Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 10, Kansas City 4
When: 12:08 PM ET, Monday, August 3, 2009
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Dan Iassogna, 1B - Sam Holbrook, 2B - Larry Vanover, 3B - Mike Estabrook
Attendance: 24219
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final123456789XRHE
Kansas City 01000110104101
Tampa Bay 220110400010130
Team Records
 
Team W/L Home Away Streak
Kansas City 41-64 23-32 18-32 L1
Tampa Bay 58-48 34-18 24-30 W1
Recap Quick Hits
  • With this win, the Tampa Bay Rays have a 34-18 record at home this season. The Kansas City Royals have a 18-32 record on the road.
  • Tampa Bay has a streak of 1 straight up win. The Rays have won 6 of their last 10 games.
  • Kansas City has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Royals have won 4 of their last 10 games.
  • Scott Kazmir pitched 6.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 6.10. Zack Greinke took the loss for Kansas City.
  • Willy Aybar (2) hit homeruns for Tampa Bay. Yuniesky Betancourt had the only homerun for Kansas City.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Kansas City   Tampa Bay
Zack Greinke Player Scott Kazmir
Loss W/L Win
5.0 IP 6.0
9 Strikeouts 5
10 Hits 6
10.80 ERA 4.50
Hitting
Kansas City   Tampa Bay
Yuniesky Betancourt Player Jason Bartlett
2 Hits 3
1 RBI 2
1 HR 0
5 TB 6
.500 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Kansas City 10 1 15 .294 14 7 4 2 0 1
Tampa Bay 13 2 26 .361 22 12 10 7 1 0