Starting Lineups:
Tampa Bay Rays Kansas City Royals
1. Hechavarria ss Merrifield 2b
2. Cron 1b Soler rf
3. Duffy 3b Moustakas dh
4. Ramos c Perez c
5. Robertson 2b Jay lf
6. Miller dh Cuthbert 3b
7. Field cf Gordon cf
8. Gomez rf Escobar ss
9. Refsnyder lf Dozier 1b
Yarbrough p Skoglund p
RAYS 1ST: Hechavarria lined to center; Cron doubled to right;
Duffy singled to right [Cron scored]; Ramos grounded into a
double play (pitcher to second to first) [Duffy out at second];
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Merrifield singled to center; Yarbrough threw a wild
pitch [Merrifield to second]; Soler struck out; Moustakas lined
to shortstop; Perez walked; Jay grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rays 1, Royals 0.
RAYS 2ND: Robertson grounded out (second to first); Miller
grounded out (second to first); Field singled to right; Gomez
singled to center [Field to third]; Refsnyder forced Gomez
(third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rays 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Cuthbert was called out on strikes; Gordon grounded
out (second to first); Escobar walked; Dozier was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rays 1, Royals 0.
RAYS 3RD: Hechavarria struck out; Cron grounded out (second to
first); Duffy grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Rays 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Merrifield homered to left; Soler grounded out
(third to first); Moustakas singled to left; Perez grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Moustakas out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 1, Royals 1.
RAYS 4TH: Ramos struck out; Robertson lined to right; Miller
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 1, Royals 1.
ROYALS 4TH: Jay was called out on strikes; Cuthbert flied to
center; Gordon grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Rays 1, Royals 1.
RAYS 5TH: Field grounded out (shortstop to first); Gomez
grounded out (pitcher to first); Refsnyder grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 1, Royals 1.
ROYALS 5TH: Escobar singled to left; Dozier flied to left;
Merrifield singled to left [Escobar to second]; Soler walked
[Escobar to third, Merrifield to second]; Moustakas grounded
into a double play (pitcher to catcher to first) [Escobar out at
home]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rays 1, Royals 1.
RAYS 6TH: Hechavarria doubled to center; Cron flied to left;
Duffy singled to right [Hechavarria scored]; Duffy was picked
off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second);
Ramos grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rays 2, Royals 1.
ROYALS 6TH: ROE REPLACED YARBROUGH (PITCHING); Perez popped to
second; Jay grounded out (shortstop to first); Cuthbert struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 2, Royals 1.
RAYS 7TH: Robertson grounded out (pitcher to first); Miller
flied to left; Field grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 2, Royals 1.
ROYALS 7TH: VENTERS REPLACED ROE (PITCHING); Gordon grounded out
(first to pitcher); ROMO REPLACED VENTERS (PITCHING); Escobar
grounded out (shortstop to first); Dozier grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 2, Royals 1.
RAYS 8TH: GOINS REPLACED CUTHBERT (PLAYING 3B); Gomez struck out
(catcher to first); Rays challenged call that Gomez was out
at first; call was upheld - out at first after strikeout;
Refsnyder grounded out (shortstop to first); Hechavarria singled
to center; ADAM REPLACED SKOGLUND (PITCHING); Cron struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rays 2, Royals 1.
ROYALS 8TH: FIELD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); SMITH REPLACED
REFSNYDER (PLAYING CF); Merrifield flied to center; Soler
grounded out (third to first); ALVARADO REPLACED ROMO
(PITCHING); Moustakas flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rays 2, Royals 1.
RAYS 9TH: Duffy singled to center; Ramos struck out; Duffy was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); Robertson was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rays 2, Royals 1.
ROYALS 9TH: COLOME REPLACED ALVARADO (PITCHING); Perez flied to
right; Jay tripled to left; Goins was called out on strikes;
Gordon grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rays 2, Royals 1.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Rays 2 8 0 3
Royals 1 6 0 6
