Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 4,
Tampa Bay 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Monday, April 7, 2014
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 61°
Umpires: Home - Brian Knight, 1B - Quinn Wolcott, 2B - Gerry Davis, 3B - Phil Cuzzi
Attendance: 12087
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 61°
Umpires: Home - Brian Knight, 1B - Quinn Wolcott, 2B - Gerry Davis, 3B - Phil Cuzzi
Attendance: 12087
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Tampa Bay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 8 | 1 |
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Desmond Jennings | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .276 |
| Wil Myers | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .185 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .414 |
| Logan Forsythe | DH | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .150 |
| James Loney | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .217 |
| Sean Rodriguez | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Matt Joyce | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .444 |
| Ryan Hanigan | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 |
| David DeJesus | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .235 |
| Yunel Escobar | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .185 |
| Totals | 34 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Evan Longoria (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Ben Zobrist (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Ben Zobrist 5, Evan Longoria 4, Matt Joyce | |||||||||
| RBI - Ben Zobrist (2), Matt Joyce (6) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Matt Joyce (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Logan Forsythe (3), Sean Rodriguez (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Matt Moore (L 0-2) | 4.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.70 |
| Cesar Ramos | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Heath Bell | 2.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.18 |
| WP - Heath Bell | ||||||||
| HBP - Omar Infante (by Bell) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Matt Moore 78-45, Cesar Ramos 19-11, Heath Bell 40-23 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Matt Moore 7-0, Cesar Ramos 1-1, Heath Bell 4-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Matt Moore 18, Cesar Ramos 5, Heath Bell 12 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Heath Bell 1-1 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Norichika Aoki | RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .300 |
| Omar Infante | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .348 |
| Danny Valencia | PR-2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .273 |
| Billy Butler | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .261 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .444 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .000 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .318 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .100 |
| Totals | 30 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alcides Escobar (1) | |||||||||
| 3B - Norichika Aoki (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Norichika Aoki 4, Omar Infante, Eric Hosmer, Alex Gordon, Salvador Perez, Lorenzo Cain, Alcides Escobar 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Eric Hosmer (1), Alcides Escobar 3 (3) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Alcides Escobar 3 (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Norichika Aoki (3), Alex Gordon (1), Alcides Escobar (6) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Eric Hosmer (2), Billy Butler (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Eric Hosmer (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jason Vargas (W 1-0) | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.20 |
| Greg Holland (SV 3) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jason Vargas 110-74, Greg Holland 18-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jason Vargas 10-9, Greg Holland 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jason Vargas 30, Greg Holland 5 | ||||||||