Kansas City Royals @ Tampa Bay Rays

41-63, 18-31 Away

Final

57-48, 33-18 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	RBI	AVG
D. DeJesusLF	0-3	0	0	.259
W. BloomquistRF-SS	0-4	0	0	.266
B. Butler1B	0-4	0	0	.286
M. JacobsDH	1-3	1	0	.216
A. Callaspo2B	0-4	0	0	.298
J. BuckC	1-3	0	0	.227
R. FreelPR-RF	1-1	2	0	.228
A. Gordon3B	0-4	1	0	.183
M. MaierCF	2-3	0	3	.227
Y. BetancourtSS	0-1	0	0	.224
M. TeahenPH	0-1	0	0	.287

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
B. Bannister	7.0	5	0	0	7	117-72	3.59

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Tropicana Field

6:38 PM, 2 August 2009

St. Petersburg, Florida

Attendance: 27,930

Game Time:2:48

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


KC
TB

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

B. Bannister7-7

7.0 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 7 K, 0 BB

J. Shields6-8

7.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 6 K, 4 BB

Scoring Summary

		KC	TB
8th	M Maier singled to center, R Freel scored, A Gordon to third.	1	0
8th	A Gordon stole home.	2	0
9th	M Maier singled to center, R Freel scored.	3	0
9th	B Zobrist homered to right.	4	1

Data is currently unavailable.

Royals
2
Rays
8

Game 1

1/8

Royals
1
Rays
7

Game 2

1/8

Royals
4
Rays
1

Game 3

2/8

Royals
4
Rays
10

Game 4

3/8

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	44	39	.530	-	W1
Cleveland	44	41	.518	1	L1
Minnesota	41	45	.477	4.5	W2
Detroit	36	49	.424	9	W1
Kansas City	35	50	.412	10	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Tampa Bay	48	33	.593	-	W5
New York	48	36	.571	1.5	L5
Toronto	40	45	.471	10	W1
Baltimore	39	47	.453	11.5	L3
Boston	37	46	.446	12	W5

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Kansas City Royals @ Tampa Bay Rays

Game Information

B. Bannister7-7

J. Shields6-8

Scoring Summary

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