KC 4 vs TBY 2

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Kansas City Royals At 2008 Tampa Bay D-Rays          3/29/2008
 
  Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG     D-Rays             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Dejesus CF        5  1  2  0 .313     C.Crawford LF       5  0  2  2 .400  
  M.Grudzielanek 2B   4  1  1  0 .294     A.Iwamura 2B        4  0  1  0 .143  
  A.Gordon 3B         4  2  2  4 .267     E.Longoria 3B       5  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Guillen LF        3  0  2  0 .313     B.Upton CF          3  1  0  0 .000  
  M.Teahen RF         3  0  1  0 .286     C.Pena 1B           2  1  0  0 .400  
  B.Butler DH         4  0  0  0 .375     E.Hinske RF         3  1  1  1 .500  
  R.Gload 1B          4  0  1  0 .200     B.Zobrist DH        3  0  0  0 .000  
  M.Olivo C           4  0  1  0 .143     J.Bartlett SS       4  0  0  0 .143  
  M.Aviles SS         4  0  1  0 .214     D.Navarro C         4  0  1  0 .250  
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         Totals      35  4 11  4                 Totals      33  3  5  3
 
 
Royals.......... 0 0 3  0 0 0  0 1 0  -  4 11  2
D-Rays.......... 0 0 0  1 0 2  0 0 0  -  3  5  0
 
Royals (3-1)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
L.Hochevar                5       4   3   3   4   3   0 102   5.40
R.Tejeda WIN(1-0) BS(1st) 2       1   0   0   1   4   0  32   0.00
B.Duckworth HOLD(1st)     1       0   0   0   0   1   0   8   6.75
J.Soria SAVE(2nd)         1       0   0   0   0   0   0   7   0.00
Totals                    9       5   3   3   5   8   0
 
D-Rays (0-2)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
A.Sonnanstin              6       9   3   3   1   2   1 104   4.50
G.Balfour LOSS(0-1)       1       2   1   1   1   2   1  22   9.00
D.Wheeler                 2       0   0   0   0   1   0  19   0.00
Totals                    9      11   4   4   2   5   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 29,965 DATE-  TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Brian Gorman, Bruce Dreckman, Sam Holbrook, Gerry Davis
T- 3:18
LEFT ON BASE- Royals: 6  D-Rays: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Royals: 0  D-Rays: 3
ERRORS- A.Gordon, L.Hochevar
DOUBLES- C.Crawford(1st), E.Hinske(1st)
HOME RUNS- A.Gordon-2(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- C.Crawford(2nd), B.Upton(1st)
WALKS- J.Guillen, M.Teahen, A.Iwamura, B.Upton, C.Pena-2, E.Hinske
HIT BY PITCH- B.Zobrist
STRIKE OUTS- M.Grudzielanek, A.Gordon, M.Olivo, M.Aviles-2, A.Iwamura-2,
             E.Longoria, B.Upton-2, B.Zobrist, J.Bartlett, D.Navarro
GIDP- M.Grudzielanek, B.Butler-2
PASSED BALLS- M.Olivo
 
Alex Gordon cracked 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI as the Kansas City Royals beat
the Tampa Bay club by a score of 4 to 3.
 
Gordon provided the offensive punch.  He clubbed a three-run home run in the
3rd inning and blasted a solo shot (his 2nd of the season) in the 8th inning.
Joakim Soria relieved and was untouched by Tampa Bay as he recorded the
save, his 2nd.  
 
The victory was credited to Robinson Tejeda(1-0) who went 2 innings, allowing
no runs. Grant Balfour(0-1) was given the loss in relief.  He surrendered 1
run and 2 hits in 1 inning.  
 

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