Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 8,
Tampa Bay 1
When: 6:50 PM ET, Friday, May 24, 2024
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Lance Barksdale, 1B - Nic Lentz, 2B - Quinn Wolcott, 3B - Alex Mackay
Attendance: 16368
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Lance Barksdale, 1B - Nic Lentz, 2B - Quinn Wolcott, 3B - Alex Mackay
Attendance: 16368
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Maikel Garcia | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .266 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .305 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | DH | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .233 |
| Salvador Perez | 1B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .330 |
| Michael Massey | 2B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .294 |
| Kyle Isbel | CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .218 |
| Freddy Fermin | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .305 |
| Nelson Velázquez | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .226 |
| Hunter Renfroe | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .164 |
| Garrett Hampson | CF-2B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .286 |
| Totals | 37 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Freddy Fermin (4), Hunter Renfroe (5) | |||||||||
| HR - Bobby Witt Jr. (8), Michael Massey (6) | |||||||||
| TB - Maikel Garcia, Bobby Witt Jr. 4, Vinnie Pasquantino, Michael Massey 5, Kyle Isbel, Freddy Fermin 3, Nelson Velázquez, Hunter Renfroe 2, Garrett Hampson 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Bobby Witt Jr. (34), Michael Massey 3 (23), Freddy Fermin (9), Nelson Velázquez (14), Hunter Renfroe (19), Garrett Hampson (5) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Michael Massey 3 (11), Freddy Fermin (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Bobby Witt Jr. (18), Nelson Velázquez (27), Garrett Hampson 2 (7) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Garrett Hampson (2, 3rd by Alexander/Jackson) | |||||||||
| SB - Maikel Garcia (13, 2nd off Alexander/Jackson), Hunter Renfroe (1, 2nd off Alexander/Jackson), Garrett Hampson (5, 2nd off Alexander/Jackson) | |||||||||
| PO - Garrett Hampson (2nd by Alexander) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Seth Lugo (W 8-1) | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1.74 |
| Sam Long | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Carlos Hernandez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| HBP - Jonny DeLuca (by Lugo) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Seth Lugo 104-59, Sam Long 19-13, Carlos Hernandez 11-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Seth Lugo 6-6, Sam Long 0-2, Carlos Hernandez 0-3 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Seth Lugo 28, Sam Long 3, Carlos Hernandez 3 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Yandy Díaz | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .255 |
| Brandon Lowe | 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .146 |
| Jonny DeLuca | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .250 |
| Isaac Paredes | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .307 |
| Jonathan Aranda | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 |
| Randy Arozarena | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .159 |
| Jose Caballero | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .263 |
| Alex Jackson | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .036 |
| Jose Siri | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .168 |
| Totals | 31 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Yandy Díaz (10) | |||||||||
| TB - Yandy Díaz 2, Brandon Lowe, Isaac Paredes, Jose Caballero | |||||||||
| RBI - Jonathan Aranda (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jonny DeLuca (6), Randy Arozarena (22) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Shawn Armstrong | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.70 |
| Tyler Alexander (L 2-3) | 5.0 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6.06 |
| Phil Maton | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.58 |
| Richard Lovelady | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 |
| WP - Phil Maton | ||||||||
| HBP - Salvador Perez (by Alexander), Vinnie Pasquantino (by Alexander) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Shawn Armstrong 32-24, Tyler Alexander 93-64, Phil Maton 22-9, Richard Lovelady 8-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Shawn Armstrong 2-0, Tyler Alexander 2-3, Phil Maton 0-0, Richard Lovelady 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Shawn Armstrong 6, Tyler Alexander 28, Phil Maton 5, Richard Lovelady 4 | ||||||||