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								| MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL KANSAS CITY ROYALS AT CHICAGO WHITE SOX 08/22/2046 |  |  
								
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					| MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL |  
					| KANSAS CITY ROYALS AT CHICAGO WHITE SOX |  
					| GAME ID: 2439 - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22ND , 2046 - GAME LOG |  
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								|  | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |  
								| Kansas City Royals (51-73) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 |  
								| Chicago White Sox (82-43) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 | 12 | 0 |  |  |  |  | 
	
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					| White Sox Subdue Kansas City, 5-3 |  
					| The Chicago White Sox withstood an impressive performance by Kansas City left fielder Tony Prado to defeat the Royals, 5-3, at U.S. Cellular Field. Prado went 3 for 5 with 2 home runs.   The first-place White Sox have won 4 consecutive games. 
 Junzo Kato, who finished 5th in the NL in runs with 116 in 2044, contributed to the Chicago win with a 2-run  home run in the bottom of the fifth. For the game, the first baseman had 2 hits in 4 at-bats with 1 home run, 1 single, 1 run scored, and 3 RBI.
 
 "It was a solid team effort," said Kato after the game.
 
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					| KANSAS CITY BATTING LINESCORE |  | CHICAGO BATTING LINESCORE |  | 
	
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								| a - B. Baconneck pinch hit for M. Markus in the 8th b - Y. Takata substituted for B. Baconneck in the 8th
 
 BATTING
 Home Runs: 
M. Estrada
 (16, 4th Inning off A. Ratcliff, 0 on, 2 outs) 
, 
T. Prado
 2 (22, 5th Inning off A. Ratcliff, 0 on, 1 out; 7th Inning off S. Wolf, 0 on, 0 outs)
 Total Bases: 
T. Prado
 9
, 
I. Faber
 2
, 
M. Estrada
 4
 2-out RBI: 
M. Estrada
 Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: 
M. Jaquez
, 
G. Switzer
 2
, 
B. Najar
 Hit by Pitch: 
M. Jaquez
 2
 Team LOB: 
9
 
 FIELDING
 Errors: 
J. Hall
 (2)
 Double Plays: 
1 (Matthews-Faber-Estrada)
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								| BATTING Home Runs: 
J. Kato
 (17, 5th Inning off J. Hall, 1 on, 2 outs)
 Total Bases: 
S. Castleberry
 2
, 
J. Disepolo
, 
R. Rosenberry
 2
, 
J. Kato
 5
, 
C. Cooper
, 
L. Navarro
, 
D. Lash
, 
D. Knoops
 2
 2-out RBI: 
S. Castleberry
, 
J. Kato
 Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: 
V. Ealy
, 
J. Kato
, 
L. Navarro
 GIDP: 
D. Lash
 Sac Bunt: 
V. Ealy
 Team LOB: 
8
 
 BASERUNNING
 SB: 
J. Disepolo
 (23)
, 
R. Rosenberry
 (9)
 CS: 
J. Kato
 (7)
, 
C. Cooper
 (2)
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					| KANSAS CITY PITCHING LINESCORE |  | CHICAGO PITCHING LINESCORE |  | 
	
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		| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA |  
	| J. Hall L (5-9) | 5.1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 105 | 4.86 |  
	| G. Ts'ong | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7.00 |  
	| J. Moncada | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 5.10 |  |  | 
	
		| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA |  
	| A. Ratcliff | 4.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 79 | 3.81 |  
	| S. Wolf W (4-0) | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 5.17 |  
	| R. Profanter H (7) | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 3.72 |  
	| Z. Ault SV (30) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1.82 |  
							
								| PITCHING Game Score: 
A. Ratcliff
 50
 Batters Faced: 
A. Ratcliff
 21, 
S. Wolf
 9, 
R. Profanter
 6, 
Z. Ault
 3
 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: 
A. Ratcliff
 5-5, 
S. Wolf
 2-1, 
R. Profanter
 2-0, 
Z. Ault
 0-0
 Pitches - Strikes: 
A. Ratcliff
 79-48, 
S. Wolf
 36-20, 
R. Profanter
 21-15, 
Z. Ault
 19-13
 Inherited Runners - Scored: 
S. Wolf
 1-0
, 
R. Profanter
 2-0
 Hit Batsmen: 
A. Ratcliff
, 
S. Wolf
 
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		| GAME NOTES | 
	
		| Player of the Game: 
Tony Prado Ballpark: 
U.S. Cellular Field
 Weather: 
Partly Cloudy (71 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 9 mph
 Start Time: 
1:10 PM CT
 Time: 
3:32
 Attendance: 
51945
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