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Kansas City Royals @ Tampa Bay Rays

2009-07-31 · Night game · Tropicana Field · Att: 26596 · 72°F, dome · Wind to CF · 2:54

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Kansas City Royals 8–2. Tampa Bay Rays put up 3 in the 1st. David Price earned the win. Carlos Pena went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: David Price L: Sidney Ponson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Charlie Reliford · 1B: Larry Vanover · 2B: Sam Holbrook · 3B: Dan Iassogna · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
David DeJesus	4	0	1	0	0	1
Willie Bloomquist	4	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Butler	3	0	1	0	1	0
Mark Teahen	4	0	0	0	0	2
Alberto Callaspo	4	2	1	0	0	0
Miguel Olivo	3	0	1	0	0	1
Brayan Pena	2	0	1	1	1	0
Alex Gordon	4	0	0	1	0	0
Yuniesky Betancourt	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Jacobs	1	0	0	0	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
B. J. Upton	5	1	1	0	0	1
Carl Crawford	5	1	3	0	0	1
Evan Longoria	3	1	0	0	2	0
Ben Zobrist	4	1	2	1	0	1
Carlos Pena	2	2	1	3	1	0
Pat Burrell	4	1	2	1	0	1
Gabe Gross	4	0	1	1	0	1
Dioner Navarro	3	1	1	1	1	0
Jason Bartlett	4	0	1	1	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sidney Ponson	4.1	8	3	2
Rob Tejeda	1.2	1	0	2
Juan Cruz	1.0	1	1	1
Roman Colon	1.0	2	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
David Price	7.0	5	2	3
Lance Cormier	1.0	0	0	1
Joe Nelson	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

David DeJesus: 6/F6D-
Willie Bloomquist: 43/G4
Billy Butler: S7
Mark Teahen: K

Bot 1

B. J. Upton: S8/G6M
Carl Crawford: S8/L8LS+.1-2
Evan Longoria: 9/F89D.2-3
Ben Zobrist: K
Carlos Pena: HR/F7LD+.3-H;1-H
Pat Burrell: K

Top 2

Alberto Callaspo: S7
Miguel Olivo: K
Brayan Pena: S9/L9S.1-3
Alex Gordon: 46(1)/FO/G4.3-H
Yuniesky Betancourt: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 2

Gabe Gross: 8/F8LM
Dioner Navarro: 7/L7M
Jason Bartlett: 63/G56

Top 3

David DeJesus: 43/G4
Willie Bloomquist: 43/G4
Billy Butler: 43/G4+

Bot 3

B. J. Upton: 53/G56
Carl Crawford: T9/F8RXD+
Evan Longoria: W
Ben Zobrist: 14/LDP/L15+.3X3(435)

Top 4

Mark Teahen: 63/G6MD
Alberto Callaspo: 43/G4
Miguel Olivo: D8/F78XD+
Brayan Pena: W
Alex Gordon: 31/G34

Bot 4

Carlos Pena: 8/F8LD
Pat Burrell: T7/F78XD+
Gabe Gross: 3/G34S
Dioner Navarro: W
Jason Bartlett: D7/L7LS+.3-H;1-3
B. J. Upton: 8/F89XD

Top 5

Yuniesky Betancourt: 63/G6
David DeJesus: S4/G34
Willie Bloomquist: 4/L4
Billy Butler: POCS2(134)

Bot 5

Carl Crawford: 63/G6
Evan Longoria: W
Ben Zobrist: T9/L9LM+.1-H
Carlos Pena: HP
Pat Burrell: S7/L7S.3-H;1-2
Gabe Gross: WP.2-3
Gabe Gross: S9/G34+.3-H;1-2
Dioner Navarro: 3/LDP/L34+.2X2(36)

Top 6

Billy Butler: W
Mark Teahen: K
Alberto Callaspo: 4/F4D-
Miguel Olivo: 54(1)/FO/G5

Bot 6

Jason Bartlett: K
B. J. Upton: 7/F78M
Carl Crawford: K

Top 7

Brayan Pena: 63/G6
Alex Gordon: 8/F8LM
Yuniesky Betancourt: 5/L56

Bot 7

Evan Longoria: 7/F78M
Ben Zobrist: S9/G34+
Carlos Pena: W.1-2
Pat Burrell: 3/F3F-
Gabe Gross: K

Top 8

David DeJesus: K
Willie Bloomquist: E5/TH1/G5
Billy Butler: 64(1)/FO/G6
Mark Teahen: 7/L7M

Bot 8

Dioner Navarro: HR/F9D+
Jason Bartlett: 8/F78M
B. J. Upton: K
Carl Crawford: S8/G4M+
Evan Longoria: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 9

Alberto Callaspo: E1/TH1/G15.B-3
Mike Jacobs: K
Brayan Pena: 7/SF/F7M.3-H(UR)
Alex Gordon: 8/F8RM

Notes & reviews

HP umpire Charlie Reliford tore his right calf muscle sometime during the second inning
Zobrist hit a line drive off Ponson's left arm which was caught by second baseman Callaspo; Callaspo threw to first baseman Billy Butler who threw to third base to get Carl Crawford before he returned to the bag
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