BATTING - HR: Merrifield (16,3rd inning off Cobb 0 on 2 out); Bonifacio (16,6th inning
off Cobb 0 on 2 out); Hosmer (22,7th inning off Jennings 2 on 2 out).
Team LOB: 7.
PITCHING
Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFPCobb L(9-9) 6 7 3 3 0 6 2 26
Boxberger 0.2 1 2 2 1 1 0 4
Jennings 1.1 2 1 1 1 0 1 7
Totals 8 10 6 6 2 7 3 37
Starting Lineups:
Tampa Bay Rays Kansas City Royals
1. Kiermaier cf Merrifield 2b
2. Duda dh Cain cf
3. Longoria 3b Cabrera dh
4. Morrison 1b Hosmer 1b
5. Souza rf Perez c
6. Dickerson lf Moustakas 3b
7. Ramos c Bonifacio rf
8. Miller 2b Moss lf
9. Hechavarria ss Escobar ss
Cobb p Junis p
RAYS 1ST: Kiermaier struck out; Duda flied to center; Longoria
was hit by a pitch; Morrison was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rays 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Merrifield grounded out (third to first); Cain
singled to first; Royals challenged call that Cain was out at
first; call was overturned - single; Cabrera flied to
center; Hosmer was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rays 0, Royals 0.
RAYS 2ND: Souza struck out; Dickerson flied to center; Ramos
lined to pitcher (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Rays 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Moustakas
flied to center; Bonifacio struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rays 0, Royals 0.
RAYS 3RD: Miller was called out on strikes; Hechavarria grounded
out (shortstop to first); Kiermaier grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Moss struck out; Escobar grounded out (second to
first); Merrifield homered to left; Cain reached on an error by
Longoria; Cabrera grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB. Rays 0, Royals 1.
RAYS 4TH: Duda grounded out (pitcher to first); Longoria
grounded out (shortstop to first); Morrison flied to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 0, Royals 1.
ROYALS 4TH: Hosmer singled to center; Cobb threw a wild pitch
[Hosmer to second]; Perez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Moustakas singled to left [Hosmer scored]; Cobb threw a wild
pitch [Moustakas to second]; Bonifacio singled to center
[Moustakas to third]; Cobb threw a wild pitch [Bonifacio to
second]; Moss struck out; Escobar grounded out (third to first);
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rays 0, Royals 2.
RAYS 5TH: Souza grounded out (third to first); Dickerson singled
to right; Ramos struck out; Miller struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Rays 0, Royals 2.
ROYALS 5TH: Merrifield struck out; Cain singled to third;
Royals challenged call that Cain was out at first; call was
overturned - single; Cabrera grounded out (third to first)
[Cain to third]; Hosmer grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rays 0, Royals 2.
RAYS 6TH: Hechavarria was called out on strikes; Kiermaier
singled to right; Duda struck out; Royals challenged call
that last pitch hit Duda; call was overturned - strike
three; Longoria singled to left [Kiermaier to third];
ALEXANDER REPLACED JUNIS (PITCHING); Morrison singled to center
[Kiermaier scored, Longoria to second]; Souza walked [Longoria
to third, Morrison to second]; Dickerson grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rays 1, Royals 2.
ROYALS 6TH: Perez struck out; Moustakas popped to shortstop;
Bonifacio homered to left; Moss flied to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Rays 1, Royals 3.
RAYS 7TH: GORDON REPLACED MOSS (PLAYING LF); MAURER REPLACED
ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Ramos flied to right; Miller homered to
right; Hechavarria grounded out (shortstop to first); Kiermaier
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 2,
Royals 3.
ROYALS 7TH: BOXBERGER REPLACED COBB (PITCHING); Escobar singled
to left; Merrifield grounded out (third to first) [Escobar to
second]; Cain walked; Cabrera struck out; JENNINGS REPLACED
BOXBERGER (PITCHING); Hosmer homered to left-center [Escobar
scored, Cain scored]; Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); 3
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 2, Royals 6.
RAYS 8TH: MINOR REPLACED MAURER (PITCHING); Duda grounded out
(third to first); Longoria struck out; Morrison flied to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 2, Royals 6.
ROYALS 8TH: Moustakas singled to shortstop; Bonifacio flied to
center; Gordon forced Moustakas (third to shortstop); Jennings
threw a wild pitch [Gordon to second]; Escobar walked;
Merrifield forced Gordon (third unassisted) [Escobar to second];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rays 2, Royals 6.
RAYS 9TH: HERRERA REPLACED MINOR (PITCHING); Souza struck out;
Dickerson struck out; Ramos popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Rays 2, Royals 6.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Rays 2 5 1 5
Royals 6 10 0 7
