Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
San Diego 4, Kansas City 2
When: 10:05 PM ET, Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Where: Petco Park, San Diego, California
Temperature: 67°
Umpires: Home - Jerry Meals, 1B - Mike Muchlinski, 2B - Dale Scott, 3B - CB Bucknor
Attendance: 20250

Clayton Richard threw seven strong innings for his first home win since August and the San Diego Padres beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Tuesday.

Richard (4-9) gave up two runs on five hits and struck out five as the Padres won their third straight game. Heath Bell worked a scoreless ninth for his 22nd save.

Cameron Maybin sparked the Padres' offense by going 3-for-3 with two runs scored and stole his 10th base.

The Padres scored in three of the first four innings off Felipe Paulino (0-6), who allowed four runs - three earned - on 11 hits and struck out seven in seven innings.

Jeff Francouer hit his 11th home run for Kansas City, which has lost 10 of its last 13.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Kansas City   San Diego
Felipe Paulino Player Clayton Richard
Loss W/L Win
7.0 IP 7.0
7 Strikeouts 5
11 Hits 5
3.86 ERA 2.57
Hitting
Kansas City   San Diego
Chris Getz Player Cameron Maybin
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 4
.667 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Kansas City 6 1 9 .200 12 8 2 2 3 1
San Diego 11 0 14 .367 6 7 3 1 1 0