Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Rays
August 2, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 2009 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 4, Tampa Bay Rays 1

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus lf 3 0 0 0
Bloomquist rf,ss 4 0 0 0
Butler 1b 4 0 0 0
Jacobs dh 3 1 1 0
Callaspo 2b 4 0 0 0
Buck c 3 0 1 0
  Freel pr,rf 1 2 1 0
Gordon 3b 4 1 0 0
Maier cf 3 0 2 3
Betancourt ss 1 0 0 0
  Teahen ph 1 0 0 0
  Olivo c 1 0 0 0
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Soria p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 5 3
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Upton cf 4 0 1 0
  Hernandez c 0 0 0 0
Crawford lf 4 0 0 0
Longoria 3b 4 0 2 0
Zobrist 2b,cf 4 1 1 1
Pena 1b 4 0 0 0
Burrell dh 4 0 1 0
Gross rf 3 0 1 0
Navarro c 2 0 0 0
  Aybar ph,2b 1 0 1 0
Bartlett ss 3 0 0 0
Shields p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Choate p 0 0 0 0
  Bennett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Kansas City 000 000 022450
Tampa Bay 000 000 001172
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  W(7-7) 7.0 5 0 0 0 7
  Soria  SV(18) 2.0 2 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
0
10
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Shields  L(6-8) 7.1 2 2 1 4 6
  Wheeler   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Balfour   0.1 2 2 2 0 1
  Choate   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Bennett   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
4
3
4
9

  E–Navarro (5), Bartlett (11), Navarro (5), Bartlett (11).  DP–Kansas City 1. Shields-Bartlett-Pena, Tampa Bay 1. Shields-Bartlett-Pena.  2B–Tampa Bay Gross (12,off Bannister).  HR–Tampa Bay Zobrist (19,9th inning off Soria 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–5.  Team–5.  SB–Gordon (3,Home off Shields/Navarro); Upton (33,2nd base off Bannister/Buck).  U-HP–Mike Estabrook, 1B–Dan Iassogna, 2B–Sam Holbrook, 3B–Larry Vanover.  T–2:48.  A–27,930.
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