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Kansas City Royals @ Tampa Bay Rays

2001-04-25 · Night game · Tropicana Field · Att: 8752 · 72°F, dome, dry · Wind L to R · 2:23

Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated Kansas City Royals 5–3. Tampa Bay Devil Rays put up 4 in the 2nd. Paul Wilson earned the win and Esteban Yan picked up the save. Russ Johnson went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	4
TBA	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	8

W: Paul Wilson L: Jeff Suppan SV: Esteban Yan

Umpires — HP: Paul Schrieber · 1B: Tony Randazzo · 2B: Ed Montague · 3B: Jerry Layne · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Luis Alicea	3	0	1	0	1	0
Joe Randa	3	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Beltran	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mark Quinn	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Sweeney	2	1	1	0	2	0
Dee Brown	4	1	1	0	0	1
Raul Ibanez	4	1	1	0	0	2
Hector Ortiz	3	0	0	1	0	0
Rey Sanchez	2	0	0	1	0	1
Dave McCarty	1	0	0	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gerald Williams	3	1	0	0	1	0
Russ Johnson	4	1	2	3	0	1
Greg Vaughn	3	0	0	0	1	2
Fred McGriff	3	0	1	1	1	0
Ben Grieve	3	0	0	0	1	2
Jose Guillen	4	1	1	0	0	1
Vinny Castilla	4	0	1	0	0	1
John Flaherty	3	1	1	1	0	0
Felix Martinez	3	1	2	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jeff Suppan	6.0	8	4	5
Doug Henry	2.0	0	0	2

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Wilson	5.0	4	1	2
Doug Creek	1.0	0	1	2
Tanyon Sturtze	2.0	0	1	1
Esteban Yan	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Luis Alicea: S8/L6MD
Joe Randa: 54(1)3/GDP/G5
Carlos Beltran: K

Bot 1

Gerald Williams: 53/G56+
Russ Johnson: S9/G3
Greg Vaughn: W.1-2
Fred McGriff: S9/G34.2-H;1-2
Ben Grieve: K+CS3(25)/DP/C

Top 2

Mark Quinn: 3/G3
Mike Sweeney: W
Dee Brown: 8/F8LXD+
Raul Ibanez: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 2

Jose Guillen: S9/L34D
Vinny Castilla: S9/G4.1-3
John Flaherty: S8/G6M.3-H;1-2
Felix Martinez: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Gerald Williams: W.2-3;1-2
Russ Johnson: D7/G5+.3-H;2-H;1-H;B-3(THH)
Greg Vaughn: K
Fred McGriff: IW
Ben Grieve: W.1-2
Jose Guillen: K

Top 3

Hector Ortiz: 4/P34D
Rey Sanchez: 8/F8RD
Luis Alicea: 7/F7LM

Bot 3

Vinny Castilla: 6/L6
John Flaherty: 9/F9D
Felix Martinez: S7/G56
Gerald Williams: SB2
Gerald Williams: 3/G3S-

Top 4

Joe Randa: 9/FL/F9LMF
Carlos Beltran: K/C
Mark Quinn: 8/F8RD

Bot 4

Russ Johnson: K/C
Greg Vaughn: 8/F8LM
Fred McGriff: 7/F8LM

Top 5

Mike Sweeney: S/G15+
Dee Brown: S9/L4D+.1-2
Raul Ibanez: S9/G34.2-3;1-2
Hector Ortiz: E6/TH/G6.3-H;2-H;1-3;B-2
Rey Sanchez: 9/SF/F9D+.3-H(UR);2-3
Luis Alicea: 43/G4S
Joe Randa: HP
Carlos Beltran: 9/F89D+

Bot 5

Ben Grieve: K
Jose Guillen: 43/G4
Vinny Castilla: 43/G4

Top 6

Mark Quinn: 9/F9M
Mike Sweeney: W
Dee Brown: K
Raul Ibanez: K

Bot 6

John Flaherty: 7/F7LM
Felix Martinez: S8/L6MD-
Gerald Williams: 7/F7LM
Russ Johnson: CS2(24)

Top 7

Hector Ortiz: 63/G6
Rey Sanchez: K
Luis Alicea: W
Joe Randa: 8/F8RD

Bot 7

Russ Johnson: 63/G6
Greg Vaughn: K
Fred McGriff: 6/P6D

Top 8

Carlos Beltran: 8/F8LXD+
Mark Quinn: 8/F8LD
Mike Sweeney: 2/FL/P2RF

Bot 8

Ben Grieve: 7/F7D
Jose Guillen: 9/F9S-
Vinny Castilla: K

Top 9

Dee Brown: 43/G4
Raul Ibanez: K
Dave McCarty: 2/FL/P2RF