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Kansas City Royals @ Tampa Bay Rays

2018-08-23 · Night game · Tropicana Field · Att: 9088 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:51

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Kansas City Royals 4–3. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 1st — Lucas Duda singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Carlos Gomez. Alex Gordon scores. Tampa Bay Rays took the lead in the 3rd — Willy Adames singles on a soft ground ball to third baseman Hunter Dozier. Jake Bauers scores. C.J. Cron to 2nd. Kansas City Royals took the lead in the 5th — Salvador Perez out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Kevin Kiermaier. Whit Merrifield scores. Alex Gordon to 3rd. Tampa Bay Rays took the lead in the 9th — Kevin Kiermaier reaches on a throwing error by first baseman Ryan O'Hearn. Jake Bauers scores. C.J. Cron to 3rd. Willy Adames to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Royals challenged (slide interference), call on the field was overturned: Kevin Kiermaier grounds into a double play, second baseman Whit Merrifield to shortstop Alcides Escobar to first baseman Ryan O'Hearn. Willy Adames out at 2nd. Kevin Kiermaier out at 1st — worth 24% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	7
TBA	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	11

W: Sergio Romo L: Brian Flynn SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Libka · 1B: Scott Barry · 2B: Carlos Torres · 3B: Paul Nauert · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whit Merrifield	4	1	3	0	0	0
Alex Gordon	3	1	2	1	1	0
Salvador Perez	3	0	0	1	0	1
Lucas Duda	3	0	1	1	1	1
Rosell Herrera	4	0	0	0	0	3
Ryan O'Hearn	4	0	0	0	0	1
Hunter Dozier	4	0	1	0	0	1
Brett Phillips	4	0	0	0	0	2
Alcides Escobar	3	1	0	0	1	1

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mallex Smith	5	0	3	0	0	0
Matt Duffy	4	2	2	0	1	2
Jake Bauers	4	2	2	0	1	1
C. J. Cron	4	0	2	0	0	1
Joey Wendle	2	0	0	1	2	0
Willy Adames	3	0	1	1	2	2
Kevin Kiermaier	5	0	0	0	0	1
Carlos Gomez	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jesus Sucre	3	0	1	0	0	0
Ji-Man Choi	1	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Perez	1	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Danny Duffy	5.0	6	2	7
Kevin McCarthy	1.1	3	0	0
Tim Hill	0.0	0	1	0
Jake Newberry	0.2	0	1	0
Brandon Maurer	1.0	1	0	2
Brian Flynn	0.1	1	2	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tyler Glasnow	5.0	5	3	8
Adam Kolarek	2.0	2	0	0
Jose Alvarado	1.0	0	0	2
Sergio Romo	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whit Merrifield: 63/G6S-
Alex Gordon: D9/L3D+
Salvador Perez: K
Lucas Duda: SB3
Lucas Duda: S9/L9S+.3-H
Rosell Herrera: K

Bot 1

Mallex Smith: S5/G5S-
Matt Duffy: SB2
Matt Duffy: K
Jake Bauers: K
C. J. Cron: HP
Joey Wendle: W.2-3;1-2
Willy Adames: K

Top 2

Ryan O'Hearn: 4/F4S-
Hunter Dozier: 3/F34
Brett Phillips: K

Bot 2

Kevin Kiermaier: K
Carlos Gomez: 8/L8LM
Jesus Sucre: 9/F9LM

Top 3

Alcides Escobar: K
Whit Merrifield: S9/G34+
Alex Gordon: SB2
Alex Gordon: W
Salvador Perez: 9/F89M.2-3
Lucas Duda: SB2
Lucas Duda: 9/F9D

Bot 3

Mallex Smith: 8/F78M
Matt Duffy: S9/L4D
Jake Bauers: S8/L4MD+.1-2
C. J. Cron: S5/G56+.2-3;1-2
Joey Wendle: 9/SF/F89D.3-H;2-3
Willy Adames: S5/G56S-.3-H;1-2
Kevin Kiermaier: 8/L8LM

Top 4

Rosell Herrera: 9/L9M
Ryan O'Hearn: K
Hunter Dozier: K

Bot 4

Carlos Gomez: K
Jesus Sucre: 8/F89M
Mallex Smith: D9/L8RS
Matt Duffy: W
Jake Bauers: 8/F8RXD+

Top 5

Brett Phillips: K
Alcides Escobar: W
Whit Merrifield: S9/G34.1-2
Alex Gordon: S9/L9S.2-H;1-3;B-2
Salvador Perez: 8/SF/F8RD+.3-H;2-3
Lucas Duda: IW
Rosell Herrera: K

Bot 5

C. J. Cron: K
Joey Wendle: 8/L8LM
Willy Adames: K

Top 6

Ryan O'Hearn: 53/G6S-
Hunter Dozier: S67/G6+
Brett Phillips: 46(1)/FO/G4S-
Alcides Escobar: 9/F89S

Bot 6

Kevin Kiermaier: 13/G13+
Carlos Gomez: 63/G6
Jesus Sucre: S6/G6+
Mallex Smith: 43/G4

Top 7

Whit Merrifield: S8/L8RM+
Alex Gordon: 36(1)1/GDP/G34S
Salvador Perez: 7/L78M

Bot 7

Matt Duffy: S7/L56D+
Jake Bauers: S7/G6+.1-2
C. J. Cron: 4(1)/FO/G6M+.2-H(NR);B-2(E4)
Joey Wendle: W
Willy Adames: W.2-3;1-2
Kevin Kiermaier: 46(1)3/DP/RINT

Top 8

Lucas Duda: K
Rosell Herrera: K
Ryan O'Hearn: 43/G4+

Bot 8

Ji-Man Choi: 43/G34
Michael Perez: K
Mallex Smith: D8/F8RXD+
Matt Duffy: K

Top 9

Hunter Dozier: 53/G56S-
Brett Phillips: 8/F8LS
Alcides Escobar: 43/G4MD

Bot 9

Jake Bauers: W
C. J. Cron: S9/L9S.1-3
Joey Wendle: 63/G6S+.1-2
Willy Adames: IW
Kevin Kiermaier: E3/G34S.3-H(UR)(NR);2-3;1-2

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Royals challenged call that Adames did not interfere at 2nd; call was overturned - interference to complete double play and erase run that had scored
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