Tampa Bay Rays @ Kansas City Royals

59-42, 19-26 Away

Final

46-57, 23-27 Home


TB
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	8	0
1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	-	4	10	0

Rays Hitting

hitters
A. Iwamura2B
B.J. UptonCF
C. CrawfordLF
E. Longoria3B
C. Pena1B
C. FloydDH
D. NavarroC
E. HinskeRF
J. BartlettSS
team

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.351	.373
4	0	0	1	0	0	.269	.381	.391
4	0	1	0	0	0	.268	.310	.377
3	1	2	0	1	0	.275	.350	.527
4	0	1	0	0	2	.230	.334	.426
3	0	0	1	0	0	.252	.333	.443
4	0	1	0	0	0	.312	.372	.422
4	0	0	0	0	3	.255	.344	.494
3	1	3	0	0	0	.264	.306	.304
33	2	8	2	1	5

Batting
2BJ Bartlett (9, R Mahay); E Longoria (24, J Soria)
RBIB Upton (45), C Floyd (20)
SFC Floyd
GIDPA Iwamura
Team LOB6

Fielding
DP2 (E Longoria-A Iwamura-C Pena, J Bartlett-A Iwamura-C Pena)

Royals Hitting

hitters
D. DeJesusLF
M. AvilesSS
M. Grudzielanek2B
J. GuillenRF
A. Gordon3B
B. ButlerDH
R. Gload1B
J. BuckC
M. MaierCF
team

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
3	1	2	0	1	0	.308	.364	.467
4	0	1	0	0	1	.312	.341	.488
3	0	0	1	0	0	.305	.352	.402
4	0	0	0	0	1	.262	.290	.446
4	1	2	0	0	0	.251	.336	.403
2	1	1	0	2	0	.253	.316	.350
4	1	2	1	0	0	.263	.317	.320
3	0	1	2	1	1	.252	.320	.394
4	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250
31	4	10	4	4	3

Batting
2BJ Buck (17, M Garza); A Gordon (24, M Garza); D DeJesus (16, J Howell); R Gload (12, D Wheeler)
RBIM Grudzielanek (23), R Gload (23), J Buck 2 (33)
SFM Grudzielanek
GIDPJ Guillen; R Gload
Team LOB8

Fielding
DP1 (M Grudzielanek-M Aviles-R Gload)

Rays Pitching

pitchers
M. Garza(L,8-6)
J.P. Howell
G. Balfour
D. Wheeler
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
5.0	8	4	4	4	0	82-46	3.83
1.0	1	0	0	0	2	20-12	2.55
1.0	0	0	0	0	1	10-8	1.42
1.0	1	0	0	0	0	10-7	2.28
8.0	10	4	4	4	3	122-73

Pitching
Ground Balls-Fly BallsM Garza 8-7; J Howell 0-1; G Balfour 0-2; D Wheeler 0-3
Game ScoresM Garza 31

Royals Pitching

pitchers
G. Meche(W,8-9)
R. Mahay
J. Soria(S,27)
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
7.0	5	0	0	1	4	100-64	4.31
1.0	1	1	1	0	0	22-12	1.88
1.0	2	1	1	0	1	13-9	1.54
9.0	8	2	2	1	5	135-85

Pitching
Ground Balls-Fly BallsG Meche 7-10; R Mahay 2-1; J Soria 1-1
Game ScoresG Meche 70

Scoring Summary

		TB	KC
1st	M Grudzielanek hit sacrifice fly to center, D DeJesus scored.	0	1
4th	R Gload singled to center, A Gordon scored, B Butler to second.	0	2
4th	J Buck doubled to right, B Butler and R Gload scored.	0	4
8th	B Upton grounded out to shortstop, J Bartlett scored.	1	4
9th	C Floyd hit sacrifice fly to center, E Longoria scored.	2	4

Rays
2
Royals
4

Game 1

25/7

Rays
5
Royals
3

Game 2

26/7

Rays
5
Royals
3

Game 3

27/7

Rays
1
Royals
6

Game 4

27/7

Kauffman Stadium

1:10 AM, 25 July 2008

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 25,900

Game Time:2:45

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Tom Hallion
First Base Umpire - Jerry Crawford
Second Base Umpire - Paul Nauert
Third Base Umpire - Brian Onora

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Toronto	94	68	.580	-	W4
New York	94	68	.580	-	W8
Boston	89	73	.549	5	W1
Tampa Bay	77	85	.475	17	L4
Baltimore	75	87	.463	19	L3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	88	74	.543	-	W2
Detroit	87	75	.537	1	L1
Kansas City	82	80	.506	6	W2
Minnesota	70	92	.432	18	L1
Chicago	60	102	.370	28	W1

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Tampa Bay Rays @ Kansas City Royals

G. Meche8-9

M. Garza8-6

J. Soria27

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