Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 5, Tampa Bay 4
When: 7:10 PM ET, Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Lazaro Diaz, 1B - Mark Carlson, 2B - Scott Barry, 3B - Jeff Nelson
Attendance: 12150
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Tampa Bay 000400000481
Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Jarrod Dyson CF 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 .294
Lorenzo Cain RF 5 0 2 0 0 2 1 .324
Eric Hosmer 1B 2 2 1 1 3 0 1 .260
Salvador Perez C 5 2 2 3 0 0 4 .284
Omar Infante 2B 4 0 3 0 1 1 0 .272
Billy Butler DH 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .272
     Christian Colon PR-DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .300
Raul Ibanez LF 5 0 0 1 0 2 6 .150
     Alex Gordon LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268
Danny Valencia 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 .281
Alcides Escobar SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 .283
Totals 39 5 11 5 4 9 25  
Batting
HR - Eric Hosmer (5), Salvador Perez (11)
TB - Jarrod Dyson, Lorenzo Cain 2, Eric Hosmer 4, Salvador Perez 5, Omar Infante 3, Billy Butler 2
RBI - Eric Hosmer (39), Salvador Perez 3 (35), Raul Ibanez (23)
2-Out RBI - Eric Hosmer (9)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Eric Hosmer (27), Salvador Perez 2 (36), Alcides Escobar 3 (48)
Team LOB - 11
Baserunning
SB - Jarrod Dyson 2 (16, 2nd off Peralta/Molina, 3rd off Peralta/Molina), Lorenzo Cain (12, 2nd off Cobb/Molina)
Fielding
PO - Salvador Perez (Kiermaier at 1st)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Yordano Ventura 5.0 5 4 4 4 5 1 3.28
Kelvin Herrera 0.2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2.19
Scott Downs 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.33
Aaron Crow (W 4-1) 1.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2.39
Greg Holland (SV 24) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.87
HBP - Sean Rodriguez (by Ventura)
Pitches-Strikes - Yordano Ventura 104-60, Kelvin Herrera 22-10, Scott Downs 15-11, Aaron Crow 22-10, Greg Holland 13-9
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Yordano Ventura 2-5, Kelvin Herrera 2-0, Scott Downs 1-2, Aaron Crow 0-3, Greg Holland 1-0
Batters Faced - Yordano Ventura 24, Kelvin Herrera 5, Scott Downs 4, Aaron Crow 6, Greg Holland 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Scott Downs 3-0
Tampa Bay
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Desmond Jennings CF 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 .243
Ben Zobrist SS 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 .266
Matt Joyce DH 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .269
     Logan Forsythe PH-DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 .236
Evan Longoria 3B 4 1 1 0 1 2 0 .262
James Loney 1B 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 .277
Brandon Guyer LF 5 0 1 0 0 1 4 .262
Sean Rodriguez 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .237
Jose Molina C 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 .187
Kevin Kiermaier RF 4 1 4 4 0 0 0 .297
Totals 34 4 8 4 7 7 19  
Batting
HR - Kevin Kiermaier (8)
TB - Matt Joyce, Evan Longoria, Brandon Guyer, Jose Molina, Kevin Kiermaier 7
RBI - Kevin Kiermaier 4 (21)
2-Out RBI - Kevin Kiermaier 4 (9)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Logan Forsythe 4 (31), Brandon Guyer (15), Jose Molina (26)
Team LOB - 11
Baserunning
PO - Kevin Kiermaier (1st by Perez)
Fielding
E - Ben Zobrist (8)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Alex Cobb 6.2 6 2 2 2 7 1 4.14
Grant Balfour (H 6) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.89
Jake McGee (H 11) 0.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1.56
Brad Boxberger (H 7) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.52
Joel Peralta (H 13) 0.1 1 2 2 1 1 0 4.26
Kirby Yates (L 0-1; BS 1) 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 1 2.57
Pitches-Strikes - Alex Cobb 98-63, Grant Balfour 7-3, Jake McGee 14-10, Brad Boxberger 10-7, Joel Peralta 13-6, Kirby Yates 8-5
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Alex Cobb 11-1, Grant Balfour 0-0, Jake McGee 0-0, Brad Boxberger 1-0, Joel Peralta 0-0, Kirby Yates 0-1
Batters Faced - Alex Cobb 29, Grant Balfour 2, Jake McGee 3, Brad Boxberger 2, Joel Peralta 3, Kirby Yates 4
Inherited Runners-Scored - Grant Balfour 2-0, Brad Boxberger 2-0, Kirby Yates 2-2