Kansas City Royals vs. Tampa Bay Rays - Box Score - June 04, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Jun 4, 2009

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Tampa Bay won 3-0

Game 1: Tuesday, June 2
Kansas City	2	Final
Tampa Bay	6	Final
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Game 2: Wednesday, June 3
Kansas City	0	Final
Tampa Bay	9	Final
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Game 3: Thursday, June 4
Kansas City	2	Final
Tampa Bay	3	Final
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Royals 2

(23-30, 8-15 away)

Rays 3

(28-28, 16-11 home)

Alerts

4:08 PM ET, June 4, 2009

Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0
TB	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	-	3	8	0

W: J. Shields (5-4)

L: J. Wright (0-2)

S: J. Howell (2)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
C Crisp CF	4	1	0	0	0	1	13	.228	.337	.389
A Callaspo 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	15	.298	.351	.438
T Pena SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.111	.059
B Butler 1B	4	0	3	2	0	0	17	.288	.348	.440
M Jacobs DH	4	0	0	0	0	2	17	.232	.310	.446
J Guillen RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	11	.255	.356	.397
M Teahen 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	13	.277	.346	.431
M Olivo C	3	0	0	0	0	3	13	.239	.264	.419
D DeJesus LF	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	.237	.289	.382
W Bloomquist SS-2B	3	1	1	0	0	0	11	.286	.357	.398
Totals	32	2	6	2	0	9	114
BATTING 2B: D DeJesus (10, J Shields); B Butler (16, J Shields) RBI: B Butler 2 (25) 2-out RBI: B Butler 2 GIDP: A Callaspo, J Guillen Royals RISP: 2-7 (A Callaspo 0-1, W Bloomquist 1-1, M Jacobs 0-2, C Crisp 0-1, J Guillen 0-1, B Butler 1-1) Team LOB: 3

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
G Meche	6.0	6	1	1	5	2	1	110-63	4.08
J Bale (H, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	19-11	6.23
J Wright (L, 0-2; B, 3)	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	20-13	4.05
Totals	8.0	8	3	3	6	5	2	149-87
PITCHING G Meche pitched to 1 batter in the 7th WP: G Meche First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: G Meche 16/29; J Bale 2/4; J Wright 3/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: G Meche 14-9-19-21; J Bale 3-3-4-1; J Wright 3-2-4-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: G Meche 6-10; J Bale 0-1; J Wright 2-0 Game Scores: G Meche 53

Tampa Bay Rays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
B Upton CF	4	1	1	2	1	1	15	.218	.314	.325
C Crawford LF	4	1	2	1	1	1	26	.327	.391	.457
W Aybar 3B	3	0	0	0	1	0	16	.252	.369	.393
C Pena 1B	2	0	0	0	2	1	25	.226	.366	.549
B Zobrist 2B	3	0	0	0	1	0	14	.296	.410	.644
M Joyce RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	16	.240	.296	.640
J Dillon DH	4	0	3	0	0	0	11	.333	.375	.533
M Hernandez C	4	1	1	0	0	0	12	.286	.314	.388
R Brignac SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	14	.233	.258	.367
Totals	32	3	8	3	6	5	149
BATTING 3B: R Brignac (1, G Meche) HR: C Crawford (4, 7th inning off G Meche 0 on, 0 Out); B Upton (3, 8th inning off J Wright 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: C Crawford (26), B Upton 2 (13) 2-out RBI: B Upton 2 Rays RISP: 0-13 (B Zobrist 0-3, M Joyce 0-3, W Aybar 0-2, R Brignac 0-2, C Crawford 0-1, B Upton 0-2) Team LOB: 11
BASERUNNING SB: C Crawford (34, 2nd base off G Meche/M Olivo); B Zobrist (6, 2nd base off J Bale/M Olivo)
FIELDING DP: 2 (J Shields-M Hernandez-C Pena, W Aybar-C Pena).

Tampa Bay Rays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Shields (W, 5-4)	8.0	6	2	2	0	8	0	107-77	3.40
J Howell (S, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7-6	2.28
Totals	9.0	6	2	2	0	9	0	114-83
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Shields 23/29; J Howell 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Shields 18-20-19-20; J Howell 2-1-1-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Shields 9-7; J Howell 1-1 Game Scores: J Shields 70

Scoring Summary

			KC	TB
	3rd	B Butler doubled to deep right center, W Bloomquist and C Crisp scored.	2	0
	7th	C Crawford homered to right.	2	1
	8th	B Upton homered to left, M Hernandez scored.	2	3
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Game Information

Stadium	Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL
Attendance	16,103 (47.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:41
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Dan Iassogna, First Base - Sam Holbrook, Second Base - Charlie Reliford, Third Base - Larry Vanover