Tampa Bay Rays vs Kansas City Royals
July 24, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 24, 2008 at Kauffman Stadium. 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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Tampa Bay Rays 2, Kansas City Royals 4

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 4 0 0 0
Upton cf 4 0 0 1
Crawford lf 4 0 1 0
Longoria 3b 3 1 2 0
Pena 1b 4 0 1 0
Floyd dh 3 0 0 1
Navarro c 4 0 1 0
Hinske rf 4 0 0 0
Bartlett ss 3 1 3 0
Garza p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus lf 3 1 2 0
Aviles ss 4 0 1 0
Grudzielanek 2b 3 0 0 1
Guillen rf 4 0 0 0
Gordon 3b 4 1 2 0
Butler dh 2 1 1 0
Gload 1b 4 1 2 1
Buck c 3 0 1 2
Maier cf 4 0 1 0
Meche p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Soria p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 10 4
Tampa Bay 000 000 011280
Kansas City 100 300 00x4100
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Garza  L(8-6) 5.0 8 4 4 4 0
  Howell   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Balfour   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Wheeler   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
1
0
0
0
0
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Meche  W(8-9) 7.0 5 0 0 1 4
  Mahay   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Soria  SV(27) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
0
1

  E–None.  DP–Tampa Bay 2. Longoria-Iwamura-Pena, Bartlett-Iwamura-Pena, Kansas City 1. Grudzielanek-Aviles-Gload.  2B–Tampa Bay Bartlett (9,off Mahay); Longoria (24,off Soria), Kansas City Buck (17,off Garza); Gordon (24,off Garza); DeJesus (16,off Howell); Gload (12,off Wheeler).  SF–Floyd (2,off Soria); Grudzielanek (1,off Garza).  Team LOB–6.  Team–8.  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Paul Nauert, 3B–Brian O'Nora.  T–2:45.  A–25,900.
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