Leibrandt Goes Distance to beat Rays, 6-2

BOXSCORE: 1985 Kansas City Royals At 2008 Tampa Bay Rays 4/7/2010

Royals AB R H RBI AVG Rays AB R H RBI AVG
J.Damon LF 4 1 1 0 .182 C.Crawford LF 3 0 1 1 .182
A-W.Wilson LF 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Bartlett SS 4 0 0 0 .100
K.Seitzer 1B 5 0 1 0 .200 B.Upton CF 4 0 0 0 .182
B-J.Offerman 1B 0 0 0 0 ---- C.Pena 1B 3 0 0 0 .091
G.Brett 3B 4 1 1 0 .538 E.Longoria 3B 3 0 0 0 .200
H.McRae DH 4 1 1 2 .308 B.Zobrist 2B 3 1 1 1 .222
A.Cowens RF 5 2 2 1 .231 F.McGriff DH 4 0 0 0 .091
D.Porter C 2 1 1 2 .143 R.Winn RF 4 1 1 0 .100
A.Otis CF 4 0 1 1 .250 D.Navarro C 3 0 1 0 .200
F.White 2B 4 0 1 0 .167
F.Patek SS 4 0 0 0 .273
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 36 6 9 6 Totals 31 2 4 2

A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Damon In 9th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Seitzer In 9th Inning

Royals.......... 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 - 6 9 1
Rays............ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 2 4 1

Royals (3-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
C.Leibrandt WIN(1-0) 9 4 2 2 4 8 1 142 2.00 A1
Totals 9 4 2 2 4 8 1

Rays (0-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
M.Garza LOSS(0-1) 4 1/3 8 6 6 4 5 1 107 12.46 A1 C6
J.Mecir 2 2/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 31 0.00 C7 D7
J.Howell 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 26 0.00 D8
Totals 9 9 6 6 5 9 1

ATTENDANCE- 22,189 DATE- Wednesday, April 7th 2010 TIME- Night
UMPIRES- Ron Luciano, Marty Springstead, Tommy Connolly, Joe Brinkman
T- 3:10
LEFT ON BASE- Royals: 8 Rays: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Royals: 0 Rays: 1
ERRORS- F.Patek, C.Pena
DOUBLES- J.Damon(1st), K.Seitzer(1st), H.McRae(2nd)
HOME RUNS- D.Porter(1st), B.Zobrist(1st)
WALKS- J.Damon, G.Brett, H.McRae, D.Porter-2, C.Crawford, C.Pena, E.Longoria,
B.Zobrist
STRIKE OUTS- J.Damon-2, K.Seitzer, G.Brett-2, H.McRae, A.Cowens, A.Otis,
F.Patek, J.Bartlett-2, B.Upton-3, E.Longoria, F.McGriff-2
GIDP- K.Seitzer
BALKS- C.Leibrandt
WILD PITCHES- J.Mecir, J.Howell

Charlie Leibrandt went the distance as the Kansas City Royals defeated the
Tampa Bay Rays by a score of 6 to 2 at Tropicana Field.

Tampa Bay never recovered after Kansas City took the lead in the 4th inning as
they scored 2 runs on 2 base hits. The critical plate appearance was by
Darrell Porter who quieted the home crowd when he blasted a two-run home run.
Kansas City rapped out 9 hits for the night.

Leibrandt(1-0) allowed 2 runs on the game. Matt Garza(0-1) was the loser. He
was knocked around by Kansas City, allowing 6 runs on 8 hits and 4 walks in 4 and 1/3
innings.


