Rough going for Zito vs. Royals

Lewis legs out triple; Wilson strikes out two in scoreless eighth

Michael Schwartz
MLB.com

ROYALS 11, GIANTS 3
at Scottsdale, Ariz.
Sunday, March 15

Royals at the plate: Mike Jacobs and Mark Teahen paced the offense. Teahen finished with a pair of homers, a double, two RBIs and four runs scored, while Jacobs contributed a two-run shot. Tony Pena Jr. also had a nice day at the plate with three singles, driving in a run with his first knock. Willie Bloomquist added a two-run single in the seventh.

Giants at the plate: Fred Lewis hustled into third on a fourth-inning triple and scored a batter later. Randy Winn singled and doubled, and Pablo Sandoval and Emmanuel Burriss both singled twice.

Royals on the mound: Luke Hochevar shut down San Francisco by tossing 4 1/3 innings of one-run ball, yielding six hits and a walk while striking out a pair. The righty was around the strike zone all day, as 42 of his 57 pitches went for strikes. Heath Phillips followed by giving up two runs in three innings.

Giants on the mound: Barry Zito struggled in an outing in which he allowed six runs and 10 hits in five innings, walking three without a strikeout. The left-hander gave up a pair of home runs and needed 85 pitches to complete his day's work. Closer Brian Wilson tossed a scoreless eighth with two strikeouts.

Cactus League records: Royals 10-6; Giants 8-11

Up next: The Royals will face off against the White Sox on Monday at 3:05 p.m. CT at Camelback Ranch, with Kansas City's Gil Meche slated to start against Chicago's Bartolo Colon. The Giants will host the Angels at 1:05 p.m. PT at Scottsdale Stadium on Monday. Tim Lincecum will get the start for San Francisco against Nick Adenhart.

From: MLB.com

Kansas City	Kansas City 11, San Francisco 3 Today's Boxes 3/15/09 BAL 6, BOS 2 TOR 5, CIN 4 DET 3, WSH 0 ATL 3, HOU 2 NYM 10, FLA 5 PIT 7, TB 7 PHI 2, STL 1 NYY 5, MIN 1 CWS 15, SEA 5 CHC 10, ARI 7 COL 9, LAD 5 MIL 6, CLE 3 OAK 8, LAA 1 TEX 10, SD 7	San Francisco
	March 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Kansas City 3 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 11 17 0 San Francisco 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 12 1
	Standings | Recap: KC | SF | Gameday

Kansas City AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Crisp, CF 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .357 Maier, CF 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 .323 Bloomquist, 2B-RF 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 .324 a-Murphy, PH-RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 DeJesus, D, LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 .257 Lubanski, LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .350 Buck, DH 4 1 1 1 1 2 0 .391 Jacobs, 1B 3 2 2 2 0 0 1 .316 Ka'aihue, 1B 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 .267 Olivo, C 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .308 House, C 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .083 Gordon, 3B 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .278 Callaspo, 3B 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 .176 Teahen, RF-2B 4 4 3 2 1 0 1 .400 Pena, T, SS 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 .250 Hernandez, L, SS 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 .217 Totals 42 11 17 11 6 4 22 a-Struck out for Bloomquist in the 9th. BATTING 2B: Teahen (1, Zito), Jacobs (2, Zito), Callaspo (1, Barnes). HR: Jacobs (4, 1st inning off Zito, 1 on, 2 out), Teahen 2 (3, 4th inning off Zito, 0 on, 1 out; 9th inning off Hinshaw, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Crisp; Maier; Bloomquist 2; Buck; Jacobs 6; Ka'aihue; Gordon; Callaspo 2; Teahen 10; Pena, T 3; Hernandez, L. RBI: Buck (8), Jacobs 2 (11), Pena, T (2), Teahen 2 (4), Gordon (6), Hernandez, L (3), Maier (10), Bloomquist 2 (6). 2-out RBI: Buck; Jacobs 2; Gordon; Hernandez, L; Maier; Bloomquist 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: DeJesus, D 4; Lubanski. GIDP: Jacobs. Team LOB: 10. BASERUNNING SB: Pena, T (1, 2nd base off Matos, O/Molina, B). CS: Olivo (2, 2nd base by Zito/Molina, B), Pena, T (1, 3rd base by Zito/Molina, B). PO: Olivo (1st base by Zito). FIELDING DP: (Jacobs-Pena, T). San Francisco AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Winn, RF 3 0 2 0 0 1 2 .147 Bowker, RF 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 Renteria, SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 .229 Frandsen, SS 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 .289 Lewis, LF 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .300 Torres, LF-CF 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .452 Molina, B, C 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 .267 Posey, B, C 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .385 Sandoval, P, 3B 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 .429 Guzman, J, 3B-LF 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .414 Ishikawa, 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .300 McClain, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 Rowand, CF 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .242 1-Rohlinger, PR-3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 Burriss, 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .385 Schierholtz, DH 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .375 a-Downs, PH-DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .296 Totals 36 3 12 3 1 6 20 a-Grounded out for Schierholtz in the 7th. 1-Ran for Rowand in the 7th. BATTING 2B: Winn (1, Hochevar), Torres (1, Phillips), Guzman, J (7, Phillips). 3B: Lewis (3, Hochevar). TB: Winn 3; Frandsen; Lewis 3; Torres 2; Molina, B; Sandoval, P 2; Guzman, J 2; Rowand; Burriss 2. RBI: Molina, B (4), Posey, B (6), Guzman, J (8). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Renteria 2; Bowker; Rohlinger. SF: Posey, B. GIDP: Ishikawa. Team LOB: 8. BASERUNNING CS: Lewis (1, 2nd base by Hochevar/Olivo). FIELDING E: Sandoval, P (2, missed catch). DP: (Sandoval, P-Burriss-Ishikawa). Pickoffs: Zito (Olivo at 1st base). Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Hochevar (W, 1-0) 4.1 6 1 1 1 2 0 2.92 Phillips 3.0 5 2 2 0 2 0 2.45 Osoria 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.40 Gobble 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.91 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Zito (L, 0-1) 5.0 10 6 6 3 0 2 7.24 Matos, O 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.13 Barnes 0.2 3 4 4 1 1 0 54.00 English 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 13.50 Wilson 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.00 Hinshaw 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 9.00 Pitches-strikes: Hochevar 57-42, Phillips 48-30, Osoria 9-6, Gobble 13-11, Zito 85-58, Matos, O 15-9, Barnes 24-13, English 10-5, Wilson 28-16, Hinshaw 17-9. Groundouts-flyouts: Hochevar 9-1, Phillips 4-3, Osoria 1-0, Gobble 1-1, Zito 7-7, Matos, O 1-2, Barnes 0-1, English 1-0, Wilson 0-1, Hinshaw 0-2. Batters faced: Hochevar 18, Phillips 14, Osoria 2, Gobble 4, Zito 26, Matos, O 4, Barnes 6, English 3, Wilson 4, Hinshaw 5. Inherited runners-scored: Phillips 2-0, Osoria 1-0, English 3-3. Umpires: HP: Gerry Davis. 1B: Ed Montague. 2B: Jim Joyce. 3B: Rob Drake. Weather: 73 degrees, sunny. Wind: 8 mph, L to R. T: 3:04. Att: 10,041. March 15, 2009 Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner