Kevin Seitzer

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: March 26, 1962 in Springfield, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 11th round of the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft from Eastern Illinois University (Charleston, IL).

School: Eastern Illinois University (Charleston, IL)

Debut: September 3, 1986 (Age 24-161d, 15,233rd in major league history)
vs. CHW 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1997 (Age 35-186d)
vs. MIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Agents: Bob Gilhooley, Jim Bronner, Pat Rooney

Full Name: Kevin Lee Seitzer

Nicknames: Seitz

Pronunciation: \SITE-zer\

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

28.8

5278

1557

.295

739

RBI

613

OBP

.375

SLG

.404

OPS

.780

OPS+

111

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 74 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 7 tying, 22 go ahead

4 Tms
MIL	34
KCR	33
OAK	4
CLE	3

Platoon
vs RHP	50
vs LHP	24

Home/Road
Home	38
Away	36

Outs
1	27
0	27
2	20

15 Opps
OAK	9
NYY	9
CHW	9
MIN	8
CAL	6
BOS	5
SEA	5
BAL	5
TEX	4
MIL	4
CLE	3
KCR	2
DET	2
TOR	2
HOU	1

67 Pitchers
Alex Fernandez	3
Mark Langston	2
Bill Wegman	2
Mark Gubicza	2
Jack McDowell	2
Mark Guthrie	2
Bill Long	1
Scott Nielsen	1
Greg Cadaret	1
Jeff Patterson	1
Scott Aldred	1
Chuck Cary	1
Dave Stewart	1
Ted Power	1
Jimmy Key	1
Oscar Muñoz	1
Jerry Reed	1
Rich Gossage	1
Mike Campbell	1
Mike Boddicker	1
Bob Welch	1
Todd Van Poppel	1
Jim Clancy	1
Steve Crawford	1
Allan Anderson	1
Bob Stanley	1
Brad Arnsberg	1
Wilson Álvarez	1
Curt Young	1
Brad Pennington	1
Bobby Thigpen	1
Bryan Harvey	1
Tom Martin	1
DeWayne Vaughn	1
Bob Wells	1
Pat Mahomes	1
Bill Krueger	1
Mike Mussina	1
Carlos Reyes	1
Marty Janzen	1
Cecilio Guante	1
Bob Wickman	1
José DeLeón	1
Mike Brown	1
John Barfield	1
Dwight Gooden	1
Steve Avery	1
DeWayne Buice	1
Tom Bolton	1
Mike Walker	1
Charlie Hough	1
Doug Corbett	1
Billy Taylor	1
Ed Núñez	1
Eddie Guardado	1
Doug Henry	1
Greg Harris	1
Brad Radke	1
Mark Holzemer	1
Dave Leiper	1
Tom Filer	1
Edwin Hurtado	1
John Smiley	1
John Candelaria	1
Jamie Moyer	1
Eric Bell	1
Phil Leftwich	1

17 Parks
KauffmanStad (KAN)	20
County Stad (MIL)	18
Kingdome (SEA)	5
Angel Stad (ANA)	4
Guaranteed (CHI)	4
Metrodome (MIN)	4
Arlington St (ARL)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	3
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
Progressive (CLE)	2
Camden Yards (BAL)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1

Where Hit
7	44
78	16
8	5
9	4
89	2

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	19
3	17
2	8
4	8
1	8
5	7
7+	5
6	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	66
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	47
1--	12
123	4
12-	4
--3	3
1-3	2
-2-	1
-23	1

116 RBI
RISP	15
0 on	47
1 on	16
2 on	7
3 on	4
Any on	27

Inning
1	11
2	2
3	10
4	7
5	7
6	10
7	10
8	5
9	12

1-3	23
4-6	24
7-end	27

RelScore
+4..	13
+3	6
+2	7
+1	4
Tied	21
-1	4
-2	7
-3	5
-4..	7

Ahead	30
Tied	21
Behind	23

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	19
1-1	9
0-0	8
2-1	7
2-2	7
2-0	7
0-1	5
3-2	4
1-0	3
3-1	3
0-2	1
1-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
3B	50
1B	16
DH	6
PH	2

