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Kansas City Royals @ Tampa Bay Rays

2013-06-15 · Day game · Tropicana Field · Att: 18593 · 72°F, dome · 2:52

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Kansas City Royals 5–3. Tampa Bay Rays put up 2 in the 3rd. Alex Torres earned the win and Fernando Rodney picked up the save. Luke Scott went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Alex Torres L: Jeremy Guthrie SV: Fernando Rodney

Umpires — HP: Mark Wegner · 1B: Laz Diaz · 2B: Tim Timmons · 3B: Mike Winters · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alex Gordon	4	0	1	1	1	2
Eric Hosmer	3	0	0	1	1	0
Salvador Perez	5	1	2	1	0	1
Billy Butler	3	0	0	0	1	2
Lorenzo Cain	4	0	0	0	0	2
David Lough	4	0	2	0	0	1
Mike Moustakas	4	1	1	0	0	1
Elliot Johnson	4	1	1	0	0	1
Alcides Escobar	3	0	1	0	1	1

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Matt Joyce	3	1	1	1	1
Ben Zobrist	4	2	2	0	0
Luke Scott	3	1	2	2	1
Evan Longoria	3	1	1	2	0
James Loney	4	0	0	0	0
Desmond Jennings	4	0	1	0	0
Kelly Johnson	3	0	0	0	1
Jose Lobaton	3	0	1	0	1
Yunel Escobar	3	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jeremy Guthrie	7.0	8	3	0
Luke Hochevar	1.0	0	1	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Alex Cobb	4.1	4	3	3
Alex Torres	1.2	0	0	4
Jake McGee	1.0	1	0	1
Joel Peralta	1.0	2	0	2
Fernando Rodney	1.0	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Alex Gordon: K
Eric Hosmer: 6/L6D+
Salvador Perez: S9/L89S
Billy Butler: W.1-2
Lorenzo Cain: 53/G5+

Bot 1

Matt Joyce: 7/F7LM
Ben Zobrist: S9/L9S
Luke Scott: PO1(E3).1-2
Luke Scott: S4/G4.2-3
Evan Longoria: 9/SF/F9D+.3-H(UR)
James Loney: 43/G4

Top 2

David Lough: 3/G3
Mike Moustakas: S9/L9M+
Elliot Johnson: S9/G34.1-2
Alcides Escobar: W.2-3;1-2
Alex Gordon: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Eric Hosmer: 8/SF/L8RD+.3-H;2-3
Salvador Perez: WP.1-2
Salvador Perez: 53/G56

Bot 2

Desmond Jennings: 63/G56
Kelly Johnson: 43/G4
Jose Lobaton: 31/G34

Top 3

Billy Butler: 8/L8LD+
Lorenzo Cain: K
David Lough: S9/L4D-
Mike Moustakas: 53/G56

Bot 3

Yunel Escobar: 8/F8LM
Matt Joyce: 9/L9D+
Ben Zobrist: S8/G4
Luke Scott: HR/F89XD+.1-H
Evan Longoria: 63/G56

Top 4

Elliot Johnson: K
Alcides Escobar: 43/G4+
Alex Gordon: 8/L8LM

Bot 4

James Loney: 43/G4
Desmond Jennings: S8/G6M
Kelly Johnson: 7/F7S
Jose Lobaton: S9/L8RD+.1XH(962)

Top 5

Eric Hosmer: 123
Salvador Perez: K
Billy Butler: K

Bot 5

Yunel Escobar: 63/G6
Matt Joyce: HR/F9D+
Ben Zobrist: 6/F6S-
Luke Scott: 53/G56

Top 6

Lorenzo Cain: K
David Lough: K
Mike Moustakas: 5/F13-

Bot 6

Evan Longoria: HR/F78D+
James Loney: 43/G4
Desmond Jennings: 9/F9D
Kelly Johnson: 43/G4+

Top 7

Elliot Johnson: 63/G6MD
Alcides Escobar: T98/L89D+
Alex Gordon: K
Eric Hosmer: 43/G4

Bot 7

Jose Lobaton: W
Yunel Escobar: 16(1)/FO/BG
Matt Joyce: WP.1-2
Matt Joyce: W
Ben Zobrist: 9/F9D.2-3
Luke Scott: W.1-2
Evan Longoria: 3/F3DF-

Top 8

Salvador Perez: HR/F78XD+
Billy Butler: K
Lorenzo Cain: 9/L9S
David Lough: S8/G4M
Mike Moustakas: K

Bot 8

James Loney: 43/G4
Desmond Jennings: 53/G56S
Kelly Johnson: W
Jose Lobaton: 8/F8RM

Top 9

Elliot Johnson: 3/G34S
Alcides Escobar: K
Alex Gordon: S7/L6D
Eric Hosmer: DI.1-2
Eric Hosmer: WP.2-3
Eric Hosmer: W
Salvador Perez: 63/G6S-

Notes & reviews

Alex Cobb was struck on the right ear by a line drive; he was carried off the field on a stretcher and taken to a hospital suffering from a mild concussion

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