Kansas City Royals @ Tampa Bay Rays

23-30, 8-15 Away

Final

28-28, 16-11 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	RBI	AVG
C. CrispCF	0-4	1	0	.228
A. Callaspo2B	1-4	0	0	.298
Peña Jr.SS	0-0	0	0	.059
B. Butler1B	3-4	0	2	.283
M. JacobsDH	0-4	0	0	.232
J. GuillenRF	0-4	0	0	.255
M. Teahen3B	0-3	0	0	.277
M. OlivoC	0-3	0	0	.239
D. DeJesusLF	1-3	0	0	.237
W. BloomquistSS-2B	1-3	1	0	.286

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
G. Meche	6.0	6	1	5	2	110-63	4.08
J. Bale	1.0	0	0	1	2	19-11	6.23
J. Wright	1.0	2	2	0	1	20-13	4.05

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Tropicana Field

1:38 AM, 5 June 2009

St. Petersburg, Florida

Attendance: 16,103

Game Time:2:41

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Dan Iassogna
First Base Umpire - Sam Holbrook
Second Base Umpire - Charlie Reliford
Third Base Umpire - Larry Vanover


KC
TB

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	-	3	8	0

Scoring Summary

		KC	TB
3rd	B Butler doubled to deep right center, W Bloomquist and C Crisp scored.	2	0
7th	C Crawford homered to right.	2	1
8th	B Upton homered to left, M Hernandez scored.	2	3

Data is currently unavailable.

Royals
2
Rays
6

Game 1

3/6

Royals
0
Rays
9

Game 2

4/6

Royals
2
Rays
3

Game 3

5/6

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	84	76	.525	-	W2
Chicago	83	77	.519	1	W2
Minnesota	76	84	.475	8	W3
Detroit	75	85	.469	9	W1
Kansas City	68	92	.425	16	L2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Tampa Bay	97	63	.606	-	W1
New York	93	68	.578	4.5	W1
Boston	87	74	.540	10.5	W2
Baltimore	79	82	.491	18.5	L1
Toronto	78	82	.488	19	W1

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Kansas City Royals @ Tampa Bay Rays

J. Shields5-4

J. Wright0-2

J.P. Howell2

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