Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Tampa Bay 6,
Kansas City 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Paul Nauert, 1B - John Libka, 2B - Scott Barry, 3B - Carlos Torres
Attendance: 8686
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Paul Nauert, 1B - John Libka, 2B - Scott Barry, 3B - Carlos Torres
Attendance: 8686
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 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Tampa Bay | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | 6 | 14 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .302 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .235 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .233 |
| Lucas Duda | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .234 |
| Rosell Herrera | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .245 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | DH | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .229 |
| Hunter Dozier | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .215 |
| Brett Phillips | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .213 |
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Ryan O'Hearn (1), Alcides Escobar (18) | |||||||||
| HR - Whit Merrifield (9), Hunter Dozier (6) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 4, Rosell Herrera, Ryan O'Hearn 4, Hunter Dozier 4, Alcides Escobar 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield (44), Hunter Dozier 2 (17) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Gordon (33), Brett Phillips (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Whit Merrifield (5) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jakob Junis (L 6-12) | 5.2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4.70 |
| Tim Hill | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.91 |
| Jason Hammel | 2.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.03 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jakob Junis 88-57, Tim Hill 8-7, Jason Hammel 43-25 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jakob Junis 7-1, Tim Hill 0-0, Jason Hammel 3-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jakob Junis 26, Tim Hill 2, Jason Hammel 11 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Tim Hill 1-1, Jason Hammel 2-0 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Mallex Smith | LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .304 |
| Matt Duffy | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .293 |
| Ji-Man Choi | DH | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .262 |
| C.J. Cron | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .249 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | CF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .196 |
| Willy Adames | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .253 |
| Michael Perez | C | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .288 |
| Carlos Gomez | RF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .219 |
| Brandon Lowe | 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .135 |
| Totals | 36 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Ji-Man Choi (6), Kevin Kiermaier (9), Carlos Gomez (15) | |||||||||
| TB - Mallex Smith 2, Matt Duffy 2, Ji-Man Choi 3, Kevin Kiermaier 3, Willy Adames, Michael Perez, Carlos Gomez 3, Brandon Lowe 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Mallex Smith 2 (31), Matt Duffy (33), Carlos Gomez (28), Brandon Lowe 2 (4) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Mallex Smith 2 (14), Matt Duffy (10), Brandon Lowe 2 (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ji-Man Choi 2 (10), C.J. Cron 2 (40), Carlos Gomez (42) | |||||||||
| S - Carlos Gomez (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Willy Adames (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Willy Adames (3, 2nd by Hammel/Perez) | |||||||||
| SB - Matt Duffy (9, 2nd off Junis/Perez), Carlos Gomez (10, 2nd off Hammel/Perez) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Ryne Stanek | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.58 |
| Yonny Chirinos (W 2-5) | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4.08 |
| Adam Kolarek (H 5) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.82 |
| Chaz Roe (H 23) | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.23 |
| Jose Alvarado (H 25) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.38 |
| Sergio Romo (SV 18) | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.36 |
| WP - Yonny Chirinos | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Ryne Stanek 22-15, Yonny Chirinos 82-58, Adam Kolarek 3-1, Chaz Roe 6-4, Jose Alvarado 4-3, Sergio Romo 16-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ryne Stanek 0-3, Yonny Chirinos 4-2, Adam Kolarek 1-0, Chaz Roe 0-0, Jose Alvarado 0-0, Sergio Romo 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Ryne Stanek 6, Yonny Chirinos 19, Adam Kolarek 1, Chaz Roe 2, Jose Alvarado 1, Sergio Romo 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Jose Alvarado 1-0 | ||||||||