Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 4,
Tampa Bay 1
When: 1:38 PM ET, Sunday, August 2, 2009
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Mike Estabrook, 1B - Dan Iassogna, 2B - Sam Holbrook, 3B - Larry Vanover
Attendance: 27930
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Mike Estabrook, 1B - Dan Iassogna, 2B - Sam Holbrook, 3B - Larry Vanover
Attendance: 27930
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| David DeJesus | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .259 |
| Willie Bloomquist | RF-SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .266 |
| Billy Butler | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .286 |
| Mike Jacobs | DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .216 |
| Alberto Jose Callaspo | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .298 |
| John Buck | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .227 |
| Ryan Freel | PR-RF | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .228 |
| Alex Gordon | 3B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .183 |
| Mitch Maier | CF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .227 |
| Yuniesky Betancourt | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .224 |
| Mark Teahen | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .287 |
| Miguel Olivo | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .234 |
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Mike Jacobs, John Buck, Ryan Freel, Mitch Maier 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Mitch Maier 3 (12) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Mitch Maier 2 (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Billy Butler (35) | |||||||||
| GIDP - David DeJesus (8) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Alex Gordon (3, Home off Shields/Navarro) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Mitch Maier (Upton at Home) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Brian Bannister (W 7-7) | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.59 |
| Joakim Soria (SV 18) | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1.71 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Brian Bannister 117-72, Joakim Soria 28-20 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brian Bannister 9-4, Joakim Soria 0-3 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Brian Bannister 25, Joakim Soria 8 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| B.J. Upton | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .244 |
| Michel Hernandez | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .228 |
| Carl Crawford | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .314 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B-CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .301 |
| Carlos Pena | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .214 |
| Pat Burrell | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .226 |
| Gabe Gross | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 |
| Dioner Navarro | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .226 |
| Willy Aybar | PH-2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .279 |
| Jason Bartlett | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .331 |
| Totals | 33 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Gabe Gross (12) | |||||||||
| HR - Ben Zobrist (19) | |||||||||
| TB - B.J. Upton, Evan Longoria 2, Ben Zobrist 4, Pat Burrell, Gabe Gross 2, Willy Aybar | |||||||||
| RBI - Ben Zobrist (56) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jason Bartlett 2 (35) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - B.J. Upton (33, 2nd off Bannister/Buck) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Dioner Navarro (5), Jason Bartlett (11) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| James Shields (L 6-8) | 7.1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3.75 |
| Dan Wheeler | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.79 |
| Grant Balfour | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.69 |
| Randy Choate | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.60 |
| Jeff Bennett | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - James Shields 107-64, Dan Wheeler 8-7, Grant Balfour 7-6, Randy Choate 5-3, Jeff Bennett 5-4 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - James Shields 6-10, Dan Wheeler 0-1, Grant Balfour 0-0, Randy Choate 1-0, Jeff Bennett 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - James Shields 28, Dan Wheeler 2, Grant Balfour 3, Randy Choate 2, Jeff Bennett 1 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Dan Wheeler 2-0, Randy Choate 2-2, Jeff Bennett 1-0 | ||||||||