Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
July 27, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 27, 2004 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 2, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus cf 3 0 1 0
Graffanino 2b 4 0 0 0
Sweeney 1b 3 0 1 0
Stairs rf 2 0 0 0
  Bautista rf 0 0 0 0
Harvey dh 4 0 2 0
Randa 3b 4 1 1 1
Mateo lf 4 1 1 0
Relaford ss 4 0 1 1
Buck c 3 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
May p 0 0 0 0
  Seanez p 0 0 0 0
  Cerda p 0 0 0 0
  Sullivan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Crawford lf 4 1 1 0
Lugo ss 4 1 1 0
Baldelli cf 4 1 1 1
Huff 3b 4 0 1 1
Cruz, Jr. rf 3 0 0 0
Martinez 1b 4 1 2 0
Cantu dh 3 1 1 0
  Fick ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Hall c 4 1 2 3
Sanchez 2b 4 0 1 0
Brazelton p 0 0 0 0
  Harper p 0 0 0 0
  Baez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 10 5
Kansas City 010 000 100271
Tampa Bay 102 200 01x6100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
May  L (7-11) 5.0 7 5 4 1 6
  Seanez   1.2 0 0 0 1 2
  Cerda   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Sullivan   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
5
2
8
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Brazelton  W (3-3) 6.0 6 2 2 4 3
  Harper   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Baez   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
4
4

  E–Buck (2).  DP–Tampa Bay 2.  2B–Kansas City DeJesus (4,off Brazelton); Relaford (9,off Brazelton), Tampa Bay Huff (14,off May); Martinez 2 (14,off May,off Cerda); Baldelli (15,off May); Cantu (3,off May).  3B–Kansas City Harvey (1,off Harper).  HR–Kansas City Randa (3,2nd inning off Brazelton 0 on, 0 out), Tampa Bay Hall (6,4th inning off May 1 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–7.  Team–7.  SB–Martinez (2,3rd base off May/Buck); Crawford 2 (43,2nd base off May/Buck,2nd base off Seanez/Buck); Baldelli (10,3rd base off May/Buck).  U-HP–Marty Foster, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Jeff Nelson.  T–2:54.  A–10,854.
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