Ejections: KC Manager Ned Yost by Scott Barry [Balls and strikes]
Time of Game: 2:54 Attendance: 11892
Starting Lineups:
Kansas City Royals Tampa Bay Rays
1. Cain cf Jennings lf
2. Escobar ss Upton cf
3. Gordon lf Joyce rf
4. Butler dh Longoria dh
5. Perez c Zobrist ss
6. Moustakas 3b Keppinger 3b
7. Francoeur rf Pena 1b
8. Hosmer 1b Roberts 2b
9. Giavotella 2b Lobaton c
Mendoza p Shields p
ROYALS 1ST: Cain grounded out (third to first); Escobar flied to
left; Gordon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rays 0.
RAYS 1ST: Jennings popped to second; Upton singled to second;
Joyce flied to right; Upton stole second; Longoria grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rays 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Butler was called out on strikes; Perez doubled to
center; Moustakas grounded out (first unassisted) [Perez to
third]; Francoeur singled to center [Perez scored]; Hosmer
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals
1, Rays 0.
RAYS 2ND: Zobrist grounded out (second to first); Keppinger
singled to center; Pena walked [Keppinger to second]; Roberts
flied to center; Lobaton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Rays 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Giavotella flied to right; Cain flied to right;
Escobar singled to first; Escobar stole second; Gordon flied to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Rays 0.
RAYS 3RD: On a bunt Jennings grounded out (pitcher to first);
Upton singled to left; Joyce singled to center [Upton to third
(error by Cain)]; Longoria was hit by a pitch [Joyce to second];
Zobrist out on a sacrifice fly to left [Upton scored]; Keppinger
singled to center [Joyce scored, Longoria to second]; Pena
popped to first; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Rays 2.
ROYALS 4TH: Butler grounded out (third to first); Perez flied to
right; Moustakas grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 1, Rays 2.
RAYS 4TH: Roberts walked; Lobaton flied to center; Mendoza
balked [Roberts to second]; Jennings popped to first; Upton
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1,
Rays 2.
ROYALS 5TH: Francoeur was called out on strikes; Hosmer grounded
out (second to first); Giavotella struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 1, Rays 2.
RAYS 5TH: Joyce walked; Longoria lined to left; Zobrist walked
[Joyce to second]; COLEMAN REPLACED MENDOZA (PITCHING);
Keppinger grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Zobrist out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Rays 2.
ROYALS 6TH: Cain flied to right; Escobar grounded out (shortstop
to first); Gordon grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Rays 2.
RAYS 6TH: Pena walked; Roberts doubled to center [Pena scored];
Lobaton out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Roberts to
third]; Jennings was walked intentionally; On a bunt Upton made
an out to first; COLLINS REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); Joyce
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1,
Rays 3.
ROYALS 7TH: Butler grounded out (first unassisted); Perez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Moustakas walked; Francoeur
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Rays
3.
RAYS 7TH: HERRERA REPLACED COLLINS (PITCHING); Longoria singled
to left; FULD RAN FOR LONGORIA; Zobrist doubled to right [Fuld
scored (error by Escobar) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Run
originally scored as earned, changed to unearned on
8-30-2012; Keppinger grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Zobrist to third]; Pena flied to right; Roberts lined to
shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Rays 4.
ROYALS 8TH: FULD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Hosmer was called
out on strikes; Eric Hosmer objected to the called third
strike, thinking it was low; Royals Manager Ned Yost yelled from
the bench and was ejected by HP umpire Scott Barry;
Giavotella singled to center; Cain struck out; Escobar tripled
to center [Giavotella scored]; MCGEE REPLACED SHIELDS
(PITCHING); Gordon singled to center [Escobar scored];
FARNSWORTH REPLACED MCGEE (PITCHING); Butler grounded out
(pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Rays 4.
RAYS 8TH: CROW REPLACED HERRERA (PITCHING); Lobaton homered to
center; Jennings lined to right; Upton struck out; Joyce flied
to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Rays 5.
ROYALS 9TH: RODNEY REPLACED FARNSWORTH (PITCHING); Perez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Moustakas flied to left;
Francoeur grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 3, Rays 5.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 3 6 2 4
Rays 5 9 0 10
