Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 4,
Kansas City 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jeff Nelson, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Mark Carlson, 3B - Scott Barry
Attendance: 12818
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jeff Nelson, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Mark Carlson, 3B - Scott Barry
Attendance: 12818
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | 4 | 8 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF-RF | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .322 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .259 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .282 |
| Christian Colon | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .268 |
| Omar Infante | 2B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .265 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .193 |
| Billy Butler | DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .269 |
| Raul Ibanez | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .154 |
| Danny Valencia | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .293 |
| Jarrod Dyson | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .298 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .287 |
| Totals | 39 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 21 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Eric Hosmer (24) | |||||||||
| 3B - Lorenzo Cain (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Lorenzo Cain 6, Eric Hosmer 3, Salvador Perez, Alex Gordon, Omar Infante 2, Mike Moustakas, Billy Butler 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Salvador Perez 3 (32) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Salvador Perez (34), Alex Gordon 2 (30), Omar Infante 2 (19), Danny Valencia (15) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Mike Moustakas (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Lorenzo Cain (11, 2nd off Hellickson/Hanigan) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jason Vargas (L 8-4) | 5.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3.31 |
| Aaron Crow | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.45 |
| Francisley Bueno | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.98 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jason Vargas 109-62, Aaron Crow 12-9, Francisley Bueno 23-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jason Vargas 4-4, Aaron Crow 1-2, Francisley Bueno 2-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jason Vargas 25, Aaron Crow 4, Francisley Bueno 7 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Aaron Crow 2-0 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Desmond Jennings | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .246 |
| Ben Zobrist | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .268 |
| Brandon Guyer | LF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .264 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .263 |
| James Loney | 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .280 |
| Logan Forsythe | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .239 |
| Sean Rodriguez | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .243 |
| Ryan Hanigan | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .212 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .278 |
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Brandon Guyer (9), James Loney (20), Sean Rodriguez (8) | |||||||||
| TB - Ben Zobrist, Brandon Guyer 4, Evan Longoria, James Loney 3, Sean Rodriguez 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Evan Longoria 2 (42), James Loney (44), Logan Forsythe (14) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ryan Hanigan 2 (27), Kevin Kiermaier (13) | |||||||||
| SF - Logan Forsythe (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jeremy Hellickson | 4.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.08 |
| Brad Boxberger (W 2-1) | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.57 |
| Grant Balfour (H 5) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.93 |
| Joel Peralta (H 12) | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.82 |
| Jake McGee (SV 6) | 1.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.58 |
| WP - Jeremy Hellickson | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jeremy Hellickson 84-54, Brad Boxberger 20-14, Grant Balfour 21-13, Joel Peralta 14-9, Jake McGee 26-18 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeremy Hellickson 2-9, Brad Boxberger 2-1, Grant Balfour 1-1, Joel Peralta 0-2, Jake McGee 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jeremy Hellickson 20, Brad Boxberger 5, Grant Balfour 5, Joel Peralta 4, Jake McGee 7 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Brad Boxberger 2-1, Jake McGee 2-0 | ||||||||