Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Kansas City 3,
Tampa Bay 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, April 30, 2010
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Chris Guccione, 1B - Jerry Crawford, 2B - Brian O'Nora, 3B - Phil Cuzzi
Attendance: 25195
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Chris Guccione, 1B - Jerry Crawford, 2B - Brian O'Nora, 3B - Phil Cuzzi
Attendance: 25195
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 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| David DeJesus | RF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .287 |
| Scott Podsednik | LF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .350 |
| Billy Butler | 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .326 |
| Willie Bloomquist | PR-1B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Jose Guillen | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .304 |
| Alberto Jose Callaspo | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .295 |
| Jason Kendall | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .288 |
| Mitch Maier | CF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .257 |
| Yuniesky Betancourt | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .299 |
| Chris Getz | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .188 |
| Totals | 27 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jose Guillen (7) | |||||||||
| TB - Billy Butler 2, Jose Guillen 2, Jason Kendall, Mitch Maier 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Jose Guillen (19), Alberto Jose Callaspo (14), Mitch Maier (6) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - David DeJesus (16), Yuniesky Betancourt (5) | |||||||||
| S - Scott Podsednik (5), Yuniesky Betancourt (2) | |||||||||
| SF - Alberto Jose Callaspo (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Billy Butler (7), Jason Kendall (2), Chris Getz (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Brian Bannister | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3.48 |
| Josh Rupe (W 1-1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Joakim Soria (SV 6) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.53 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Brian Bannister 102-60, Josh Rupe 6-4, Joakim Soria 26-16 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brian Bannister 13-3, Josh Rupe 2-1, Joakim Soria 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Brian Bannister 24, Josh Rupe 3, Joakim Soria 6 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jason Bartlett | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .269 |
| Carl Crawford | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .337 |
| Ben Zobrist | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .341 |
| Carlos Pena | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .247 |
| B.J. Upton | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .262 |
| Pat Burrell | DH | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .254 |
| Gabe Kapler | PR-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| John Jaso | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .400 |
| Sean Rodriguez | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .184 |
| Totals | 28 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Evan Longoria (5) | |||||||||
| TB - Carl Crawford, Evan Longoria 5, Pat Burrell | |||||||||
| RBI - Evan Longoria 2 (18) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B.J. Upton (9) | |||||||||
| SF - Evan Longoria (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Sean Rodriguez (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Evan Longoria (2, 2nd by Bannister/Kendall) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Randy Choate (1) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Ben Zobrist (Guillen at Home) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jeff Niemann | 7.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.76 |
| Randy Choate (L 0-2) | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.50 |
| Rafael Soriano | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 |
| HBP - Jose Guillen (by Soriano) | ||||||||
| IBB - Alberto Jose Callaspo (by Niemann) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Niemann 88-51, Randy Choate 12-8, Rafael Soriano 24-17 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Niemann 13-4, Randy Choate 1-0, Rafael Soriano 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jeff Niemann 26, Randy Choate 3, Rafael Soriano 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Randy Choate 1-0, Rafael Soriano 1-1 | ||||||||