Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 7,
Tampa Bay 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Monday, May 8, 2017
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Bill Welke, 1B - Bruce Dreckman, 2B - Chad Whitson, 3B - Mike Everitt
Attendance: 12826
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Bill Welke, 1B - Bruce Dreckman, 2B - Chad Whitson, 3B - Mike Everitt
Attendance: 12826
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .193 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .275 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .282 |
| Salvador Perez | DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .255 |
| Jorge Soler | RF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .213 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .128 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .168 |
| Drew Butera | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .208 |
| Totals | 38 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alcides Escobar (8), Eric Hosmer (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Drew Butera (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Alcides Escobar 3, Lorenzo Cain 2, Eric Hosmer 4, Salvador Perez 2, Whit Merrifield 2, Drew Butera 5 | |||||||||
| RBI - Lorenzo Cain (7), Salvador Perez (16), Drew Butera 2 (2) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Drew Butera (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Salvador Perez (9), Whit Merrifield (6), Alex Gordon 2 (13) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Jorge Soler 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Lorenzo Cain (8, 2nd off Pruitt/Norris), Eric Hosmer 2 (2, 2nd off Pruitt/Norris, 3rd off Pruitt/Norris), Alex Gordon (1, 2nd off Pruitt/Norris) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Nate Karns (W 2-2) | 6.1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 4.58 |
| Matt Strahm | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8.10 |
| Joakim Soria | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.45 |
| WP - Matt Strahm | ||||||||
| HBP - Derek Norris (by Karns) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Nate Karns 100-62, Matt Strahm 34-21, Joakim Soria 16-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Nate Karns 3-3, Matt Strahm 1-0, Joakim Soria 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Nate Karns 27, Matt Strahm 8, Joakim Soria 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Matt Strahm 2-1 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Corey Dickerson | DH | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .319 |
| Brad Miller | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .193 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .234 |
| Logan Morrison | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .253 |
| Steven Souza Jr. | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .277 |
| Peter Bourjos | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .186 |
| Colby Rasmus | LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .235 |
| Tim Beckham | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .255 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .206 |
| Derek Norris | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .202 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 23 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Corey Dickerson (10) | |||||||||
| 3B - Colby Rasmus (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Colby Rasmus (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Corey Dickerson 4, Brad Miller, Evan Longoria 2, Colby Rasmus 7, Kevin Kiermaier | |||||||||
| RBI - Brad Miller (11), Colby Rasmus (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Logan Morrison 2 (13), Colby Rasmus (2), Derek Norris (17) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Steven Souza Jr. (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Kevin Kiermaier (2), Derek Norris 2 (3), Brad Miller (5) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Steven Souza Jr. (Merrifield at 1st) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Blake Snell (L 0-3) | 5.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.96 |
| Austin Pruitt | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7.52 |
| Chase Whitley | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.64 |
| Jose Alvarado | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 |
| WP - Blake Snell | ||||||||
| HBP - Alex Gordon (by Pruitt) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Blake Snell 105-61, Austin Pruitt 41-26, Chase Whitley 17-11, Jose Alvarado 8-6 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Blake Snell 5-4, Austin Pruitt 1-2, Chase Whitley 1-0, Jose Alvarado 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Blake Snell 24, Austin Pruitt 11, Chase Whitley 3, Jose Alvarado 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Austin Pruitt 1-0 | ||||||||