Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
September 21, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 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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Kansas City Royals 4, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus cf 5 1 2 1
Berroa ss 4 1 0 0
Nunez rf 4 0 0 0
Stairs 1b 4 0 1 1
Randa 3b 4 1 1 0
Pickering dh 3 1 1 0
Relaford lf 3 0 0 0
Castillo c 3 0 2 1
Murphy 2b 4 0 1 1
Greinke p 0 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
  Camp p 0 0 0 0
  Cerda p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Crawford lf 5 1 1 1
Cruz, Jr. rf 5 1 4 3
Huff 3b,1b 5 0 1 0
Baldelli cf 4 1 2 1
Martinez 1b 4 0 1 0
  Rolls pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Cummings dh 3 0 1 0
  Blum ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Upton ss 3 1 1 0
  Hall c 0 0 0 0
Cantu 2b 4 1 2 2
Fordyce c 3 1 1 0
  Lugo ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Bell p 0 0 0 0
  Hendrickson p 0 0 0 0
  Baez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 14 7
Kansas City 010 011 100480
Tampa Bay 002 000 05x7141
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Greinke   6.2 8 2 2 0 7
  Reyes   0.1 2 2 2 0 1
  Camp  L (2-1) 0.2 2 2 2 0 2
  Cerda   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
7
7
0
10
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Bell   6.0 6 3 3 4 2
  Hendrickson  W (9-15) 2.0 2 1 0 0 2
  Baez  SV (28) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
5
5

  E–Upton (7).  DP–Tampa Bay 1.  2B–Kansas City Murphy (1,off Bell); Pickering (5,off Bell), Tampa Bay Fordyce (5,off Greinke); Cantu 2 (17,off Greinke,off Camp); Martinez (19,off Reyes).  HR–Kansas City DeJesus (5,5th inning off Bell 0 on, 1 out), Tampa Bay Cruz (21,3rd inning off Greinke 1 on, 1 out); Baldelli (15,8th inning off Reyes 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Relaford (3,off Bell).  Team LOB–9.  HBP–Upton (1,by Greinke).  Team–8.  SB–Berroa (13,3rd base off Hendrickson/Fordyce).  HBP–Greinke (8,Upton).  U-HP–Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Tim Timmons.  T–2:47.  A–8,588.
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