OrderPos
2nd	35
3rd	18
7th	6
1st	5
5th	4
6th	4
9th	2

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	21
Low Lev	43

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1986-09-21	KCR	@	SEA	Mike Brown	ahead 6-1	t 8	0	--3		2	6	3	0.006	100%		Home Run (LF-CF); F. White Scores
2	2	2	1	1986-09-28	KCR		OAK	Dave Leiper	ahead 5-2	b 5	0	---		1	3	3	0.047	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1987-04-18	KCR	@	NYY	Cecilio Guante	behind 2-6	t 9	0	---		1	2	3	0.020	4%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	2	1	1987-05-16	KCR		MIL	Bill Wegman	ahead 4-0	b 4	2	1--		2	2	5	0.064	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Balboni Scores
5	5	3	1	1987-06-04	KCR	@	SEA	Jerry Reed	ahead 5-1	t 9	2	---		1	2	5	0.012	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	4	1	1987-06-20	KCR	@	CAL	DeWayne Buice	ahead 6-1	t 7	0	1--		2	2	5	0.020	99%		Home Run; W. Wilson Scores
7	7	5	1	1987-07-16	KCR		BAL	Mike Boddicker	behind 0-2	b 3	1	1--		2	2	5	0.189	53%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Wilson Scores
8	8	6	1	1987-07-18	KCR		BAL	Doug Corbett	behind 5-11	b 9	2	1--		2	3	5	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Smith Scores
9	9	7	1	1987-07-23	KCR	@	BAL	Eric Bell	tied 0-0	t 3	2	---		1	2	5	0.115	57%		Home Run
10	10	8	1	1987-08-02	KCR		BOS	Bob Stanley	behind 1-2	b 3	0	---		1	2	5	0.112	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	9	2	1987-08-02	KCR		BOS	Steve Crawford	ahead 5-3	b 5	2	12-		3	2	5	0.151	95%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Jones Scores; L. Smith Scores
12	12	10	1	1987-08-09	KCR	@	BOS	Tom Bolton	ahead 7-3	t 7	2	---		1	2	5	0.035	96%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	11	1	1987-08-10	KCR		NYY	Brad Arnsberg	tied 1-1	b 3	0	1--		2	2	5	0.161	76%		Home Run (LF-CF); W. Wilson Scores
14	14	12	1	1987-08-18	KCR	@	TEX	Charlie Hough	tied 0-0	t 6	0	---		1	3	5	0.152	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
15	15	13	1	1987-08-30	KCR	@	CHW	Scott Nielsen	ahead 7-4	t 8	0	123		4	3	5	0.028	100%		Home Run (Deep CF); G. Thurman Scores; W. Wilson Scores; L. Smith Scores
16	16	14	1	1987-09-05	KCR		CHW	José DeLeón	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---		1	3	5	0.097	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	15	1	1987-09-21	KCR	@	SEA	Mike Campbell	behind 0-5	t 9	0	---		1	2	5	0.010	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1988-04-07	KCR		TOR	Jim Clancy	ahead 6-3	b 7	0	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	2	5	0.028	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
19	19	2	1	1988-05-16	KCR	@	TEX	DeWayne Vaughn	ahead 6-2	t 9	0	---	4,(2-1) .BCBX	1	2	5	0.008	99%		Home Run
20	20	3	1	1988-06-07	KCR		OAK	Curt Young	ahead 4-0	b 6	1	---	7,(3-2) BSBBFFX	1	5	5	0.024	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
21	21	4	1	1988-06-28	KCR		CHW	Bill Long	tied 1-1	b 4	1	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	5	5	0.213	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Tartabull Scores
22	22	5	1	1988-07-06	KCR		MIL	Tom Filer	behind 1-2	b 6	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	5	0.191	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF Line)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1989-04-25	KCR		NYY	John Candelaria	behind 0-2	b 4	1	---	5,(2-2) BFBFX	1	2	5	0.119	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
24	24	2	1	1989-05-13	KCR		TEX	Jamie Moyer	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	2	5	0.105	63%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
25	25	3	1	1989-05-17	KCR	@	MIN	Allan Anderson	ahead 2-1	t 7	2	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	2	5	0.140	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
26	26	4	1	1989-09-27	KCR	@	CAL	Bryan Harvey	ahead 7-3	t 9	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	5	0.009	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1990-05-27	KCR		NYY	Greg Cadaret	ahead 5-1	b 6	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	5	0.024	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
28	28	2	1	1990-06-16	KCR		MIN	Mark Guthrie	ahead 3-1	b 4	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	1	5	0.131	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); F. White Scores