*** TOP OF INNING 1 ***
0 J.Damon 5- 9 6 Strike Out b-0
1 K.Seitzer 1- 7 10 2 Double b-2
1 2 G.Brett 5- 5 5 Strike Out b-0
2 2 H.McRae 2- 3 3 Line Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 ***
0 C.Crawford 2-10 6 Ground Out b-0
1 J.Bartlett 2- 9 6 Strike Out b-0
2 B.Upton 3- 4 6 Strike Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 2 ***
0 A.Cowens 5- 4 6 Ground Out b-0
1 D.Porter 1- 7 6 Walk b-1
1 1 A.Otis 3- 6 4 Strike Out b-0
2 1 F.White 3- 8 3 Single 1-2 b-1
2 12 F.Patek 1- 8 1 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 2 ***
0 C.Pena 5- 7 3 Ground Out b-0
1 E.Longoria 3- 2 6 Walk b-1
1 1 Pickoff 1-o
2 B.Zobrist 1- 7 4 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 3 ***
0 J.Damon 4- 9 4 Walk b-1
0 1 K.Seitzer 5- 2 6 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0
2 G.Brett 1- 9 14 6 Single b-1
2 1 H.McRae 1- 8 3 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 3 ***
0 F.McGriff 3- 9 3 Strike Out b-0
1 R.Winn 6-11 3 Ground Out b-0
2 D.Navarro 1-10 3 Single b-1
2 1 C.Crawford 5-10 5 Walk 1-2 b-1
2 12 J.Bartlett 1- 9 6 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 4 ***
0 A.Cowens 2- 5 5 Single b-1
0 1 D.Porter 2- 9 1 5 Home Run 1-H b-H
0 A.Otis 2- 9 5 Ground Out b-0
1 F.White 4- 8 5 Fly Out b-0
2 F.Patek 5- 6 5 Strike Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 4 ***
0 B.Upton 3- 8 5 Strike Out b-0
1 C.Pena 2- 8 5 Walk b-1
1 1 E.Longoria 1 Balk 1-2
1 2 E.Longoria 4- 6 2 Fly Out b-0
2 2 B.Zobrist 5- 4 6 Pop Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 5 ***
0 J.Damon 6-10 2 Double b-2
0 2 K.Seitzer 5- 9 4 Strike Out b-0
1 2 G.Brett 3- 7 5 Walk b-1
1 12 H.McRae 2- 6 6 Double 2-H 1-H b-3
1 3 A.Cowens 2- 7 5 Single 3-H b-1
1 1 D.Porter 4- 9 5 Walk 1-2 b-1
SUBSTITUTE P - Jim Mecir
1 12 A.Otis 1- 6 4 Single 2-H 1-2 b-1
1 12 F.White 3-10 2 Fly Out b-0
2 12 F.Patek 2- 8 6 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 ***
0 F.McGriff 6- 9 5 Ground Out b-0
1 R.Winn 6- 6 11 5 Single b-1
1 1 D.Navarro 5- 5 6 Ground Out 1-2 b-0
2 2 C.Crawford 1- 7 19 3 Single 2-H b-1
2 1 J.Bartlett 2- 5 3 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 6 ***
0 J.Damon 3-10 1 Pop Out b-0
1 K.Seitzer 2- 5 1 Ground Out b-0
2 G.Brett 4- 8 3 Strike Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 ***
0 B.Upton 4- 5 3 Fly Out b-0
1 C.Pena 4- 8 3 Pop Out b-0
2 E.Longoria 1- 7 3 Strike Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 7 ***
0 H.McRae 6- 7 5 Walk b-1
0 1 A.Cowens 5- 4 1 Wild Pitch 1-2
0 2 A.Cowens 2- 7 3 Ground Out b-0
1 2 D.Porter 2- 4 4 Fly Out b-0
2 2 A.Otis 6- 4 1 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 7 ***
0 B.Zobrist 6- 7 5 Walk b-1
0 1 F.McGriff 2- 6 4 Strike Out b-0
1 1 R.Winn 5- 4 3 Pop Out b-0
2 1 D.Navarro 3- 8 3 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 8 ***
SUBSTITUTE P - J.P. Howell
0 F.White 4- 3 6 1 Base Error - 1B b-1
0 1 F.Patek 1 Wild Pitch 1-2
0 2 F.Patek 3- 3 5 Ground Out b-0
1 2 J.Damon 4- 5 3 Strike Out b-0
2 2 K.Seitzer 3- 7 3 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 ***
0 C.Crawford 4- 7 3 1 Base Error - SS b-1
0 1 J.Bartlett 3- 4 3 Strike Out b-0
1 1 B.Upton 1- 9 3 Strike Out b-0
2 1 C.Pena 2-10 5 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 9 ***
0 G.Brett 5-10 1 Ground Out b-0
1 H.McRae 5- 7 3 Strike Out b-0
2 A.Cowens 4- 6 4 Strike Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 9 ***
SUBSTITUTE LF- Willie Wilson
SUBSTITUTE 1B- Jose Offerman
0 E.Longoria 2- 7 4 Ground Out b-0
1 B.Zobrist 3-10 6 1 Home Run b-H
1 F.McGriff 1- 5 14 6 Fly Out b-0
2 R.Winn 3- 6 1 Fly Out b-0