Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 4, Tampa Bay 1
When: 1:38 PM ET, Sunday, August 2, 2009
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Mike Estabrook, 1B - Dan Iassogna, 2B - Sam Holbrook, 3B - Larry Vanover
Attendance: 27930
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
David DeJesus LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .259
Willie Bloomquist RF-SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .266
Billy Butler 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286
Mike Jacobs DH 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 .216
Alberto Jose Callaspo 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .298
John Buck C 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .227
     Ryan Freel PR-RF 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 .228
Alex Gordon 3B 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 .183
Mitch Maier CF 3 0 2 3 1 0 0 .227
Yuniesky Betancourt SS 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 .224
     Mark Teahen PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .287
     Miguel Olivo C 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .234
Totals 32 4 5 3 4 9 14  
Batting
TB - Mike Jacobs, John Buck, Ryan Freel, Mitch Maier 2
RBI - Mitch Maier 3 (12)
2-Out RBI - Mitch Maier 2 (4)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Billy Butler (35)
GIDP - David DeJesus (8)
Team LOB - 5
Baserunning
SB - Alex Gordon (3, Home off Shields/Navarro)
Fielding
Outfield Assists - Mitch Maier (Upton at Home)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Brian Bannister (W 7-7) 7.0 5 0 0 0 7 0 3.59
Joakim Soria (SV 18) 2.0 2 1 1 0 3 1 1.71
Pitches-Strikes - Brian Bannister 117-72, Joakim Soria 28-20
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brian Bannister 9-4, Joakim Soria 0-3
Batters Faced - Brian Bannister 25, Joakim Soria 8
Tampa Bay
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
B.J. Upton CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .244
     Michel Hernandez C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228
Carl Crawford LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .314
Evan Longoria 3B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .276
Ben Zobrist 2B-CF 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 .301
Carlos Pena 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .214
Pat Burrell DH 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .226
Gabe Gross RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .267
Dioner Navarro C 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .226
     Willy Aybar PH-2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .279
Jason Bartlett SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .331
Totals 33 1 7 1 0 10 10  
Batting
2B - Gabe Gross (12)
HR - Ben Zobrist (19)
TB - B.J. Upton, Evan Longoria 2, Ben Zobrist 4, Pat Burrell, Gabe Gross 2, Willy Aybar
RBI - Ben Zobrist (56)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jason Bartlett 2 (35)
Team LOB - 5
Baserunning
SB - B.J. Upton (33, 2nd off Bannister/Buck)
Fielding
E - Dioner Navarro (5), Jason Bartlett (11)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
James Shields (L 6-8) 7.1 2 2 1 4 6 0 3.75
Dan Wheeler 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.79
Grant Balfour 0.1 2 2 2 0 1 0 4.69
Randy Choate 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.60
Jeff Bennett 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Pitches-Strikes - James Shields 107-64, Dan Wheeler 8-7, Grant Balfour 7-6, Randy Choate 5-3, Jeff Bennett 5-4
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - James Shields 6-10, Dan Wheeler 0-1, Grant Balfour 0-0, Randy Choate 1-0, Jeff Bennett 0-0
Batters Faced - James Shields 28, Dan Wheeler 2, Grant Balfour 3, Randy Choate 2, Jeff Bennett 1
Inherited Runners-Scored - Dan Wheeler 2-0, Randy Choate 2-2, Jeff Bennett 1-0