BATTING - 2B: Escobar (8,off Snell); Hosmer (3,off Snell).
HR: Butera (1,3rd inning off Snell 0 on 0 out).
HBP: Gordon (5,by Pruitt).
GDP: Soler 2 (2,off Snell 2).
Team LOB: 7.
BASERUNNING - SB: Gordon (1,2nd base off Pruitt/Norris); Cain (8,2nd base off Pruitt/Norris);
Hosmer 2 (2,2nd base off Pruitt/Norris,3rd base off Pruitt/Norris).
Starting Lineups:
Kansas City Royals Tampa Bay Rays
1. Escobar ss Dickerson dh
2. Cain cf Miller 2b
3. Hosmer 1b Longoria 3b
4. Perez dh Morrison 1b
5. Soler rf Souza rf
6. Merrifield 2b Rasmus lf
7. Cuthbert 3b Beckham ss
8. Gordon lf Kiermaier cf
9. Butera c Norris c
Karns p Snell p
ROYALS 1ST: Escobar singled to center; Cain was called out on
strikes; Hosmer grounded out (second to first) [Escobar to
second]; Perez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rays
0.
RAYS 1ST: Dickerson doubled to shortstop; Miller singled to
center [Dickerson scored]; Longoria forced Miller (second to
shortstop); Morrison was called out on strikes; Souza lined to
right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rays 1.
ROYALS 2ND: Soler popped to second; Merrifield singled to left;
Cuthbert flied to right; Snell threw a wild pitch [Merrifield to
second]; Gordon grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Royals 0, Rays 1.
RAYS 2ND: Rasmus tripled to center; Beckham struck out;
Kiermaier struck out; Norris struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, Rays 1.
ROYALS 3RD: Butera homered to left; Escobar doubled to left;
Cain singled to center [Escobar scored, Cain scored (error by
Kiermaier) (no RBI)]; Hosmer singled to right; Perez singled to
left [Hosmer to second]; Soler grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Hosmer to third, Perez out at
second]; Merrifield flied to left; 3 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals
3, Rays 1.
RAYS 3RD: Dickerson walked; Miller walked [Dickerson to second];
Longoria singled to left [Dickerson to third, Miller to second];
Morrison struck out; Souza grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Longoria out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Rays 1.
ROYALS 4TH: Cuthbert flied to center; Gordon walked; Butera
forced Gordon (second to shortstop); Escobar popped to second; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Rays 1.
RAYS 4TH: Rasmus struck out; Beckham flied to center; Kiermaier
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Rays
1.
ROYALS 5TH: Cain flied to right; Hosmer doubled to center; Perez
singled to left [Hosmer scored]; Soler grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Perez out at second]; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Rays 1.
RAYS 5TH: Norris popped to catcher; Dickerson flied to center;
Miller struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Rays 1.
ROYALS 6TH: Merrifield singled to center; PRUITT REPLACED SNELL
(PITCHING); Cuthbert hit into a double play to right [Merrifield
out at first (right to first)]; Gordon was hit by a pitch;
Gordon stole second [Gordon to third (error by Norris)]; Butera
singled to center [Gordon scored (unearned)]; Escobar struck
out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Rays 1.
RAYS 6TH: Longoria singled to second; Morrison grounded out
(second to first) [Longoria to second]; Souza struck out; Rasmus
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Rays 1.
ROYALS 7TH: Cain singled to shortstop; Cain stole second; Hosmer
singled to right [Cain to third]; Hosmer stole second [Cain
scored (error by Norris)]; Perez walked; Soler flied to left;
Hosmer stole third; Merrifield struck out; Cuthbert reached on
an error by Miller [Hosmer scored (unearned) (no RBI), Perez to
second]; Gordon was called out on strikes; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E,
2 LOB. Royals 7, Rays 1.
RAYS 7TH: Beckham flied to right; Kiermaier singled to first;
Norris was hit by a pitch [Kiermaier to second]; STRAHM REPLACED
KARNS (PITCHING); Dickerson singled to second [Kiermaier to
third, Norris to second]; Miller was called out on strikes;
Strahm threw a wild pitch [Kiermaier scored, Norris to third,
Dickerson to second]; Longoria walked; Morrison struck out; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 7, Rays 2.
ROYALS 8TH: BOURJOS REPLACED SOUZA (PLAYING RF); WHITLEY
REPLACED PRUITT (PITCHING); Butera flied to right; Escobar
grounded out (third to first); Cain struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 7, Rays 2.
RAYS 8TH: Bourjos was called out on strikes; Rasmus homered to
center; Beckham grounded out (third to first); Kiermaier was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 7, Rays 3.
ROYALS 9TH: ALVARADO REPLACED WHITLEY (PITCHING); Hosmer struck
out; Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Soler lined to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 7, Rays 3.
RAYS 9TH: SORIA REPLACED STRAHM (PITCHING); Norris struck out;
Dickerson singled to shortstop; Miller was called out on
strikes; Longoria grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Royals 7, Rays 3.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 7 13 0 7
Rays 3 9 4 9
