Kansas City Royals vs. Tampa Bay Rays - Box Score - July 07, 2008 - ESPN

Scores for Jul 7, 2008

Final in 10

Series: Game 4 of 4

Tampa Bay won 3-1

Game 1: Friday, July 4
Kansas City	2	Final
Tampa Bay	11	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, July 5
Kansas City	0	Final
Tampa Bay	3	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, July 6
Kansas City	2	Final
Tampa Bay	9	Final
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Game 4: Monday, July 7
Kansas City	7	Final in 10
Tampa Bay	4	Final in 10
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Royals 7

(40-50, 21-29 away)

Rays 4

(55-33, 36-14 home)

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12:40 PM ET, July 7, 2008

Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
KC	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	12	2
TB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	11	1

W: J. Soria (1-1)

L: D. Wheeler (2-4)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
D DeJesus LF	6	0	3	2	0	1	1	.316
J Gathright CF	5	0	1	0	0	0	3	.251
A Gordon 3B	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	.253
B Butler DH	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	.263
E German PR-DH	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.176
M Teahen RF	5	1	1	0	0	2	5	.252
R Gload 1B	3	2	1	1	2	0	0	.268
J Buck C	5	2	2	3	0	0	1	.248
M Aviles 2B	5	1	3	1	0	1	2	.287
T Pena SS	5	0	0	0	0	3	4	.155
Totals	42	7	12	7	3	8	20
BATTING 3B: D DeJesus (4, M Garza) HR: J Buck (4, 10th inning off D Wheeler 2 on, 1 Out); M Aviles (4, 10th inning off D Wheeler 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: D DeJesus 2 (45), R Gload (18), J Buck 3 (26), M Aviles (16) 2-out RBI: D DeJesus 2, R Gload GIDP: J Gathright Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Gathright 1, A Gordon 1, M Teahen 3 Team LOB: 9
FIELDING E: J Buck (4, throw); R Gload (2, ground ball)

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
G Meche	5.1	7	2	2	4	5	0	115-71	4.67
R Mahay (H, 14)	2.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	31-20	1.94
R Ramirez (H, 11)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9-5	2.61
J Soria (W, 1-1; B, 2)	2.0	3	2	2	0	3	2	36-27	1.62
Totals	10.0	11	4	4	4	12	2	191-123
PITCHING Batters faced: G Meche 28; R Mahay 7; R Ramirez 2; J Soria 9 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: G Meche 3-8; R Mahay 0-2; R Ramirez 2-0; J Soria 2-1 Game Scores: G Meche 47

Tampa Bay Rays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
A Iwamura 2B	4	1	1	0	2	0	1	.277
C Crawford CF-LF	5	1	1	0	0	2	6	.287
C Pena 1B	5	1	1	1	0	2	8	.232
E Longoria 3B	5	0	2	1	0	2	4	.283
C Floyd DH	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	.263
a-W Aybar PH-DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.261
J Gomes LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.191
G Gross CF	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.237
D Navarro C	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	.317
E Hinske RF	5	1	3	1	0	0	3	.264
B Zobrist SS	4	0	0	0	1	3	4	.257
Totals	42	4	11	3	4	12	33
a-flied out to right for C Floyd in the 7th
BATTING 2B: A Iwamura (16, G Meche); D Navarro (15, R Mahay) HR: C Pena (13, 9th inning off J Soria 0 on, 1 Out); E Hinske (14, 10th inning off J Soria 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: E Longoria (53), C Pena (46), E Hinske (45) Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: B Zobrist 1, C Pena 1, A Iwamura 1, G Gross 1, E Longoria 3, D Navarro 1 Team LOB: 12
BASERUNNING SB: C Crawford (23, 2nd base off G Meche/J Buck)
FIELDING E: E Longoria (6, throw) DP: 1 (D Navarro-B Zobrist-C Pena).

Tampa Bay Rays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
M Garza	6.2	9	3	3	2	5	0	109-77	3.51
J Howell	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	20-12	2.83
T Miller	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12-8	3.42
D Wheeler (L, 2-4)	1.0	2	4	3	1	0	2	20-11	2.43
Totals	10.0	12	7	6	3	8	2	161-108
PITCHING IBB: R Gload (By D Wheeler) HBP: A Gordon (By M Garza) Batters faced: M Garza 31; J Howell 5; T Miller 3; D Wheeler 7 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: M Garza 8-7; J Howell 0-2; T Miller 1-1; D Wheeler 2-1 Game Scores: M Garza 47

Scoring Summary

			KC	TB
	1st	C Crawford stole second, A Iwamura scored, C Crawford safe at third on throwing error by catcher J Buck.	0	1
	1st	E Longoria singled to left, C Crawford scored.	0	2
	2nd	D DeJesus tripled to deep center, R Gload and J Buck scored.	2	2
	3rd	R Gload singled to center, M Teahen scored.	3	2
	9th	C Pena homered to right.	3	3
	10th	J Buck homered to left, E German and R Gload scored.	6	3
	10th	M Aviles homered to left.	7	3
	10th	E Hinske homered to right center.	7	4
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