Kansas City Royals vs. Tampa Bay Rays - Box Score - August 01, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 1, 2009

Final

Series: Game 2 of 4

Tampa Bay leads 2-0 (as of 8/1)

Game 1: Friday, July 31
Kansas City	2	Final
Tampa Bay	8	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, August 1
Kansas City	1	Final
Tampa Bay	7	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, August 2
Kansas City	4	Final
Tampa Bay	1	Final
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Game 4: Monday, August 3
Kansas City	4	Final
Tampa Bay	10	Final
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Royals 1

(40-63, 17-31 away)

Rays 7

(57-47, 33-17 home)

Alerts

4:10 PM ET, August 1, 2009

Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	2
TB	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	-	7	8	0

W: J. Niemann (10-5)

L: B. Chen (0-6)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D DeJesus LF	4	1	1	1	0	0	15	.261	.325	.409
W Bloomquist CF-RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	16	.270	.315	.372
B Butler 1B	4	0	1	0	0	2	20	.289	.345	.458
M Teahen RF	2	0	1	0	0	1	11	.288	.341	.436
M Maier CF	2	0	0	0	0	1	9	.218	.293	.320
A Callaspo 2B	3	0	0	0	0	2	14	.301	.350	.457
B Pena C	3	0	2	0	0	0	14	.319	.355	.478
M Jacobs DH	3	0	0	0	0	1	13	.215	.290	.408
A Gordon 3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	9	.196	.338	.250
Y Betancourt SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	.225	.248	.297
Totals	31	1	5	1	0	9	132
BATTING 2B: M Teahen (25, J Niemann); B Pena (5, J Niemann) HR: D Dejesus (8, 6th inning off J Niemann 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: D DeJesus (48) Royals RISP: 0-3 (A Gordon 0-1, A Callaspo 0-1, M Jacobs 0-1) Team LOB: 3
FIELDING E: A Callaspo 2 (14, throw 2) DP: 1 (Y Betancourt-A Callaspo-B Butler). Outfield Assist: M Maier (G Kapler at Home).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Chen (L, 0-6)	6.2	5	3	2	3	6	0	106-66	5.73
J Wright	0.1	3	4	3	1	1	1	24-13	5.19
J Bale	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16-11	5.85
Totals	8.0	8	7	5	5	7	1	146-90
PITCHING J Wright pitched to 4 batters in the 8th WP: J Wright HBP: B Zobrist (By B Chen) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Chen 12/26; J Wright 2/5; J Bale 3/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Chen 19-5-26-16; J Wright 5-1-4-3; J Bale 4-1-3-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Chen 7-4; J Wright 0-0; J Bale 2-1 Game Scores: B Chen 57

Tampa Bay Rays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
B Upton CF	4	1	1	0	0	1	16	.244	.319	.374
C Crawford LF	3	1	1	2	1	0	20	.317	.377	.467
E Longoria 3B	3	1	1	0	1	1	17	.274	.359	.526
B Zobrist 2B	2	1	0	0	1	0	15	.301	.411	.573
P Burrell DH	3	0	1	0	1	2	18	.225	.333	.365
W Aybar 1B	2	1	0	0	1	1	12	.275	.362	.462
C Pena 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.216	.349	.499
G Kapler RF	3	0	1	1	0	1	14	.248	.327	.459
D Navarro C	4	1	2	0	0	0	14	.228	.257	.342
J Bartlett SS	3	1	1	2	0	1	16	.334	.385	.514
Totals	28	7	8	5	5	7	146
BATTING 2B: D Navarro (14, B Chen) 3B: J Bartlett (4, B Chen) HR: C Crawford (11, 8th inning off J Wright 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Bartlett 2 (45), C Crawford 2 (47), G Kapler (24) SF: G Kapler 2-out RBI: J Bartlett 2 GIDP: D Navarro Rays RISP: 2-5 (C Pena 0-1, J Bartlett 1-2, D Navarro 1-2) Team LOB: 4
BASERUNNING SB: G Kapler (4, 2nd base off B Chen/B Pena) CS: C Crawford (9, 2nd base by B Chen)
FIELDING DP: 1 (C Crawford-D Navarro). Outfield Assist: C Crawford (B Pena at Home).

Tampa Bay Rays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Niemann (W, 10-5)	8.0	4	1	1	0	7	1	115-76	3.62
B Shouse	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5-3	5.74
J Bennett	0.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	12-9	0.00
Totals	9.0	5	1	1	0	9	1	132-88
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Niemann 15/27; B Shouse 1/1; J Bennett 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Niemann 27-9-23-17; B Shouse 2-0-0-1; J Bennett 4-4-0-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Niemann 8-8; B Shouse 1-0; J Bennett 0-0 Game Scores: J Niemann 77

Scoring Summary

			KC	TB
	2nd	J Bartlett tripled to deep right, W Aybar and D Navarro scored, J Bartlett scored on throwing error by second baseman A Callaspo.	0	3
	6th	D DeJesus homered to right.	1	3
	8th	C Crawford homered to right, B Upton scored.	1	5
	8th	C Pena grounded into fielder's choice to second, E Longoria scored, B Zobrist to third, P Burrell safe at second on throwing error by second baseman A Callaspo.	1	6
	8th	G Kapler hit sacrifice fly to center, B Zobrist scored.	1	7
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Game Notes

ROYALS RIGHT FIELDER MARK TEAHEN LEFT THE GAME IN THE FIFTH INNING WITH TIGHTNESS IN HIS LOWER BACK

Game Information

Stadium	Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL
Attendance	36,973 (108.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:43
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Larry Vanover, First Base - Mike Estabrook, Second Base - Dan Iassogna, Third Base - Sam Holbrook