Kansas City Royals (4) Tampa Bay Rays (2)

| 2008

Date of Game: Thursday, July 24, 2008
Stadium: Kauffman Stadium

Tampa Bay Rays (AL)	Kansas City Royals (AL)
Record: 59-42	Record: 46-57
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Attendance: 25,900 Time of Game: 2:45

Game Notes:
None listed
Best at-bats

John Buck 2B in 4th inning (14.55)

Ross Gload 1B in 4th inning (12.15)

Mike Aviles 1B in 1st inning (6.82)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Tampa Bay Rays	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	8	0
Kansas City Royals	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	x	4	10	0

Tampa Bay Rays Batting Stats

Tampa Bay Rays	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Akinori Iwamura	2b	29.165	4	0	0	0	0	0	.274	96	219	5	29	5
B.J. Upton	cf	23.337	4	0	0	1	0	0	.270	97	321	6	45	30
Carl Crawford	lf	26.353	4	0	1	0	0	0	.268	95	911	8	48	23
Evan Longoria	3b	22.290	3	1	2	0	1	0	.276	91	91	19	60	6
Carlos Pena	1b	30.068	4	0	1	0	0	2	.230	80	735	15	50	0
Cliff Floyd	dh	35.231	3	0	0	1	0	0	.252	44	1573	7	20	1
Dioner Navarro	c	24.166	4	0	1	0	0	0	.313	74	328	4	35	0
Eric Hinske	rf	30.353	4	0	0	0	0	3	.255	84	854	14	45	7
Jason Bartlett	ss	28.268	3	1	3	0	0	0	.264	78	399	0	20	18
J.P. Howell	p	25.090	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	39	42	0	0	0
Grant Balfour	p	30.206	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	20	99	0	0	0
Dan Wheeler	p	30.226	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	43	362	0	0	0
Totals:			33	2	8	2	1	5	.242	841	5934

Kansas City Royals Batting Stats

Kansas City Royals	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
David DeJesus	lf	28.217	3	1	2	0	1	0	.308	87	593	10	54	9
Mike Aviles	ss	27.133	4	0	1	0	0	1	.312	43	43	4	25	3
Mark Grudzielanek	2b	38.024	3	0	0	1	0	0	.305	81	1767	3	23	2
Jose Guillen	rf	32.068	4	0	0	0	0	1	.262	97	1365	13	66	2
Alex Gordon	3b	24.165	4	1	2	0	0	0	.251	99	250	11	45	4
Billy Butler	dh	22.097	2	1	1	0	2	0	.253	74	166	4	28	0
Ross Gload	1b	32.110	4	1	2	1	0	0	.263	85	446	1	23	3
John Buck	c	28.017	3	0	1	2	1	1	.252	71	487	6	33	0
Mitch Maier	cf	26.024	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250	1	6	0	0	0
Ron Mahay	p	37.026	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	44	406	0	0	0
Joakim Soria	p	24.067	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	42	104	0	0	0
Totals:			31	4	10	4	4	3	.323	724	5633

Game Stats

2B: Jason Bartlett (9), John Buck (17), David DeJesus (16), Ross Gload (12), Alex Gordon (24), Evan Longoria (24)
RBIs: John Buck 2 (33), Cliff Floyd (20), Ross Gload (23), Mark Grudzielanek (23), B.J. Upton (45)
SF: Cliff Floyd (2), Mark Grudzielanek (1)
GDP: Ross Gload (9), Jose Guillen (11), Akinori Iwamura (1)

Tampa Bay Rays Pitching Stats

Tampa Bay Rays	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Matt Garza (L 8-6)	24.256	5	8	4	4	4	0	0	3.83	1.25	82	46	36	19	45
J.P. Howell	25.090	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2.55	1.12	20	12	8	39	72
Grant Balfour	30.206	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.44	0.84	10	8	2	20	100
Dan Wheeler	30.226	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.30	0.95	10	7	3	43	370
Pitching Totals:		8	10	4	4	4	3	0			122	73	49	121	587

Kansas City Royals Pitching Stats

Kansas City Royals	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Gil Meche (W 8-9)	29.319	7	5	0	0	1	4	0	4.30	1.32	100	63	37	22	203
Ron Mahay	37.026	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.87	1.23	22	12	10	44	403
Joakim Soria (Sv 27)	24.067	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	1.60	0.73	13	9	4	42	104
Pitching Totals:		9	8	2	2	1	5	0			135	84	51	108	710

Other Game Information

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Matt Garza 82-46-36; J.P. Howell 20-12-8; Grant Balfour 10-8-2; Dan Wheeler 10-7-3; Gil Meche 100-63-37; Ron Mahay 22-12-10; Joakim Soria 13-9-4;
Batters Faced: Matt Garza 25; J.P. Howell 4; Grant Balfour 3; Dan Wheeler 4; Gil Meche 26; Ron Mahay 4; Joakim Soria 5;
Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 25,900
Umpires: Home: Tom Hallion 1B Jerry Crawford 2B Paul Nauert 3B Brian O'Nora

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