Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Rays
July 7, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 2008 at Tropicana Field. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Tampa Bay Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 7, Tampa Bay Rays 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus lf 6 0 3 2
Gathright cf 5 0 1 0
Gordon 3b 3 0 0 0
Butler dh 5 0 1 0
  German pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Teahen rf 5 1 1 0
Gload 1b 3 2 1 1
Buck c 5 2 2 3
Aviles 2b 5 1 3 1
Pena ss 5 0 0 0
Meche p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
  Soria p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 7 12 7
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 4 1 1 0
Crawford cf,lf 5 1 1 0
Pena 1b 5 1 1 1
Longoria 3b 5 0 2 1
Floyd dh 3 0 2 0
  Aybar ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Gomes lf 4 0 0 0
  Gross cf 1 0 0 0
Navarro c 4 0 1 0
Hinske rf 5 1 3 1
Zobrist ss 4 0 0 0
Garza p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 4 11 3
Kansas City 021 000 000 47122
Tampa Bay 200 000 001 14111
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Meche   5.1 7 2 2 4 5
  Mahay   2.0 1 0 0 0 4
  Ramirez   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Soria  W(1-1) 2.0 3 2 2 0 3
Totals
10.0
3
2
2
0
3
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Garza   6.2 9 3 3 2 5
  Howell   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Miller   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Wheeler  L(2-4) 1.0 2 4 3 1 0
Totals
10.0
2
4
3
1
0

  E–Gload (2), Buck (4), Longoria (6).  DP–Tampa Bay 1. Navarro-Zobrist-Pena.  2B–Tampa Bay Iwamura (16,off Meche); Navarro (15,off Mahay).  3B–Kansas City DeJesus (4,off Garza).  HR–Kansas City Buck (4,10th inning off Wheeler 2 on 1 out); Aviles (4,10th inning off Wheeler 0 on 1 out), Tampa Bay Pena (13,9th inning off Soria 0 on 1 out); Hinske (14,10th inning off Soria 0 on 1 out).  HBP–Gordon (5,by Garza).  IBB–Gload (4,by Wheeler).  Team LOB–9.  Team–12.  SB–Crawford (23,2nd base off Meche/Buck).  U-HP–Tim Timmons, 1B–Gary Cederstrom, 2B–Fieldin Culbreth, 3B–Jim Reynolds.  T–3:43.  A–16,293.
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