Tampa Bay Rays vs Kansas City Royals
July 19, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 19, 2009 at Kauffman Stadium. The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Tampa Bay Rays 4, Kansas City Royals 3

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Upton cf 5 0 1 0
Crawford lf 5 1 2 0
Longoria 3b 3 1 0 1
Pena 1b 4 0 2 1
Zobrist 2b 4 1 2 0
Burrell dh 4 0 0 0
Gross rf 3 0 1 2
Navarro c 2 0 0 0
  Aybar ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez c 1 0 0 0
Bartlett ss 4 1 2 0
Garza p 0 0 0 0
  Cormier p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Choate p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus lf 4 0 0 1
Bloomquist cf 5 0 1 0
Butler 1b 5 0 4 0
Teahen 3b 4 1 0 0
Guillen rf 4 2 2 0
  Freel rf 1 0 0 0
Jacobs dh 1 0 1 0
  Buck ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Callaspo 2b 5 0 3 2
Olivo c 3 0 0 0
Betancourt ss 4 0 0 0
Hochevar p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Bale p 0 0 0 0
  Colon p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 11 3
Tampa Bay 000 001 1204100
Kansas City 010 020 0003111
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Garza   5.0 6 3 3 5 5
  Cormier   1.1 4 0 0 0 1
  Balfour  W(4-1) 1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Choate   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Howell  SV(9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
6
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hochevar   6.1 7 2 2 0 9
  Wright  L(0-3) 1.0 1 2 2 1 1
  Bale   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Colon   1.1 1 0 0 2 1
  Mahay   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
5
11

  E–Wright (2).  DP–Tampa Bay 1. Longoria-Zobrist-Pena, Kansas City 1. Callaspo-Butler.  2B–Tampa Bay Upton (22,off Hochevar); Gross (11,off Hochevar), Kansas City Butler (28,off Garza).  IBB–Longoria (7,by Wright).  Team LOB–10.  Team–13.  SB–Crawford (46,2nd base off Colon/Olivo).  U-HP–Todd Tichenor, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–Paul Schrieber.  T–3:32.  A–18,934.
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