Kansas City Royals @ Tampa Bay Rays

40-63, 17-31 Away

Final

57-47, 33-17 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
D. DeJesusLF	1-4	1	1	1	.261
W. BloomquistCF-RF	0-4	0	0	0	.270
B. Butler1B	1-4	0	0	0	.289
M. TeahenRF	1-2	0	0	0	.288
M. MaierCF	0-2	0	0	0	.218
A. Callaspo2B	0-3	0	0	0	.301
B. PenaC	2-3	0	0	0	.319
M. JacobsDH	0-3	0	0	0	.215
A. Gordon3B	0-3	0	0	0	.196
Y. BetancourtSS	0-3	0	0	0	.225

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
B. Chen	6.2	5	2	3	6	106-66	5.73
J. Wright	0.1	3	3	1	1	24-13	5.19
J. Bale	1.0	0	0	1	0	16-11	5.85

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Tropicana Field

4:10 PM, August 1, 2009

St. Petersburg, Florida

Attendance: 36,973

Game Time:2:43

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Larry Vanover
First Base Umpire - Mike Estabrook
Second Base Umpire - Dan Iassogna
Third Base Umpire - Sam Holbrook


KC
TB

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

J. Niemann10-5

8.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 7 K, 0 BB

B. Chen0-6

6.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 6 K, 3 BB

Scoring Summary

		KC	TB
2nd	J Bartlett tripled to deep right, W Aybar and D Navarro scored, J Bartlett scored on throwing error by second baseman A Callaspo.	0	3
6th	D DeJesus homered to right.	1	3
8th	C Crawford homered to right, B Upton scored.	1	5
8th	C Pena grounded into fielder's choice to second, E Longoria scored, B Zobrist to third, P Burrell safe at second on throwing error by second baseman A Callaspo.	1	6
8th	G Kapler hit sacrifice fly to center, B Zobrist scored.	1	7

Data is currently unavailable.

Royals
2
Rays
8

Game 1

7/31

Royals
1
Rays
7

Game 2

8/1

Royals
4
Rays
1

Game 3

8/2

Royals
4
Rays
10

Game 4

8/3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	41	38	.519	-	L1
Cleveland	42	39	.519	-	W1
Minnesota	38	44	.463	4.5	L3
Detroit	34	47	.420	8	L3
Kansas City	34	48	.415	8.5	L2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	48	32	.600	-	L1
Tampa Bay	45	33	.577	2	W2
Toronto	39	42	.481	9.5	L3
Baltimore	38	44	.463	11	L2
Boston	33	46	.418	14.5	W1

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Kansas City Royals @ Tampa Bay Rays

Game Information

J. Niemann10-5

B. Chen0-6

Scoring Summary

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