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Kansas City Royals @ Tampa Bay Rays

2012-08-22 · Day game · Tropicana Field · Att: 11892 · 72°F, dome · Wind from RF · 2:54

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Kansas City Royals 5–3. Tampa Bay Rays put up 2 in the 3rd. James Shields earned the win and Fernando Rodney picked up the save. Jose Lobaton went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: James Shields L: Luis Mendoza SV: Fernando Rodney

Umpires — HP: Scott Barry · 1B: Jerry Meals · 2B: Gary Darling · 3B: Paul Emmel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lorenzo Cain	4	0	0	0	0	1
Alcides Escobar	4	1	2	1	0	0
Alex Gordon	4	0	1	1	0	1
Billy Butler	4	0	0	0	0	1
Salvador Perez	4	1	1	0	0	0
Mike Moustakas	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jeff Francoeur	4	0	1	1	0	2
Eric Hosmer	3	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Giavotella	3	1	1	0	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Desmond Jennings	4	0	0	0	1	0
B. J. Upton	5	1	2	0	0	1
Matt Joyce	4	1	1	0	1	0
Evan Longoria	3	0	1	0	0	0
Ben Zobrist	2	0	1	1	1	0
Jeff Keppinger	4	0	2	1	0	0
Carlos Pena	2	1	0	0	2	0
Ryan Roberts	3	0	1	1	1	0
Jose Lobaton	3	1	1	1	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Luis Mendoza	4.1	5	4	0
Louis Coleman	1.1	1	2	0
Tim Collins	0.1	0	0	0
Kelvin Herrera	1.0	2	0	0
Aaron Crow	1.0	1	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
James Shields	7.2	5	1	7
Jake McGee	0.0	1	0	0
Kyle Farnsworth	0.1	0	0	0
Fernando Rodney	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lorenzo Cain: 53/G56S
Alcides Escobar: 7/F7D
Alex Gordon: K

Bot 1

Desmond Jennings: 4/F4D-
B. J. Upton: S4/G6M-
Matt Joyce: 9/F9M
Evan Longoria: SB2
Evan Longoria: 53/G5+

Top 2

Billy Butler: K
Salvador Perez: D8/F78XD+
Mike Moustakas: 3/G3.2-3
Jeff Francoeur: S8/G6M.3-H
Eric Hosmer: 63/G6+

Bot 2

Ben Zobrist: 43/G34
Jeff Keppinger: S8/G6
Carlos Pena: W.1-2
Ryan Roberts: 8/F8LD
Jose Lobaton: 43/G4

Top 3

Johnny Giavotella: 9/F89M
Lorenzo Cain: 9/F9M
Alcides Escobar: S3/F3D-
Alex Gordon: SB2
Alex Gordon: 7/F7D

Bot 3

Desmond Jennings: 13/BG34S
B. J. Upton: S7/L7M+
Matt Joyce: S8/F8LS.1-3(E8)
Evan Longoria: HP.1-2
Ben Zobrist: 7/SF/F7D.3-H
Jeff Keppinger: S8/G4M+.2-H;1-2
Carlos Pena: 3/P3F

Top 4

Billy Butler: 53/G5
Salvador Perez: 9/F9S
Mike Moustakas: 53/G5

Bot 4

Ryan Roberts: W
Jose Lobaton: 8/F8LD+
Desmond Jennings: BK.1-2
Desmond Jennings: 3/P3F
B. J. Upton: 53/G56S-

Top 5

Jeff Francoeur: K
Eric Hosmer: 43/G34
Johnny Giavotella: K

Bot 5

Matt Joyce: W
Evan Longoria: 7/L7D+
Ben Zobrist: W.1-2
Jeff Keppinger: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Top 6

Lorenzo Cain: 9/F89S
Alcides Escobar: 63/G6S-
Alex Gordon: 63/G6

Bot 6

Carlos Pena: W
Ryan Roberts: D8/L78D+.1-H
Jose Lobaton: 13/SH.2-3
Desmond Jennings: IW
B. J. Upton: 3/BP23F
Matt Joyce: 43/G4

Top 7

Billy Butler: 3/G34S
Salvador Perez: 63/G6
Mike Moustakas: W
Jeff Francoeur: K

Bot 7

Evan Longoria: S7/L78M
Ben Zobrist: D9/L9LS.1-H(NR)(E6)(UR)
Jeff Keppinger: 31/G34S-.2-3
Carlos Pena: 9/F9M
Ryan Roberts: 6/L6-

Top 8

Eric Hosmer: K
Johnny Giavotella: S8/G6M
Lorenzo Cain: K
Alcides Escobar: T8/L78D+.1-H
Alex Gordon: S8/G4+.3-H
Billy Butler: 13/G-

Bot 8

Jose Lobaton: HR/F8RXD+
Desmond Jennings: 9/L89D+
B. J. Upton: K
Matt Joyce: 9/F9LM

Top 9

Salvador Perez: 63/G6+
Mike Moustakas: 7/F7LS
Jeff Francoeur: 13/G13

Notes & reviews

Run originally scored as earned, changed to unearned on 8-30-2012
Eric Hosmer objected to the called third strike, thinking it was low; Royals Manager Ned Yost yelled from the bench and was ejected by HP umpire Scott Barry

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