Major League Baseball
Kansas City Royals
6
Tampa Bay Rays
0
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| TB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kansas City's James Shields sparkled in his return to Tropicana Field, limiting the Tampa Bay Rays to three hits and striking out 10 over seven innings and the Royals beat his former team 6-0 on Monday night.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
A Gordon singled to right, E Hosmer scored.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
E Hosmer doubled to right, L Cain scored.
M Moustakas hit sacrifice fly to right, O Infante scored.
O Infante doubled to right, A Gordon scored, O Infante to third on error by right fielder K Kiermaier.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: in play
O Infante grounded out to shortstop, S Perez scored.
Pitch 4: strike 1 (foul)
A Gordon singled to right, E Hosmer scored, S Perez to third, A Gordon to second advancing on throw.
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
End of the 9th
J Loney grounded out to pitcher.
Pitch 2: in play
B Zobrist to second on fielder's indifference.
Pitch 1: ball 1
J Loney batting
E Longoria fouled out to right.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
E Longoria batting
B Guyer struck out swinging.
Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: ball 1
B Guyer batting
B Zobrist singled to shallow left.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: ball 3
Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
B Zobrist batting
Bottom of the 9th inning
Middle of the 9th
B Butler grounded out to third.
Pitch 1: in play
Showing the last 40 of 581 events.
KC wins series 2-1
Desmond JenningsCF8
Ben ZobristSS18
Matt JoyceLF7
Evan Longoria3B3
James LoneyDH28
Logan Forsythe2B11
Sean Rodriguez1B13
Ryan Michael HaniganC30
Kevin KiermaierRF93
Brandon GuyerPH24
Lorenzo CainRF6
Eric Hosmer1B51
Salvador PerezC13
Alex GordonLF4
Omar Rafael Infante2B14
Mike Moustakas3B18
Billy ButlerDH36
Raul IbanezRF18
Alcides EscobarSS3
Jarrod DysonCF1
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