Final
Tampa Bay leads 1-0 (as of 7/31)
| Game 1: Friday, July 31 | ||
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| Kansas City | 2 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 8 | |
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| Game 2: Saturday, August 1 | ||
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| Kansas City | 1 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 7 | |
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| Game 3: Sunday, August 2 | ||
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| Kansas City | 4 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 1 | |
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| Game 4: Monday, August 3 | ||
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| Kansas City | 4 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 10 | |
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7:38 PM ET, July 31, 2009
Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Kansas City - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| David Price pitching for Tampa Bay | KC | TB |
| D DeJesus popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| W Bloomquist grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| B Butler singled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| M Teahen struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Sidney Ponson pitching for Kansas City | KC | TB |
| B Upton singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| C Crawford singled to center, B Upton to second. | 0 | 0 |
| E Longoria flied out to right, B Upton to third. | 0 | 0 |
| B Zobrist struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| C Pena homered to left, B Upton and C Crawford scored. | 0 | 3 |
| P Burrell struck out looking. | 0 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| David Price pitching for Tampa Bay | KC | TB |
| A Callaspo singled to left. | 0 | 3 |
| M Olivo struck out swinging. | 0 | 3 |
| B Pena singled to right, A Callaspo to third. | 0 | 3 |
| A Gordon grounded into fielder's choice to second, A Callaspo scored, B Pena out at second. | 1 | 3 |
| Y Betancourt grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, A Gordon out at second. | 1 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Sidney Ponson pitching for Kansas City | KC | TB |
| G Gross flied out to center. | 1 | 3 |
| D Navarro lined out to left. | 1 | 3 |
| J Bartlett grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| David Price pitching for Tampa Bay | KC | TB |
| D DeJesus grounded out to second. | 1 | 3 |
| W Bloomquist grounded out to second. | 1 | 3 |
| B Butler grounded out to second. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Sidney Ponson pitching for Kansas City | KC | TB |
| B Upton grounded out to third. | 1 | 3 |
| C Crawford tripled to deep right center. | 1 | 3 |
| E Longoria walked. | 1 | 3 |
| B Zobrist lined into double play, pitcher to second to first to third, C Crawford doubled off third. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| David Price pitching for Tampa Bay | KC | TB |
| M Teahen grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 3 |
| A Callaspo grounded out to second. | 1 | 3 |
| M Olivo flied out to center. | 1 | 3 |
| B Pena walked. | 1 | 3 |
| A Gordon grounded out to first. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Sidney Ponson pitching for Kansas City | KC | TB |
| C Pena flied out to center. | 1 | 3 |
| P Burrell tripled to center. | 1 | 3 |
| G Gross grounded out to first. | 1 | 3 |
| D Navarro walked. | 1 | 3 |
| J Bartlett doubled to left, P Burrell scored, D Navarro to third. | 1 | 4 |
| B Upton flied out to center. | 1 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| David Price pitching for Tampa Bay | KC | TB |
| Y Betancourt grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 4 |
| D DeJesus reached on infield single to second. | 1 | 4 |
| W Bloomquist lined out to second. | 1 | 4 |
| D DeJesus caught stealing second, pitcher to first to second. | 1 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Sidney Ponson pitching for Kansas City | KC | TB |
| C Crawford grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 4 |
| E Longoria walked. | 1 | 4 |
| B Zobrist tripled to right, E Longoria scored. | 1 | 5 |
| C Pena hit by pitch. | 1 | 5 |
| P Burrell singled to left, B Zobrist scored, C Pena to second. | 1 | 6 |
| R Tejeda relieved S Ponson. | 1 | 6 |
| C Pena to third on wild pitch by R Tejeda. | 1 | 6 |
| G Gross singled to right, C Pena scored, P Burrell to second. | 1 | 7 |
| D Navarro lined into double play, first to shortstop, P Burrell doubled off second. | 1 | 7 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| David Price pitching for Tampa Bay | KC | TB |
| B Butler walked. | 1 | 7 |
| M Teahen struck out looking. | 1 | 7 |
| A Callaspo popped out to second. | 1 | 7 |
| M Olivo grounded into fielder's choice to third, B Butler out at second. | 1 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Robinson Tejeda pitching for Kansas City | KC | TB |
| J Bartlett struck out swinging. | 1 | 7 |
| B Upton flied out to left. | 1 | 7 |
| C Crawford struck out swinging. | 1 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| David Price pitching for Tampa Bay | KC | TB |
| B Pena grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 7 |
| A Gordon flied out to center. | 1 | 7 |
| Y Betancourt lined out to third. | 1 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Juan Cruz pitching for Kansas City | KC | TB |
| J Cruz relieved R Tejeda. | 1 | 7 |
| E Longoria flied out to left. | 1 | 7 |
| B Zobrist singled to right. | 1 | 7 |
| C Pena walked, B Zobrist to second. | 1 | 7 |
| P Burrell fouled out to first. | 1 | 7 |
| G Gross struck out looking. | 1 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Lance Cormier pitching for Tampa Bay | KC | TB |
| L Cormier relieved D Price. | 1 | 7 |
| D DeJesus struck out looking. | 1 | 7 |
| W Bloomquist safe at first on throwing error by third baseman E Longoria. | 1 | 7 |
| M Maier ran for W Bloomquist. | 1 | 7 |
| B Butler grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, M Maier out at second. | 1 | 7 |
| M Teahen lined out to left. | 1 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Roman Colon pitching for Kansas City | KC | TB |
| M Maier in center field. | 1 | 7 |
| R Colon relieved J Cruz. | 1 | 7 |
| D Navarro homered to right. | 1 | 8 |
| J Bartlett flied out to center. | 1 | 8 |
| B Upton struck out swinging. | 1 | 8 |
| C Crawford singled to center. | 1 | 8 |
| E Longoria grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, C Crawford out at second. | 1 | 8 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Joe Nelson pitching for Tampa Bay | KC | TB |
| J Nelson relieved L Cormier. | 1 | 8 |
| A Callaspo safe at third on throwing error by pitcher J Nelson. | 1 | 8 |
| M Jacobs hit for M Olivo. | 1 | 8 |
| M Jacobs struck out swinging. | 1 | 8 |
| B Pena hit sacrifice fly to left, A Callaspo scored. | 2 | 8 |
| A Gordon flied out to center. | 2 | 8 |
| 1 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||