  7  1  1  0   67  49  18   6.25  16 110(110)       15

 Burba                        5.1  4  0  0  0  1  3   71  44  27   2.70  19   70(75)  ++

                              8.0 11  7  7  1  2  3  138  93  45   4.57  35

Kansas City                    IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct   S   B    ERA  BF     EPC  Stf  GSc

Saberhagen W(2-5)             7.1  7  4  4  1  4  3  118  75  43   3.72  32 110(111)       47

 Davis,M H(2)                 0.1  0  0  0  0  1  0    7   3   4   7.80   2   70(75)   -

 Aquino H(4)                  0.1  0  0  0  0  0  1    5   3   2   2.25   1   75(75)   +

 Montgomery, J S(7)           1.0  1  0  0  0  1  2   16   9   7   4.01   5   50(47)   -

                              9.0  8  4  4  1  6  6  146  90  56   4.13  40

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Sea: Buhner hit for Vizquel in the 8th

     Schaefer moved to SS in the 8th

  E-Stillwell(9)

 2B-Reynolds(9), Martinez(4)

 HR-Sea O'Brien(3) off Saberhagen(8) in the 2nd with 1 on base, 393 feet

     KC Macfarlane(7) off DeLucia(7) in the 3rd with 1 on base, 376 feet

 SB-Sea Cotto(2) off Saberhagen(7) + Macfarlane(26), 3rd

    Sea Griffey Jr.(5) off Saberhagen(8) + Macfarlane(27), 3rd

 CS-Sea Cotto(3) by Saberhagen(4) and Macfarlane(15), 1st

     KC Pecota(2) by Burba(1) and Valle(14), 4th

RBI-Sea  - Martinez, E(23), O'Brien 2(11), Reynolds(8)

     KC  - Eisenreich(9), Liriano 2(2), Macfarlane 2(30), Martinez 2(5)

IBB-Sea Griffey Jr. off Saberhagen

        Griffey off Saberhagen

HBP-Martinez(Sea) by Saberhagen(KC)

 SF-Eisenreich(1)

 SH-Reynolds(4)

Great-Vizquel(10)

Poor-Griffey Jr.(2), Pecota(2)

LOB-Seattle 9 Kansas City 4

 DP-Kansas City 2

GWRBI-Martinez