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Tampa Bay Rays @ Kansas City Royals

2014-04-07 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 12087 · 61°F, cloudy · Wind 16 mph L to R · 2:56

Kansas City Royals defeated Tampa Bay Rays 4–2. Kansas City Royals put up 3 in the 6th. Jason Vargas earned the win and Greg Holland picked up the save. Ben Zobrist went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Jason Vargas L: Matt Moore SV: Greg Holland

Umpires — HP: Brian Knight · 1B: Quinn Wolcott · 2B: Gerry Davis · 3B: Phil Cuzzi · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Desmond Jennings	3	0	0	0	1	1
Wil Myers	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ben Zobrist	4	1	2	1	0	0
Evan Longoria	4	0	3	0	0	0
Logan Forsythe	4	1	0	0	0	0
James Loney	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sean Rodriguez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Hanigan	3	0	0	0	0	0
Yunel Escobar	3	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Joyce	1	0	1	1	0	0
David DeJesus	1	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nori Aoki	4	1	2	0	0	1
Omar Infante	2	0	1	0	1	0
Eric Hosmer	4	0	1	1	0	0
Billy Butler	4	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Gordon	4	1	1	0	0	0
Salvador Perez	2	1	1	0	2	0
Mike Moustakas	3	0	0	0	1	2
Lorenzo Cain	4	1	1	0	0	1
Alcides Escobar	3	0	1	3	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Matt Moore	4.1	4	2	2
Cesar Ramos	1.0	1	1	1
Heath Bell	2.2	3	1	2

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jason Vargas	8.0	4	1	2
Greg Holland	1.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Desmond Jennings: K
Wil Myers: K
Ben Zobrist: 9/F9D+

Bot 1

Nori Aoki: T7/L7M+
Omar Infante: 4/F4D-
Eric Hosmer: S7/G56+.3-H
Billy Butler: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Top 2

Evan Longoria: D7/F7D+
Logan Forsythe: 8/F8RXD+.2-3
James Loney: 3/G34S-
Sean Rodriguez: 13/G

Bot 2

Alex Gordon: 3/G3+
Salvador Perez: W
Mike Moustakas: W.1-2
Lorenzo Cain: 65(2)/FO/G56.1-2
Alcides Escobar: 43/G4S-

Top 3

Ryan Hanigan: 8/F8LXD+
Yunel Escobar: 63/G6
Desmond Jennings: W
Wil Myers: 63/G56

Bot 3

Nori Aoki: S7/L7LS
Omar Infante: S7.1-2
Eric Hosmer: 46(1)/FO/G4.2-3
Billy Butler: 6/L6
Alex Gordon: 7/F7D

Top 4

Ben Zobrist: 8/F8RD
Evan Longoria: 8/F89XD+
Logan Forsythe: 3/F2RF-

Bot 4

Salvador Perez: 43/G4
Mike Moustakas: K
Lorenzo Cain: K

Top 5

James Loney: 7/F7LM
Sean Rodriguez: 7/F78D
Ryan Hanigan: 6E3/G56.B-1
Yunel Escobar: 64(1)/FO/G6+

Bot 5

Alcides Escobar: 3/G3
Nori Aoki: K
Omar Infante: W
Eric Hosmer: 8/F8LM

Top 6

Desmond Jennings: 8/F78XD+
Wil Myers: 7/L7D+
Ben Zobrist: S7/G6
Evan Longoria: S8/G6.1-3
Logan Forsythe: 53/G56

Bot 6

Billy Butler: 53/G56
Alex Gordon: S9/L9M
Salvador Perez: S9/G34.1-2
Mike Moustakas: K
Lorenzo Cain: S6/G6S-.2-3;1-2
Alcides Escobar: D7/F7LD+.3-H;2-H;1-H
Nori Aoki: WP.2-3
Nori Aoki: 63/G6M-

Top 7

James Loney: 7/F7M
Sean Rodriguez: 63/G6+
Ryan Hanigan: 8/F8RXD+

Bot 7

Omar Infante: HP
Eric Hosmer: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M
Billy Butler: K23

Top 8

Yunel Escobar: 8/F8LD
Desmond Jennings: 53/G5S-
Wil Myers: 43/MREV/G4-

Bot 8

Alex Gordon: 3/G34
Salvador Perez: W
Mike Moustakas: 8/F8LXD+
Lorenzo Cain: 54(1)/FO/G56-

Top 9

Ben Zobrist: HR/F7LD+
Evan Longoria: S5/G15-
Logan Forsythe: 64(1)/FO/G6
James Loney: 43/G4S-.1-2
Matt Joyce: S9/L9S+.2-H
David DeJesus: K

Notes & reviews

Rays pitcher Matt Moore left the game due to an injured elbow
Infante hit on jaw, received cut that required six stitches, left field under own power
replay,8,myerw001,TBA,davig901,KAN06,,N,M,TBA,C $Rays manager Joe Maddon challenged the call at 1B, which was confirmed by replay

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