Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Kansas City 7,
Tampa Bay 0
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, October 1, 2010
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 69°
Umpires: Home - James Hoye, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Wally Bell, 3B - John Hirschbeck
Attendance: 23374
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 69°
Umpires: Home - James Hoye, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Wally Bell, 3B - John Hirschbeck
Attendance: 23374
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Tampa Bay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 7 | 13 | 0 |
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| B.J. Upton | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .239 |
| Jason Bartlett | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .254 |
| Carl Crawford | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .306 |
| Willy Aybar | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .230 |
| Carlos Pena | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .195 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .241 |
| Rocco Baldelli | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .174 |
| Desmond Jennings | RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .190 |
| Kelly Shoppach | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .199 |
| Sean Rodriguez | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .254 |
| Totals | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - B.J. Upton (38) | |||||||||
| TB - B.J. Upton 2, Sean Rodriguez | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Carl Crawford (50) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jason Bartlett (11) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - B.J. Upton (Aviles at Home) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| James Shields (L 13-15) | 5.0 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.18 |
| Mike Ekstrom | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.31 |
| Lance Cormier | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.94 |
| Dan Wheeler | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 |
| WP - James Shields | ||||||||
| IBB - Kila Ka'aihue (by Ekstrom) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - James Shields 99-61, Mike Ekstrom 14-7, Lance Cormier 15-8, Dan Wheeler 6-5 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - James Shields 9-5, Mike Ekstrom 2-0, Lance Cormier 0-1, Dan Wheeler 3-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - James Shields 28, Mike Ekstrom 4, Lance Cormier 4, Dan Wheeler 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Mike Ekstrom 1-0 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Gregor Blanco | RF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .270 |
| Mike Aviles | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .306 |
| Billy Butler | 1B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .319 |
| Kila Ka'aihue | DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .220 |
| Josh Fields | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .215 |
| Yuniesky Betancourt | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .259 |
| Brayan Pena | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .267 |
| Jarrod Dyson | CF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .240 |
| Totals | 34 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Billy Butler (44), Yuniesky Betancourt (29) | |||||||||
| 3B - Gregor Blanco (3), Jarrod Dyson (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Gregor Blanco 5, Billy Butler 3, Josh Fields 2, Alex Gordon, Yuniesky Betancourt 2, Brayan Pena 2, Jarrod Dyson 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Gregor Blanco 3 (11), Billy Butler (78), Alex Gordon (18) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Brayan Pena (20) | |||||||||
| S - Kila Ka'aihue (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Billy Butler (32), Yuniesky Betancourt (13) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Bruce Chen (W 12-7) | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4.17 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Bruce Chen 104-67 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Bruce Chen 4-13 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Bruce Chen 31 | ||||||||