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Kansas City Royals @ Tampa Bay Rays

2002-08-18 · Day game · Tropicana Field · Att: 10607 · 72°F, dome, dry · Wind to LF · 2:58

Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated Kansas City Royals 8–6. Tampa Bay Devil Rays put up 3 in the 7th. Tanyon Sturtze earned the win. Aubrey Huff went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	9
TBA	1	2	0	0	0	2	3	0		8	12

W: Tanyon Sturtze L: Jeff Suppan SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ed Montague · 1B: Hunter Wendelstedt · 2B: Jerry Layne · 3B: Mike DiMuro · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Aaron Guiel	5	1	1	0	0	1
Carlos Beltran	5	1	1	0	0	2
Mike Sweeney	4	2	2	3	1	0
Raul Ibanez	4	1	2	0	1	0
Kit Pellow	4	1	2	1	0	1
Michael Tucker	3	0	0	0	1	0
Luis Alicea	2	0	0	1	1	2
A. J. Hinch	3	0	0	1	1	2
Luis Ordaz	4	0	1	0	0	2
Joe Randa	1	0	0	0	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brent Abernathy	4	1	2	1	1	1
Carl Crawford	5	0	0	0	0	1
Aubrey Huff	5	1	3	3	0	2
Jared Sandberg	5	1	1	0	0	3
Steve Cox	3	2	1	0	2	1
Toby Hall	4	2	3	1	0	1
Ben Grieve	2	0	1	0	2	0
Jason Conti	3	1	1	0	1	0
Felix Escalona	1	0	0	0	1	0
Randy Winn	1	0	0	1	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jeff Suppan	5.1	8	4	5
Ryan Bukvich	0.2	3	2	0
Jason Grimsley	1.0	1	1	1
Blake Stein	1.0	0	0	3

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tanyon Sturtze	7.0	5	5	7
Wilson Alvarez	2.0	4	0	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Aaron Guiel: 5/FL
Carlos Beltran: K
Mike Sweeney: W
Raul Ibanez: SB2
Raul Ibanez: W
Kit Pellow: K

Bot 1

Brent Abernathy: 53/G5S
Carl Crawford: 13/G13
Aubrey Huff: HR/L78D
Jared Sandberg: K/C

Top 2

Michael Tucker: 6/P6D
Luis Alicea: K/C
A. J. Hinch: K/C

Bot 2

Steve Cox: S9/L9M
Toby Hall: S8/L8LS.1-2
Ben Grieve: W.2-3;1-2
Jason Conti: 46(1)3/GDP/G4S.3-H;2-3
Felix Escalona: WP.3-H
Felix Escalona: W
Brent Abernathy: S4/BR/G4S.1X2(4)

Top 3

Luis Ordaz: K/C
Aaron Guiel: S8/L8RS
Carlos Beltran: K
Mike Sweeney: D8/L8RD.1-H
Raul Ibanez: S5/G5.2-3
Kit Pellow: S9/G34.3-H;1-2
Michael Tucker: W.2-3;1-2
Luis Alicea: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
A. J. Hinch: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Luis Ordaz: 3/G3

Bot 3

Carl Crawford: 7/F7LM
Aubrey Huff: K
Jared Sandberg: K+WP.B-1
Steve Cox: 7/F7M

Top 4

Aaron Guiel: 43/G4S
Carlos Beltran: 43/G4
Mike Sweeney: 9/L89D

Bot 4

Toby Hall: D9/G3
Ben Grieve: W
Jason Conti: 1/BP25
Felix Escalona: 54(1)/FO/G56.2-3
Brent Abernathy: K

Top 5

Raul Ibanez: 13/G15
Kit Pellow: 63/G56
Michael Tucker: 8/L8RXD

Bot 5

Carl Crawford: 63/G6
Aubrey Huff: S9/L4D
Jared Sandberg: 4/P4MD
Steve Cox: W.1-2
Toby Hall: WP.2-3;1-2
Toby Hall: K

Top 6

Luis Alicea: K
A. J. Hinch: 8/F8LD
Luis Ordaz: S8/G6M
Aaron Guiel: CS2(26)

Bot 6

Ben Grieve: S7/F78S
Jason Conti: S8/F8RS.1-2
Felix Escalona: 14/SH/BG25.2-3;1-2
Brent Abernathy: W
Carl Crawford: 12(3)/FO/G15.2-3;1-2
Aubrey Huff: S7/L7M.3-H;2-H;1-2;BX1(723)

Top 7

Aaron Guiel: 43/G34
Carlos Beltran: 8/F8RM
Mike Sweeney: 9/F9M

Bot 7

Jared Sandberg: D7/L7M
Steve Cox: W
Toby Hall: D9/L9LM.2-H;1-3
Ben Grieve: 3/G3
Jason Conti: IW
Randy Winn: 46(1)/FO/G4S.3-H;2-3
Brent Abernathy: S5/G25.3-H;1-2
Carl Crawford: K

Top 8

Raul Ibanez: S8/F8LS
Kit Pellow: S7/L7S.1-2
Michael Tucker: 7/F78S
Joe Randa: K
A. J. Hinch: K

Bot 8

Aubrey Huff: K23
Jared Sandberg: K
Steve Cox: K

Top 9

Luis Ordaz: K
Aaron Guiel: K
Carlos Beltran: S8/F8LS
Mike Sweeney: HR/F8LXD.1-H
Raul Ibanez: 8/F8RD

Notes & reviews

Sheets injured his left shin in a collision with Brent Abernathy

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