Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 5,
Tampa Bay 4
When: 7:10 PM ET, Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Lazaro Diaz, 1B - Mark Carlson, 2B - Scott Barry, 3B - Jeff Nelson
Attendance: 12150
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Lazaro Diaz, 1B - Mark Carlson, 2B - Scott Barry, 3B - Jeff Nelson
Attendance: 12150
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jarrod Dyson | CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .294 |
| Lorenzo Cain | RF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .324 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .260 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .284 |
| Omar Infante | 2B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .272 |
| Billy Butler | DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .272 |
| Christian Colon | PR-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 |
| Raul Ibanez | LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .150 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .268 |
| Danny Valencia | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .281 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .283 |
| Totals | 39 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Eric Hosmer (5), Salvador Perez (11) | |||||||||
| TB - Jarrod Dyson, Lorenzo Cain 2, Eric Hosmer 4, Salvador Perez 5, Omar Infante 3, Billy Butler 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Eric Hosmer (39), Salvador Perez 3 (35), Raul Ibanez (23) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Eric Hosmer (9) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Eric Hosmer (27), Salvador Perez 2 (36), Alcides Escobar 3 (48) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Jarrod Dyson 2 (16, 2nd off Peralta/Molina, 3rd off Peralta/Molina), Lorenzo Cain (12, 2nd off Cobb/Molina) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| PO - Salvador Perez (Kiermaier at 1st) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Yordano Ventura | 5.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3.28 |
| Kelvin Herrera | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.19 |
| Scott Downs | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.33 |
| Aaron Crow (W 4-1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.39 |
| Greg Holland (SV 24) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.87 |
| HBP - Sean Rodriguez (by Ventura) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Yordano Ventura 104-60, Kelvin Herrera 22-10, Scott Downs 15-11, Aaron Crow 22-10, Greg Holland 13-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Yordano Ventura 2-5, Kelvin Herrera 2-0, Scott Downs 1-2, Aaron Crow 0-3, Greg Holland 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Yordano Ventura 24, Kelvin Herrera 5, Scott Downs 4, Aaron Crow 6, Greg Holland 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Scott Downs 3-0 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Desmond Jennings | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .243 |
| Ben Zobrist | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .266 |
| Matt Joyce | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .269 |
| Logan Forsythe | PH-DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .236 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .262 |
| James Loney | 1B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .277 |
| Brandon Guyer | LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .262 |
| Sean Rodriguez | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .237 |
| Jose Molina | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .187 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | RF | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .297 |
| Totals | 34 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Kevin Kiermaier (8) | |||||||||
| TB - Matt Joyce, Evan Longoria, Brandon Guyer, Jose Molina, Kevin Kiermaier 7 | |||||||||
| RBI - Kevin Kiermaier 4 (21) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Kevin Kiermaier 4 (9) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Logan Forsythe 4 (31), Brandon Guyer (15), Jose Molina (26) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| PO - Kevin Kiermaier (1st by Perez) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Ben Zobrist (8) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Alex Cobb | 6.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4.14 |
| Grant Balfour (H 6) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.89 |
| Jake McGee (H 11) | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.56 |
| Brad Boxberger (H 7) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.52 |
| Joel Peralta (H 13) | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.26 |
| Kirby Yates (L 0-1; BS 1) | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.57 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Alex Cobb 98-63, Grant Balfour 7-3, Jake McGee 14-10, Brad Boxberger 10-7, Joel Peralta 13-6, Kirby Yates 8-5 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Alex Cobb 11-1, Grant Balfour 0-0, Jake McGee 0-0, Brad Boxberger 1-0, Joel Peralta 0-0, Kirby Yates 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Alex Cobb 29, Grant Balfour 2, Jake McGee 3, Brad Boxberger 2, Joel Peralta 3, Kirby Yates 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Grant Balfour 2-0, Brad Boxberger 2-0, Kirby Yates 2-2 | ||||||||