Zack & Mac lead Royals to victory over Rays, 5-2

BOXSCORE: 1985 Kansas City Royals At 2008 Tampa Bay Rays 4/6/2010

Royals AB R H RBI AVG Rays AB R H RBI AVG
J.Damon LF 3 1 1 0 .143 C.Crawford LF 4 1 1 0 .125
A-W.Wilson LF 1 0 0 1 .000 J.Bartlett SS 3 0 0 0 .167
A.Otis CF 4 1 2 0 .250 B.Upton CF 3 0 0 1 .286
G.Brett 3B 4 1 2 0 .667 C.Pena 1B 4 1 1 1 .125
H.McRae DH 5 1 1 3 .333 E.Longoria 3B 3 0 2 0 .286
J.Mayberry 1B 4 0 1 0 .250 F.McGriff DH 4 0 0 0 .143
A.Cowens RF 5 1 1 0 .125 B.Zobrist 2B 3 0 1 0 .167
D.Porter C 2 0 0 0 .000 R.Winn RF 3 0 0 0 .000
F.White 2B 4 0 0 0 .125 D.Navarro C 2 0 0 0 .000
F.Patek SS 3 0 1 0 .429 B-A.Huff PH 1 0 0 0 .000
C-J.Flaherty C 0 0 0 0 .333
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Totals 35 5 9 4 Totals 30 2 5 2

A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Damon In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Navarro In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Huff In 8th Inning

Royals.......... 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 5 9 0
Rays............ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 1

Royals (2-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
Z.Greinke WIN(1-0) 8 5 2 2 1 12 1 112 2.25 A1 D3
D.Quisenberr SAVE(1st) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 0.00 D4
Totals 9 5 2 2 2 12 1

Rays (0-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Shields LOSS(0-1) 6 7 4 4 5 1 0 124 6.00 A1 D2
A.Lopez 1 1/3 1 1 1 0 1 0 26 3.18 D3 D8
G.Balfour 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 3 0 32 0.00 D9
Totals 9 9 5 5 6 5 0

ATTENDANCE- 14,869 DATE- Tuesday, April 6th 2010 TIME- Day
UMPIRES- Frank Umont, John Shulock, Jim Odom, Ken Kaiser
T- 2:47
LEFT ON BASE- Royals:10 Rays: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Royals: 0 Rays: 0
ERRORS- J.Flaherty
DOUBLES- A.Otis(1st), C.Crawford(1st), E.Longoria(1st)
TRIPLES- G.Brett(1st), H.McRae(1st)
HOME RUNS- C.Pena(1st)
STOLEN BASES- A.Cowens(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Bartlett
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Upton
WALKS- J.Damon, A.Otis, G.Brett, J.Mayberry, D.Porter, F.Patek, E.Longoria,
B.Zobrist
HIT BY PITCH- D.Porter
STRIKE OUTS- A.Otis, H.McRae-2, A.Cowens, F.White, J.Bartlett, B.Upton-3,
C.Pena-2, F.McGriff-2, R.Winn-2, D.Navarro-2
WILD PITCHES- J.Shields-2
WEB GEMS- Top 7th: Carl Crawford robbed George Brett of an extra base hit.

George Brett had 2 base hits, Hal McRae added a bases clearing triple and Zack Greinke dominated striking out 12 Tampa Bay batters as the Kansas City Royals defeated the Tampa Bay Rays by the score of 5 to 2 at Tropicana Field.

Greinke(1-0) gave Kansas City a solid outing. He allowed just 5 hits and 1
walk in 8 innings. Kansas City finished with 9 hits while Tampa Bay ended up
with 5.

Dan Quisenberry recorded his 1st save with a scoreless inning of relief. James Shields(0-1) was the losing pitcher. Greinke, when asked about his 12 strikeout performance noted, 'The important thing is that we won, if I get 20 and we lose, what good does it do our team? But, on the other hand, since we won it feels great!'