29	29	3	1	1990-06-21	KCR	@	MIN	Mark Guthrie	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	1	5	0.097	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
30	30	4	1	1990-07-04	KCR		NYY	Chuck Cary	ahead 2-1	b 5	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	1	5	0.168	88%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); F. White Scores
31	31	5	1	1990-09-16	KCR		CLE	Mike Walker	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	6,(2-2) CBBFFX	1	2	5	0.106	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
32	32	6	1	1990-09-26	KCR		OAK	Bob Welch	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	5	0.108	53%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1991-06-17	KCR	@	TEX	John Barfield	ahead 3-1	t 4	1	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	6	5	0.090	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); K. Seitzer Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	1992-04-08	MIL		MIN	John Smiley	behind 1-4	b 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	5	0.097	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Seitzer Scores
35	35	2	1	1992-05-21	MIL	@	DET	Scott Aldred	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	2	5	0.103	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); K. Seitzer Scores
36	36	3	1	1992-07-17	MIL	@	CHW	Alex Fernandez	tied 0-0	t 3	2	---	4,(1-2) CCBX	1	2	5	0.124	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Seitzer Scores
37	37	4	2	1992-07-17	MIL	@	CHW	Alex Fernandez	behind 1-2	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	2	5	0.343	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); K. Seitzer Scores
38	38	5	1	1992-09-25	MIL		OAK	Dave Stewart	tied 0-0	b 5	0	1--	3,(0-2) FFX	2	7	5	0.210	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Surhoff Scores; K. Seitzer Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1993-04-17	OAK	@	MIL	Bill Wegman	behind 1-6	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	5	0.040	11%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
40	40	2	2	1993-04-17	OAK	@	MIL	Doug Henry	behind 2-6	t 9	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	5	0.003	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
41	41	3	1	1993-04-24	OAK		CLE	Ted Power	behind 2-7	b 6	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	5	0.033	7%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
42	42	4	1	1993-06-14	OAK		CHW	Bobby Thigpen	ahead 5-2	b 7	0	---	3,(1-1) ..CBX	1	5	3	0.028	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
43	43	5	1	1993-08-04	MIL	@	BAL	Brad Pennington	behind 2-8	t 9	2	123	1,(0-0) X	4	2	DH	0.008	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Brunansky Scores; D. Thon Scores; D. Nilsson Scores
44	44	6	1	1993-08-19	MIL	@	CAL	Mark Langston	tied 3-3	t 9	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	5	0.329	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
45	45	7	1	1993-08-24 (1)	MIL		OAK	Ed Núñez	tied 2-2	b 7	2	12-	5,(2-2) BFFBX	3	6	5	0.356	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Bell Scores; G. Vaughn Scores
46	46	8	1	1993-08-26	MIL		OAK	Rich Gossage	ahead 2-0	b 8	2	-23	3,(1-1) CB.X	3	3	5	0.054	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); P. Listach Scores; D. Hamilton Scores
47	47	9	1	1993-08-27 (1)	MIL		CAL	Mark Holzemer	behind 4-6	b 6	2	1-3	3,(2-0) BBX	3	2	5	0.439	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Bell Scores; D. Hamilton Scores
48	48	10	1	1993-09-14	MIL		NYY	Bob Wickman	behind 0-3	b 1	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	5	0.083	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
49	49	11	1	1993-09-21	MIL	@	DET	Bill Krueger	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	10,(2-2) CFBFFFBFFX	1	2	5	0.098	58%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	1994-04-07	MIL		OAK	Carlos Reyes	ahead 6-1	b 6	1	--3	4,(2-1) BCBX	2	2	5	0.015	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Diaz Scores
51	51	2	1	1994-04-08	MIL		CAL	Phil Leftwich	ahead 3-0	b 3	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	5	0.056	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
