Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 10, Kansas City 4
When: 12:08 PM ET, Monday, August 3, 2009
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Dan Iassogna, 1B - Sam Holbrook, 2B - Larry Vanover, 3B - Mike Estabrook
Attendance: 24219
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Dan Iassogna, 1B - Sam Holbrook, 2B - Larry Vanover, 3B - Mike Estabrook
Attendance: 24219
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| Tampa Bay | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 0 |
Team Records
| Team | W/L | Home | Away | Streak |
| Kansas City | 41-64 | 23-32 | 18-32 | L1 |
| Tampa Bay | 58-48 | 34-18 | 24-30 | W1 |
Recap Quick Hits
- With this win, the Tampa Bay Rays have a 34-18 record at home this season. The Kansas City Royals have a 18-32 record on the road.
- Tampa Bay has a streak of 1 straight up win. The Rays have won 6 of their last 10 games.
- Kansas City has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Royals have won 4 of their last 10 games.
- Scott Kazmir pitched 6.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 6.10. Zack Greinke took the loss for Kansas City.
- Willy Aybar (2) hit homeruns for Tampa Bay. Yuniesky Betancourt had the only homerun for Kansas City.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Kansas City | Tampa Bay | |
| Zack Greinke | Player | Scott Kazmir |
| Loss | W/L | Win |
| 5.0 | IP | 6.0 |
| 9 | Strikeouts | 5 |
| 10 | Hits | 6 |
| 10.80 | ERA | 4.50 |
Hitting
| Kansas City | Tampa Bay | |
| Yuniesky Betancourt | Player | Jason Bartlett |
| 2 | Hits | 3 |
| 1 | RBI | 2 |
| 1 | HR | 0 |
| 5 | TB | 6 |
| .500 | Avg | .750 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| Kansas City | 10 | 1 | 15 | .294 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Tampa Bay | 13 | 2 | 26 | .361 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 |