Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 4, Tampa Bay 1
When: 1:38 PM ET, Sunday, August 2, 2009
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Mike Estabrook, 1B - Dan Iassogna, 2B - Sam Holbrook, 3B - Larry Vanover
Attendance: 27930
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Team Records
 
Team W/L Home Away Streak
Kansas City 41-63 23-32 18-31 W1
Tampa Bay 57-48 33-18 24-30 L1
Recap Quick Hits
  • With this loss, the Tampa Bay Rays have a 33-18 record at home this season. The Kansas City Royals have a 18-31 record on the road.
  • Tampa Bay has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Rays have won 5 of their last 10 games.
  • Kansas City has a streak of 1 straight up win. The Royals have won 4 of their last 10 games.
  • Brian Bannister pitched 7.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 3.59. Joakim Soria closed out the game to get the save and has 18 saves for the season. James Shields took the loss for Tampa Bay.
  • Ben Zobrist had the only homerun for Tampa Bay.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Kansas City   Tampa Bay
Brian Bannister Player James Shields
Win W/L Loss
7.0 IP 7.1
7 Strikeouts 6
5 Hits 2
0.00 ERA 1.23
Hitting
Kansas City   Tampa Bay
Mitch Maier Player Evan Longoria
2 Hits 2
3 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 2
.667 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Kansas City 5 0 5 .156 14 9 3 4 1 0
Tampa Bay 7 1 11 .212 10 10 1 0 1 2