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Retrosheet Boxscore: Tampa Bay Rays 3, Kansas City Royals 2

Tampa Bay Rays 3, Kansas City Royals 2
Day
Game Played on Thursday, August 4, 2016 (D) at Tropicana Field
KC A 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 1
TB A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 x - 3 4 0
BATTING
Kansas City Royals AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Escobar ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 0
Cuthbert 3b 4 0 1 0 1 3 0 1
Hosmer 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 4 1
Morales dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Dyson pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Perez c 4 0 0 0 0 2 12 1
Gordon lf 4 1 1 2 0 3 1 0
Orlando rf 4 0 3 0 0 0 2 0
Burns cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
Colon 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
Cain ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Kennedy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Strahm p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Soria p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 9 2 2 14 24 4
FIELDING -
E: Cuthbert (9).
BATTING -
2B: Hosmer (20,off Smyly).
HR: Gordon (8,4th inning off Smyly 1 on 2 out).
IBB: Morales (2,by Boxberger).
Team LOB: 9.
Tampa Bay Rays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Forsythe 2b 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
Kiermaier cf 3 1 0 0 1 2 2 0
Longoria 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
Miller ss 2 1 1 3 2 1 0 0
Souza rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
Dickerson dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Franklin lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Shaffer 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 6 0
Casali c 2 0 0 0 1 1 13 1
Smyly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Boxberger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Colome p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 28 3 4 3 6 12 27 3
BATTING -
2B: Longoria (28,off Kennedy); Dickerson (20,off Soria).
HR: Miller (19,8th inning off Soria 2 on 1 out).
Team LOB: 7.
BASERUNNING -
CS: Miller (4,2nd base by Kennedy/Perez).
PITCHING
Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Kennedy 6 1 0 0 4 9 0 23
Strahm 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 4
Soria L(4-5) 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7
Totals 8 4 3 3 6 12 1 34
Kennedy faced 1 batter in the 7th inning
WP: Kennedy (4).
Inherited Runners - Scored: Strahm 1-0.
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Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Smyly 7 5 2 2 1 10 1 27
Boxberger W(1-0) 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 6
Colome SV(26) 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 5
Totals 9 9 2 2 2 14 1 38
IBB: Boxberger (1,Morales).
Umpires: HP - Sam Holbrook, 1B - Gerry Davis, 2B - Carlos Torres, 3B - Rob Drake
Official Scorer: Bill Mathews
Time of Game: 2:42 Attendance: 13120
Starting Lineups:
Kansas City Royals Tampa Bay Rays
1. Escobar ss Forsythe 2b
2. Cuthbert 3b Kiermaier cf
3. Hosmer 1b Longoria 3b
4. Morales dh Miller ss
5. Perez c Souza rf
6. Gordon lf Dickerson dh
7. Orlando rf Franklin lf
8. Burns cf Shaffer 1b
9. Colon 2b Casali c
Kennedy p Smyly p
ROYALS 1ST: Escobar popped to first; Cuthbert was called out on
strikes; Hosmer doubled to left; Morales struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rays 0.
RAYS 1ST: Forsythe was called out on strikes; Kiermaier struck
out; Longoria struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rays
0.
ROYALS 2ND: Perez flied to center; Gordon struck out; Orlando
singled to right; Burns flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, Rays 0.
RAYS 2ND: Miller walked; Miller was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Souza struck out; Dickerson grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rays 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Colon struck out; Escobar struck out; Cuthbert
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rays 0.
RAYS 3RD: Franklin grounded out (second to first); Shaffer
struck out; Casali walked; Forsythe grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rays 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Hosmer singled to second; Morales flied to left;
Perez popped to first; Gordon homered to right-center [Hosmer
scored]; Orlando singled to left; Burns flied to right; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Rays 0.
RAYS 4TH: Kiermaier struck out; Longoria doubled to left; Miller
walked; Souza was called out on strikes; Dickerson grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Rays 0.
ROYALS 5TH: Colon struck out; Escobar grounded out (pitcher to
first); Cuthbert walked; Hosmer lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Royals 2, Rays 0.
RAYS 5TH: Franklin flied to center; Shaffer struck out; Casali
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Rays 0.
ROYALS 6TH: Morales flied to left; Perez struck out; Gordon
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Rays 0.
RAYS 6TH: Forsythe walked; Kennedy threw a wild pitch [Forsythe
to second]; Kiermaier popped to shortstop; Longoria lined to
right; Miller struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Rays
0.
ROYALS 7TH: Orlando flied to right; Burns struck out (catcher to
first); Colon lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2,
Rays 0.
RAYS 7TH: Souza reached on an error by Cuthbert; STRAHM REPLACED
KENNEDY (PITCHING); Dickerson struck out; Franklin walked [Souza
to second]; Shaffer flied to right; Casali struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Rays 0.
ROYALS 8TH: BOXBERGER REPLACED SMYLY (PITCHING); Escobar singled
to center; Cuthbert singled to left [Escobar to second]; Hosmer
grounded out (first unassisted) [Escobar to third, Cuthbert to
second]; Morales was walked intentionally; DYSON RAN FOR
MORALES; Perez struck out; Gordon struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB. Royals 2, Rays 0.
RAYS 8TH: DYSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); SORIA REPLACED
STRAHM (PITCHING); Forsythe singled to center; Kiermaier walked
[Forsythe to second]; Longoria struck out; Miller homered to
right [Forsythe scored, Kiermaier scored]; Souza flied to left;
Dickerson doubled to center; Franklin grounded out (first
unassisted); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Rays 3.
ROYALS 9TH: COLOME REPLACED BOXBERGER (PITCHING); Orlando
singled to center; Burns struck out; CAIN BATTED FOR COLON; Cain
singled to center [Orlando to second]; Escobar grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Orlando to third, Cain to second]; Cuthbert
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Rays 3.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 2 9 1 9
Rays 3 4 0 7
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