Kansas City Royals @ Tampa Bay Rays

46-43, 25-21 Away

Final

42-51, 20-26 Home


KC
TB

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	13	0
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	-	4	8	0

Royals Hitting

hitters
L. CainCF-RF
E. Hosmer1B
S. PerezC
C. ColonPR
A. GordonLF
O. Infante2B
M. Moustakas3B
B. ButlerDH
R. IbanezRF
aD. ValenciaPH
J. DysonCF
A. EscobarSS
team

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	2	4	0	1	0	.322	.359	.450
4	1	2	0	1	1	.259	.304	.357
5	0	1	3	0	1	.282	.328	.435
0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.778
5	0	1	0	0	1	.268	.348	.425
5	0	2	0	0	1	.265	.307	.377
4	0	1	0	0	0	.193	.258	.377
4	0	2	0	0	0	.269	.323	.344
3	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.245	.266
1	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.333	.413
0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.354	.351
4	0	0	0	0	2	.287	.325	.395
39	3	13	3	2	6

a-flied out to right for R Ibanez in the 8th

Batting
2BE Hosmer (24, J McGee)
3BL Cain (3, G Balfour)
RBIS Perez 3 (32)
GIDPM Moustakas
Team LOB11
Team RISP2-12 (S Perez 1-4, A Gordon 0-2, O Infante 0-2, E Hosmer 1-2, D Valencia 0-1, B Butler 0-1)

Baserunning
SBL Cain (11, 2nd base off J Hellickson/R Hanigan)

Rays Hitting

hitters
D. JenningsCF
B. ZobristSS
B. GuyerLF
E. Longoria3B
J. Loney1B
L. Forsythe2B
S. RodriguezDH
R. HaniganC
K. KiermaierRF
team

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
3	0	0	0	1	1	.246	.335	.393
4	1	1	0	0	0	.268	.349	.408
4	2	3	0	0	0	.264	.313	.364
4	1	1	2	0	0	.263	.339	.397
4	0	2	1	0	0	.280	.332	.382
3	0	0	1	0	1	.239	.289	.339
3	0	1	0	1	1	.243	.291	.507
3	0	0	0	1	1	.212	.309	.327
4	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.314	.542
32	4	8	4	3	4

Batting
2BS Rodriguez (8, J Vargas); B Guyer (9, J Vargas); J Loney (20, F Bueno)
RBIE Longoria 2 (42), J Loney (44), L Forsythe (14)
SFL Forsythe
Team LOB8
Team RISP2-6 (E Longoria 1-1, K Kiermaier 0-1, S Rodriguez 0-1, R Hanigan 0-2, J Loney 1-1)

Fielding
DP1 (E Longoria-L Forsythe-J Loney)

Royals Pitching

pitchers
J. Vargas(L,8-4)
A. Crow
F. Bueno
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
5.2	6	2	2	2	3	109-62	3.31
1.1	0	0	0	0	0	12-9	2.45
1.0	2	2	2	1	1	23-12	1.98
8.0	8	4	4	3	4	144-83

Pitching
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedJ Vargas 13-25; A Crow 2-4; F Bueno 3-7
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesJ Vargas 19-6-18-19; A Crow 4-0-1-4; F Bueno 2-3-2-5
Ground Balls-Fly BallsJ Vargas 4-10; A Crow 1-3; F Bueno 1-1
Game ScoresJ Vargas 50

Rays Pitching

pitchers
J. Hellickson
B. Boxberger(W,2-1)
G. Balfour(H,5)
J. Peralta(H,12)
J. McGee(S,6)
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
4.1	6	1	1	1	2	84-54	2.08
1.2	1	0	0	0	1	20-14	2.57
1.0	1	0	0	1	1	21-13	4.93
0.2	2	0	0	0	0	14-9	3.82
1.1	3	2	2	0	2	26-18	1.58
9.0	13	3	3	2	6	165-108

Pitching
WPJ Hellickson
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedJ Hellickson 13-20; B Boxberger 2-5; G Balfour 2-5; J Peralta 1-4; J McGee 4-7
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesJ Hellickson 16-5-16-17; B Boxberger 7-2-1-4; G Balfour 1-4-5-3; J Peralta 2-1-2-4; J McGee 5-2-6-5
Ground Balls-Fly BallsJ Hellickson 2-9; B Boxberger 3-1; G Balfour 1-1; J Peralta 0-2; J McGee 1-1
Game ScoresJ Hellickson 48

Scoring Summary

		KC	TB
5th	S Perez grounded out to shortstop, L Cain scored, E Hosmer to second.	1	0
6th	E Longoria singled to right, B Zobrist and B Guyer scored.	1	2
8th	J Loney doubled to deep right, B Guyer scored, E Longoria to third.	1	3
8th	L Forsythe hit sacrifice fly to right, E Longoria scored, J Loney to third.	1	4
9th	S Perez singled to center, L Cain and E Hosmer scored.	3	4

Royals
6
Rays
0

Game 1

8/7

Royals
3
Rays
4

Game 2

9/7

Royals
5
Rays
4

Game 3

10/7

Tropicana Field

12:10 AM, 9 July 2014

St. Petersburg, Florida

Attendance: 12,818

Game Time:3:31

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Jeff Nelson
First Base Umpire - Laz Diaz
Second Base Umpire - Mark Carlson
Third Base Umpire - Scott Barry

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

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

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Kansas City Royals @ Tampa Bay Rays

B. Boxberger2-1

J. Vargas8-4

J. McGee6

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