Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Rays
August 21, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 2012 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 1, Tampa Bay Rays 0

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Cain cf 4 0 1 0
Escobar ss 4 0 0 0
Gordon lf 3 0 0 0
Butler dh 4 0 1 0
Perez c 4 0 0 0
Moustakas 3b 4 0 0 0
Francoeur rf 4 1 1 0
Hosmer 1b 4 0 2 1
Giavotella 2b 4 0 0 0
Hochevar p 0 0 0 0
  Herrera p 0 0 0 0
  Holland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 5 1
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Jennings lf 3 0 0 0
Upton cf 4 0 0 0
Joyce rf 3 0 1 0
Longoria 3b 3 0 0 0
  Johnson ss 0 0 0 0
  Keppinger ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Zobrist ss,2b,ss 3 0 0 0
Pena 1b 4 0 0 0
Scott dh 4 0 1 0
Roberts 2b,3b,2b 3 0 0 0
Molina c 3 0 0 0
Price p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
  Peralta p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 2 0
Kansas City 000 000 000 1150
Tampa Bay 000 000 000 0021
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hochevar   8.0 1 0 0 3 10
  Herrera  W(1-1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Holland  SV(6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
0
0
0
0
0
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Price   8.0 3 0 0 0 8
  Rodney   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Peralta  L(1-5) 1.0 2 1 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
2
1
0
0
1

  E–Zobrist (9).  2B–Tampa Bay Scott (14,off Hochevar).  Team LOB–5.  Team–4.  U-HP–Paul Emmel, 1B–Scott Barry, 2B–Jerry Meals, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–2:46.  A–10,877.
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