Kansas City Royals vs. Tampa Bay Rays - Box Score - July 31, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Jul 31, 2009

Final

Series: Game 1 of 4

Tampa Bay leads 1-0 (as of 7/31)

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 2

(40-62, 17-30 away)

Rays 8

(56-47, 32-17 home)

Alerts

7:38 PM ET, July 31, 2009

Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0
TB	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	-	8	12	2

W: D. Price (4-4)

L: S. Ponson (1-7)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D DeJesus LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	18	.261	.325	.403
W Bloomquist CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	.274	.320	.378
M Maier PR-CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.296	.324
B Butler 1B	3	0	1	0	1	0	15	.290	.346	.460
M Teahen RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	14	.287	.340	.433
A Callaspo 2B	4	2	1	0	0	0	12	.303	.352	.461
M Olivo DH	3	0	1	0	0	1	9	.235	.268	.458
a-M Jacobs PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.217	.293	.413
B Pena C	2	0	1	1	1	0	16	.303	.342	.455
A Gordon 3B	4	0	0	1	0	0	16	.208	.354	.264
Y Betancourt SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	.227	.251	.300
Totals	32	2	5	2	2	5	130
a-struck out swinging for M Olivo in the 9th
BATTING 2B: M Olivo (12, D Price) RBI: A Gordon (6), B Pena (8) SF: B Pena Royals RISP: 0-3 (A Gordon 0-2, M Jacobs 0-1) Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING CS: D DeJesus (7, 2nd base by D Price)
FIELDING DP: 2 (S Ponson-A Callaspo-B Butler-A Gordon, B Butler-Y Betancourt).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
S Ponson (L, 1-7)	4.1	8	7	7	3	2	1	88-47	7.36
R Tejeda	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	28-19	5.93
J Cruz	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	22-11	6.39
R Colon	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	28-17	5.04
Totals	8.0	12	8	8	4	6	2	166-94
PITCHING WP: R Tejeda HBP: C Pena (By S Ponson) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: S Ponson 11/24; R Tejeda 3/5; J Cruz 1/5; R Colon 2/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: S Ponson 14-3-12-18; R Tejeda 3-5-8-3; J Cruz 3-3-3-2; R Colon 7-2-4-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Ponson 4-6; R Tejeda 0-2; J Cruz 0-2; R Colon 1-1 Game Scores: S Ponson 18

Tampa Bay Rays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
B Upton CF	5	1	1	0	0	1	26	.244	.320	.376
C Crawford LF	5	1	3	0	0	1	16	.317	.376	.460
E Longoria 3B	3	1	0	0	2	0	24	.273	.358	.528
B Zobrist 2B	4	1	2	1	0	1	14	.303	.410	.577
C Pena 1B	2	2	1	3	1	0	16	.217	.350	.500
P Burrell DH	4	1	2	1	0	1	16	.224	.331	.365
G Gross RF	4	0	1	1	0	1	10	.266	.381	.415
D Navarro C	3	1	1	1	1	0	19	.224	.253	.336
J Bartlett SS	4	0	1	1	0	1	25	.334	.385	.509
Totals	34	8	12	8	4	6	166
BATTING 2B: J Bartlett (21, S Ponson) 3B: C Crawford (6, S Ponson); P Burrell (1, S Ponson); B Zobrist (6, S Ponson) HR: C Pena (26, 1st inning off S Ponson 2 on, 2 Out); D Navarro (6, 8th inning off R Colon 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: C Pena 3 (67), J Bartlett (43), B Zobrist (55), P Burrell (38), G Gross (29), D Navarro (27) 2-out RBI: C Pena 3, J Bartlett Rays RISP: 4-12 (B Zobrist 0-2, C Pena 1-1, E Longoria 0-1, G Gross 1-3, J Bartlett 1-1, P Burrell 1-2, B Upton 0-1, D Navarro 0-1) Team LOB: 7
FIELDING E: E Longoria (10, throw); J Nelson (1, throw)

Tampa Bay Rays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Price (W, 4-4)	7.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	104-67	5.10
L Cormier	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15-10	2.93
J Nelson	1.0	0	1	0	0	1	0	11-7	4.02
Totals	9.0	5	2	1	2	5	0	130-84
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: D Price 17/27; L Cormier 1/4; J Nelson 1/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: D Price 22-8-15-22; L Cormier 2-3-2-3; J Nelson 0-2-2-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Price 12-5; L Cormier 1-1; J Nelson 0-2 Game Scores: D Price 64

Scoring Summary

			KC	TB
	1st	C Pena homered to left, B Upton and C Crawford scored.	0	3
	2nd	A Gordon grounded into fielder's choice to second, A Callaspo scored, B Pena out at second.	1	3
	4th	J Bartlett doubled to left, P Burrell scored, D Navarro to third.	1	4
	5th	B Zobrist tripled to right, E Longoria scored.	1	5
	5th	P Burrell singled to left, B Zobrist scored, C Pena to second.	1	6
	5th	G Gross singled to right, C Pena scored, P Burrell to second.	1	7
	8th	D Navarro homered to right.	1	8
	9th	B Pena hit sacrifice fly to left, A Callaspo scored.	2	8
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Game Notes

HOME PLATE UMPIRE CHARLIE RELIFORD LEFT THE GAME IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH INNING DUE TO A TORN RIGHT CALF MUSCLE.

Game Information

Stadium	Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL
Attendance	26,596 (78% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:54
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Charlie Reliford, First Base - Larry Vanover, Second Base - Sam Holbrook, Third Base - Dan Iassogna