52	52	3	1	1994-04-20	MIL		CHW	Jack McDowell	behind 2-4	b 4	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	3	0.107	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
53	53	4	1	1994-06-25	MIL		BOS	Greg Harris	behind 5-8	b 8	1	12-	5,(3-1) ..BSBBX	3	9	PH	0.400	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Mieske Scores; A. Diaz Scores
54	54	5	1	1994-07-03	MIL	@	CHW	Wilson Álvarez	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	2	5	0.092	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	1995-05-01	MIL	@	BAL	Mike Mussina	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	1--		2	3	5	0.176	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Hamilton Scores
56	56	2	1	1995-05-07	MIL	@	NYY	Jeff Patterson	ahead 5-1	t 8	2	123	3,(2-0) .BBX	4	3	3	0.036	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. Mieske Scores; P. Listach Scores; J. Cirillo Scores
57	57	3	1	1995-08-26	MIL		MIN	Oscar Muñoz	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	5	0.091	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
58	58	4	1	1995-09-03	MIL	@	MIN	Brad Radke	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	DH	0.092	57%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
59	59	5	1	1995-09-04	MIL	@	MIN	Pat Mahomes	behind 5-7	t 7	1	---	6,(3-2) .BKKBBX	1	2	DH	0.113	28%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
60	60	1	1	1996-04-05	MIL	@	SEA	Edwin Hurtado	ahead 6-1	t 5	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	3	3	0.029	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
61	61	2	2	1996-04-05	MIL	@	SEA	Bob Wells	ahead 8-3	t 7	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	3	3	0.018	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
62	62	3	1	1996-04-09	MIL		OAK	Todd Van Poppel	ahead 2-0	b 3	1	--3	4,(2-1) BBFX	2	3	3	0.085	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); F. Viña Scores
63	63	4	1	1996-04-16	MIL		NYY	Jimmy Key	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	12-	3,(1-1) BCX	3	3	DH	0.116	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); P. Listach Scores; J. Cirillo Scores
64	64	5	1	1996-04-18	MIL	@	KCR	Mark Gubicza	ahead 3-1	t 6	0	1-3	4,(2-1) CBBX	3	3	DH	0.088	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball); C. Carr Scores; F. Viña Scores
65	65	6	1	1996-05-28	MIL		MIN	Eddie Guardado	ahead 4-3	b 7	1	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	2	5	0.108	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); K. Seitzer Scores
66	66	7	1	1996-06-16	MIL		OAK	Billy Taylor	behind 8-10	b 9	0	---	9,(3-2) ..CFFBBBFFX	1	3	3	0.123	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
67	67	8	1	1996-06-19	MIL		KCR	Mark Gubicza	behind 0-3	b 7	1	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	3	3	0.088	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
68	68	9	1	1996-06-29	MIL	@	TOR	Marty Janzen	behind 1-3	t 6	1	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	3	3	0.221	46%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Cirillo Scores
69	69	10	1	1996-07-05	MIL	@	NYY	Dwight Gooden	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	8,(2-2) F1CB11>FB>F>F1.X	1	2	DH	0.103	58%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
70	70	11	1	1996-07-28	MIL	@	CAL	Mark Langston	tied 2-2	t 6	0	---	8,(3-2) CFBBBFFX	1	3	3	0.145	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball); K. Seitzer Scores
71	71	12	1	1996-08-25	MIL	@	CLE	Jack McDowell	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	3	0.146	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Jaha Scores; K. Seitzer Scores
72	72	13	1	1996-09-17	CLE	@	CHW	Alex Fernandez	ahead 3-1	t 2	0	123		4	2	3	0.111	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Alomar Scores; O. Vizquel Scores; K. Lofton Scores
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
73	73	1	1	1997-04-22	CLE		BOS	Steve Avery	behind 0-3	b 3	0	---	5,(2-2) CBBSX	1	2	3	0.090	34%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
74	74	2	1	1997-06-30	CLE	@	HOU	Tom Martin	tied 4-4	t 9	1	-2-	5,(2-2) .BCFBX	2	9	PH	0.361	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); P. Borders Scores