Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 6,
Tampa Bay 0
When: 1:10 PM ET, Thursday, May 11, 2017
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Mike Everitt, 1B - Bill Welke, 2B - Bruce Dreckman, 3B - Chad Whitson
Attendance: 9340
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Mike Everitt, 1B - Bill Welke, 2B - Bruce Dreckman, 3B - Chad Whitson
Attendance: 9340
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .189 |
| Mike Moustakas | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .246 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .282 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .283 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .255 |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .217 |
| Jorge Soler | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .056 |
| Alex Gordon | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .158 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .130 |
| Totals | 33 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Salvador Perez (7), Jorge Bonifacio (1), Cheslor Cuthbert (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Whit Merrifield (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Alcides Escobar, Mike Moustakas, Salvador Perez 2, Jorge Bonifacio 3, Whit Merrifield 5, Cheslor Cuthbert 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Salvador Perez 2 (20), Jorge Bonifacio (5), Whit Merrifield 2 (6) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Whit Merrifield (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Eric Hosmer (13), Alex Gordon 2 (15) | |||||||||
| S - Alcides Escobar (3) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Alex Gordon (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jason Vargas (W 5-1) | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1.01 |
| Matt Strahm | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.36 |
| Al Alburquerque | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jason Vargas 96-63, Matt Strahm 17-12, Al Alburquerque 6-6 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jason Vargas 4-6, Matt Strahm 0-1, Al Alburquerque 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jason Vargas 23, Matt Strahm 3, Al Alburquerque 3 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Tim Beckham | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .264 |
| Corey Dickerson | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .326 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .234 |
| Logan Morrison | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .252 |
| Rickie Weeks Jr. | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .194 |
| Daniel Robertson | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .207 |
| Derek Norris | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .213 |
| Jesus Sucre | PH-C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .229 |
| Peter Bourjos | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .196 |
| Totals | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Logan Morrison (4), Peter Bourjos (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Tim Beckham, Corey Dickerson, Logan Morrison 2, Peter Bourjos 2 | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Tim Beckham (11), Rickie Weeks Jr. (13) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Corey Dickerson (2), Evan Longoria (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 2 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Kevin Kiermaier (3, 2nd by Vargas/Perez) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Kevin Kiermaier (4) | |||||||||
| PB - Derek Norris (3) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jake Odorizzi (L 2-2) | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2.61 |
| Chase Whitley | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.72 |
| Diego Moreno | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 |
| Danny Farquhar | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.38 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jake Odorizzi 114-73, Chase Whitley 18-9, Diego Moreno 25-15, Danny Farquhar 13-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jake Odorizzi 3-6, Chase Whitley 1-0, Diego Moreno 2-0, Danny Farquhar 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jake Odorizzi 24, Chase Whitley 5, Diego Moreno 6, Danny Farquhar 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Diego Moreno 2-2 | ||||||||