*** TOP OF INNING 1 ***
0 J.Damon 1-10 6 Line Out b-0
1 A.Otis 1-10 6 Ground Out b-0
2 G.Brett 6- 8 2 3 Triple b-3
2 3 H.McRae 2-11 3 Pop Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 ***
0 C.Crawford 1- 5 10 3 Double b-2
0 2 J.Bartlett 5 Sac Bunt 2-3 b-0
1 3 B.Upton 1-10 2 Sac Fly 3-H b-0
2 C.Pena 3- 8 2 Home Run b-H
2 E.Longoria 2- 6 4 Double b-2
2 2 F.McGriff 6- 7 3 Strike Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 2 ***
0 J.Mayberry 2- 7 5 Walk b-1
0 1 A.Cowens 1 Wild Pitch 1-2
0 2 A.Cowens 5- 8 1 Fly Out b-0
1 2 D.Porter 3- 5 6 Walk b-1
1 12 F.White 1-11 5 Strike Out b-0
2 12 F.Patek 2- 5 3 Foul Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 2 ***
0 B.Zobrist 5- 6 9 3 Line Out b-0
1 R.Winn 1- 7 3 Fly Out b-0
2 D.Navarro 6- 6 3 Strike Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 3 ***
0 J.Damon 4- 9 10 3 Single b-1
0 1 A.Otis 1- 7 5 Walk 1-2 b-1
0 12 G.Brett 5- 2 4 Walk 2-3 1-2 b-1
0 123 H.McRae 2- 5 8 5 Triple 3-H 2-H 1-H b-3
0 3 J.Mayberry 1 Wild Pitch 3-H
0 J.Mayberry 6- 7 6 Ground Out b-0
1 A.Cowens 5-10 6 Fly Out b-0
2 D.Porter 4- 8 6 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 3 ***
0 C.Crawford 1- 7 6 Fly Out b-0
1 J.Bartlett 5- 7 6 Strike Out b-0
2 B.Upton 5- 7 6 Strike Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 4 ***
0 F.White 6- 2 6 Fly Out b-0
1 F.Patek 6- 8 9 6 Single b-1
1 1 J.Damon 2- 7 6 Walk 1-2 b-1
1 12 A.Otis 5- 7 5 Single 2-o 1-3 b-2
2 23 G.Brett 5- 6 1 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 4 ***
0 C.Pena 4- 9 6 Strike Out b-0
1 E.Longoria 4- 3 6 Single b-1
1 1 F.McGriff 6- 7 5 Strike Out b-0
2 1 B.Zobrist 3-12 5 Walk 1-2 b-1
2 12 R.Winn 4- 7 5 Strike Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 5 ***
0 H.McRae 1- 5 4 Ground Out b-0
1 J.Mayberry 4- 9 1 4 Single b-1
1 1 A.Cowens 2- 2 2 Fly Out b-0
2 1 D.Porter 5- 5 3 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 ***
0 D.Navarro 4- 8 3 Strike Out b-0
1 C.Crawford 2-10 3 Ground Out b-0
2 J.Bartlett 6- 6 3 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 6 ***
0 F.White 3- 3 3 Pop Out b-0
1 F.Patek 2-10 3 Ground Out b-0
2 J.Damon 4- 5 3 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 ***
0 B.Upton 3- 6 3 Strike Out b-0
1 C.Pena 1- 7 3 Strike Out b-0
2 E.Longoria 6- 4 3 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 7 ***
0 A.Otis 6- 9 11 3 Double b-2
SUBSTITUTE P - Albie Lopez
0 2 G.Brett 4-11 5 Fly Out b-0
1 2 H.McRae 4- 6 3 Strike Out b-0
2 2 J.Mayberry 6-10 3 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 7 ***
SUBSTITUTE LF- Willie Wilson
0 F.McGriff 2- 8 3 Ground Out b-0
1 B.Zobrist 3- 6 9 3 Single b-1
1 1 R.Winn 5-10 3 Strike Out b-0
SUBSTITUTE PH- Aubrey Huff
2 1 A.Huff 3- 7 3 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 8 ***
SUBSTITUTE C - John Flaherty
0 A.Cowens 2- 5 4 Single b-1
0 1 1 SB & Error - C 1-3
0 3 D.Porter 3-10 4 HBP b-1
0 1 3 F.White 6- 5 6 Ground Out 1-2 b-0
SUBSTITUTE P - Grant Balfour
1 23 F.Patek 4- 8 6 Walk b-1
1 123 W.Wilson 6-10 4 Force Play 3-H 2-3 1-o b-1
2 1 3 A.Otis 5- 7 5 Strike Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 ***
0 C.Crawford 1- 9 3 Fly Out b-0
1 J.Bartlett 3- 7 3 Ground Out b-0
2 B.Upton 4- 8 3 Strike Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 9 ***
0 G.Brett 3- 5 3 Single b-1
0 1 H.McRae 5- 7 4 Strike Out b-0
1 1 J.Mayberry 1- 7 4 Fly Out b-0
2 1 A.Cowens 6- 7 6 Strike Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 9 ***
SUBSTITUTE P - Dan Quisenberry
0 C.Pena 2- 4 2 Fly Out b-0
1 E.Longoria 1- 7 6 Walk b-1
1 1 F.McGriff 4-11 3 Fly Out b-0
2 1 B.Zobrist 6- 8 4 Pop Out b-0