Kansas City Royals @ Tampa Bay Rays

38-88, 20-44 Away

Final

65-61, 36-24 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
W. MerrifieldCF	1-3	0	0	0	.303
A. GordonLF	1-4	0	0	0	.238
S. PerezC	1-4	0	0	0	.235
H. Dozier3B	1-4	0	0	0	.213
R. HerreraRF	0-4	0	0	0	.239
L. DudaDH	1-3	0	0	0	.237
A. Escobar2B	2-4	0	0	0	.212
R. O'Hearn1B	1-4	1	1	1	.182
A. MondesiSS	0-4	0	0	0	.252

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
G. Sparkman	4.0	7	3	3	5	88-48	5.25
B. Smith	3.0	5	1	0	4	52-34	6.38
K. McCarthy	1.0	2	0	0	1	14-10	3.48

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Tropicana Field

12:10 AM, 22 August 2018

St. Petersburg, Florida

Attendance: 9,402

Game Time:3:03

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Carlos Torres
First Base Umpire - Paul Nauert
Second Base Umpire - John Libka
Third Base Umpire - Scott Barry

Snell, Rays tie team record shutout streak; beat Royals 4-1

Blake Snell helped Tampa Bay match a team record with 27 consecutive shutout innings and the Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 4-1 on Tuesday night.

Aug 22, 2018, 04:25 am - Associated Press


KC
TB

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	0
0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	-	4	14	0

Scoring Summary

		KC	TB
2nd	Adames homered to left (387 feet).	0	1
4th	Wendle tripled to right, Perez and Pham scored.	0	3
5th	O'Hearn homered to left center (406 feet).	1	3
6th	Pham hit a ground rule double to deep center, Smith scored.	1	4

Data is currently unavailable.

Royals
0
Rays
1

Game 1

21/8

Royals
1
Rays
4

Game 2

22/8

Royals
3
Rays
6

Game 3

23/8

Royals
3
Rays
4

Game 4

24/8

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

Former All-Star reliever Ryan Pressly retires after 13 years

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Bill Schmidt named Athletics' special assistant to scouting

The Athletics hired former Rockies general manager Bill Schmidt as the club's special assistant to the scouting department, the team announced Friday.

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Kansas City Royals @ Tampa Bay Rays

Game Information

Snell, Rays tie team record shutout streak; beat Royals 4-1

B. Snell15-5

G. Sparkman0-2

S. Romo17

Scoring Summary

Inning

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