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Tampa Bay Rays @ Kansas City Royals

2017-08-28 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 21866 · 77°F, sunny · Wind 10 mph L to R · 2:43

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Kansas City Royals 12–0. Tampa Bay Rays opened the scoring in the 1st — Evan Longoria out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Lorenzo Cain. Kevin Kiermaier scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Lucas Duda homers (25) on a fly ball to right center field. Adeiny Hechavarria scores. Kevin Kiermaier scores — worth 16% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Austin Pruitt L: Ian Kennedy SV: Matt Andriese

Umpires — HP: Marvin Hudson · 1B: Mike Estabrook · 2B: Bill Welke · 3B: Dan Bellino · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kevin Kiermaier	2	2	2	1	2	0
Lucas Duda	4	1	1	3	0	0
Evan Longoria	4	1	1	1	0	0
Logan Morrison	4	2	2	4	1	0
Steven Souza	4	0	0	0	1	0
Corey Dickerson	4	0	1	0	0	1
Wilson Ramos	4	1	1	2	0	0
Brad Miller	4	1	1	0	0	1
Adeiny Hechavarria	3	2	2	0	0	0
Danny Espinosa	1	0	0	0	0	1
Peter Bourjos	0	1	0	0	1	0
Cesar Puello	1	1	1	1	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Whit Merrifield	4	0	0	1
Lorenzo Cain	4	2	0	0
Melky Cabrera	4	0	0	0
Eric Hosmer	3	0	0	1
Salvador Perez	3	0	0	1
Mike Moustakas	3	0	0	0
Brandon Moss	1	0	2	1
Alcides Escobar	3	0	0	0
Alex Gordon	3	0	0	2

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Austin Pruitt	6.0	1	1	6
Matt Andriese	3.0	1	1	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ian Kennedy	2.2	6	2	1
Brian Flynn	2.1	3	0	0
Scott Alexander	1.0	0	0	1
Ryan Buchter	1.0	0	1	0
Peter Moylan	1.0	0	1	0
Kevin McCarthy	1.0	3	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Kevin Kiermaier: D8/F8RS
Lucas Duda: 9/F9D+.2-3
Evan Longoria: 8/SF/F89XD+.3-H
Logan Morrison: W
Steven Souza: 8/F89S

Bot 1

Whit Merrifield: K
Lorenzo Cain: 53/G56
Melky Cabrera: 31/G34

Top 2

Corey Dickerson: K
Wilson Ramos: 9/F9D
Brad Miller: 9/F9M

Bot 2

Eric Hosmer: K
Salvador Perez: K
Mike Moustakas: 31/G34+

Top 3

Adeiny Hechavarria: D9/G3+
Kevin Kiermaier: W
Lucas Duda: HR/F9LD+.2-H;1-H
Evan Longoria: D7/L78D+
Logan Morrison: D8/F8RXD+.2-H
Steven Souza: 63/G6
Corey Dickerson: 8/F8LM
Wilson Ramos: HR/F8LXD+.2-H
Brad Miller: 4/L34

Bot 3

Brandon Moss: W
Alcides Escobar: 8/F8LXD+
Alex Gordon: K
Whit Merrifield: OA.1X2(24)

Top 4

Adeiny Hechavarria: T9/F89D+
Kevin Kiermaier: S8/G6M.3-H
Lucas Duda: 46(1)3/GDP/G34
Evan Longoria: 63/G6

Bot 4

Whit Merrifield: 9/F9S
Lorenzo Cain: D9/L9LM
Melky Cabrera: 9/F89D.2-3
Eric Hosmer: 31/G34

Top 5

Logan Morrison: 7/F7LS
Steven Souza: 9/F9LD
Corey Dickerson: T9/L3D+.BXH(942)

Bot 5

Salvador Perez: 8/L8LD+
Mike Moustakas: 43/G34
Brandon Moss: K

Top 6

Wilson Ramos: 13/G13-
Brad Miller: K
Adeiny Hechavarria: 53/G6S-

Bot 6

Alcides Escobar: 4/L4-
Alex Gordon: K
Whit Merrifield: 53/G5L-

Top 7

Kevin Kiermaier: W
Lucas Duda: 5/F25F-
Evan Longoria: 6/F6-
Logan Morrison: 53/G6S-

Bot 7

Lorenzo Cain: 3/F3F-
Melky Cabrera: 31/G34
Eric Hosmer: 63/G6MD

Top 8

Steven Souza: W
Corey Dickerson: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M
Wilson Ramos: 63/G56

Bot 8

Salvador Perez: 53/G56
Mike Moustakas: 8/F89XD+
Brandon Moss: W
Alcides Escobar: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 9

Brad Miller: S7/G6
Danny Espinosa: K
Peter Bourjos: W.1-2
Cesar Puello: S8/G4M.2-H;1-2
Evan Longoria: 3/F3-
Logan Morrison: HR/F9LD+.2-H;1-H
Steven Souza: 53/G56-

Bot 9

Alex Gordon: 43/G4-
Whit Merrifield: 9/F89D
Lorenzo Cain: D9/L9LS
Melky Cabrera: 23/G2L-

Notes & reviews

umpires reviewed call of in play to be sure it was not home run; call was upheld - double
Rays challenged call that Moss was safe at 2nd; call was overturned - out advancing, not wild pitch
Brian Flynn left with injured groin

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