Royals

Hitters	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
L. Cain CF	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	1	18	.255	.299	.383
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: L Cain grounded out to third.
A. Escobar SS	2-4	4	1	2	1	0	0	10	.304	.342	.411
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: A Escobar flied out to left.
A. Gordon LF	1-4	4	0	1	1	0	1	18	.289	.364	.435
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: A Gordon struck out swinging.
B. Butler DH	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	1	12	.303	.371	.510
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S. Perez C	1-4	4	1	1	0	0	0	10	.297	.322	.509
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M. Moustakas 3B	0-3	3	0	0	0	1	0	19	.251	.306	.441
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J. Francoeur RF	1-4	4	0	1	1	0	2	16	.240	.287	.372
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 9th: J Francoeur grounded out to pitcher.
E. Hosmer 1B	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	1	11	.238	.308	.365
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J. Giavotella 2B	1-3	3	1	1	0	0	1	10	.207	.242	.241
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Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
L. Mendoza	4.1	5	2	2	4	0	0	81-43	4.26	81
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L. Coleman	1.1	1	1	1	2	0	0	26-13	3.96	26
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T. Collins	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3-2	3.17	3
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K. Herrera	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	16-13	2.39	16
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A. Crow	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	19-11	3.60	19
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Rays

Hitters	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D. Jennings LF	0-4	4	0	0	0	1	0	16	.247	.313	.385
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B.J. Upton CF	2-5	5	1	2	0	0	1	13	.247	.303	.412
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M. Joyce RF	1-4	4	1	1	0	1	0	15	.262	.363	.462
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E. Longoria DH	1-3	3	0	1	0	0	0	13	.293	.381	.489
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S. Fuld PR-DH	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.358	.420
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B. Zobrist SS	1-2	2	0	1	1	1	0	15	.261	.372	.457
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J. Keppinger 3B	2-4	4	0	2	1	0	0	17	.319	.370	.447
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C. Pena 1B	0-2	2	1	0	0	2	0	21	.193	.322	.348
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R. Roberts 2B	1-3	3	0	1	1	1	0	14	.214	.316	.345
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J. Lobaton C	1-3	3	1	1	1	0	0	21	.236	.339	.333
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Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
J. Shields	7.2	5	3	3	1	7	0	106-71	4.01	106
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J. McGee	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4-3	2.37	4
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K. Farnsworth	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	3.38	2
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F. Rodney	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12-8	0.77	12
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Game Stats

Walks Issued
- KC6
- 1TB
Stolen Bases
- KC1
- 1TB
Strikeouts Thrown
- KC1
- 7TB
Total Bases
- KC9
- 14TB

Game Information

St. Petersburg, Florida 33784

Attendance: 11,892

35%

Capacity: 34,078

Game Time: 2:54

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire - Scott Barry, First Base Umpire - Jerry Meals, Second Base Umpire - Gary Darling, Third Base Umpire - Paul Emmel

Shields silences Royals as Rays win another

James Shields took a three-hitter into the eighth inning, leading Tampa Bay over the Kansas City Royals 5-3 on Wednesday for the Rays' 16th win in 21 games.

8/22/2012 Associated Press

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals KC	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	6	2
Rays TB	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	-	5	9	0

WINJames ShieldsJ. Shields(12-7)7.2 IP, 3 ER, 7 K, 1 BB

LOSSLuis MendozaL. Mendoza(7-9)4.1 IP, 2 ER, 0 K, 4 BB

SAVEFernando RodneyF. Rodney(39)1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BB

Scoring Summary

		KC	TB
2nd	J Francoeur singled to center, S Perez scored.	1	0
3rd	B Zobrist hit sacrifice fly to left, B Upton scored.	1	1
3rd	J Keppinger singled to center, M Joyce scored, E Longoria to second.	1	2
6th	R Roberts doubled to deep left center, C Pena scored.	1	3
7th	B Zobrist doubled to right, S Fuld to third, S Fuld scored on error by shortstop A Escobar.	1	4
8th	A Escobar tripled to deep left center, J Giavotella scored.	2	4
8th	A Gordon singled to right center, A Escobar scored.	3	4
8th	J Lobaton homered to center (419 feet).	3	5