Major League Baseball
Kansas City Royals at Tampa Bay Rays
25-May-2021 at St. Petersburg, FL (Tropicana Field)
Kansas City Royals 2 (23-23) Tampa Bay Rays 1 (30-20)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Whit Merrifield 2b/rf...... 4 0 1 0 Ji-Man Choi dh............. 4 0 0 0
Carlos Santana 1b.......... 4 1 1 1 Austin Meadows lf.......... 3 0 0 0
Salvador Perez dh.......... 3 0 1 1 Manuel Margot ph/lf....... 1 0 0 0
Andrew Benintendi lf....... 4 0 0 0 Yandy Diaz 1b.............. 3 0 1 1
Kelvin Gutierrez 3b........ 4 0 0 0 Brandon Lowe 2b............ 4 0 0 0
Jorge Soler rf............. 3 0 0 0 Joey Wendle 3b............. 3 0 1 0
Nicky Lopez 2b............ 1 0 0 0 Taylor Walls ss............ 2 0 1 0
Adalberto Mondesi ss....... 4 0 2 0 Randy Arozarena ph........ 0 0 0 0
Michael Taylor cf.......... 4 0 1 0 Francisco Mejia c.......... 4 0 0 0
Cam Gallagher c............ 3 1 1 0 Kevin Kiermaier cf......... 3 0 0 0
Brett Phillips rf.......... 2 1 1 0
Totals..................... 34 2 7 2 Totals..................... 29 1 4 1
Score by Innings R H E
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Kansas City Royals.. 000 101 000 - 2 7 0
Tampa Bay Rays...... 001 000 000 - 1 4 0
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DP - Royals 1. LOB - Royals 6; Rays 6. 2B - Mondesi 2. HR - CSantana(10). HBP -
Perez. SB - Phillips. CS - Wendle.
Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Brad Keller W,4-4......... 7.0 4 1 1 4 7 0 0 0 0 24 28 5 8 95
Jake Brentz ............... 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 2 15
Kyle Zimmer S,2........... 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 12
Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Rich Hill L,3-2........... 8.0 6 2 2 0 13 0 1 1 0 30 31 5 6 99
Pete Fairbanks ............ 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 1 18
HBP - by Hill (Perez). BK - Hill. Pitches/strikes: Keller 95/64; Brentz 15/11; Zimmer
12/7; Hill 99/74; Fairbanks 18/12.
Strikeouts - Merrifield; CSantana; Perez 2; Benintendi; Gutierrez; Soler 2; Mondesi
2; Taylor 3; Gallagher; Choi 2; Meadows; Diaz; BLowe; Wendle; Walls; Mejia;
Phillips. Walks - Diaz; Wendle; Walls; Arozarena; Phillips.
Umpires - HP: Jordan Baker 1B: Chris Segal 2B: Mark Carlson 3B: James Hoye
Start: 19:10 Time: 2:30 Attendance: 4,946
Game: 0525-3
Kansas City Royals starters: 15/2b Merrifield; 41/1b CSantana; 13/dh Perez;
16/lf Benintendi; 19/3b Gutierrez; 12/rf Soler; 27/ss Mondesi; 2/cf Taylor;
36/c Gallagher; 56/p Keller
Kansas City Royals 1st - Merrifield struck out looking (0-2). CSantana
flied out to cf (1-2). Perez struck out swinging (0-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Tampa Bay Rays 1st - Choi struck out swinging (0-2). Meadows flied out
to lf (0-0). Diaz walked (3-2). BLowe grounded out to p (0-1). 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Kansas City Royals 2nd - Benintendi flied out to cf to left center
(2-2). Gutierrez grounded out to ss (0-1). Soler grounded out to 3b (1-0). 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Tampa Bay Rays 2nd - Wendle struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b
(0-2). Walls singled to shortstop (0-0). Mejia reached on a fielder's choice
(1-2); Walls out at second 1b to ss. Kiermaier reached on a fielder's choice
(0-2); Mejia out at second 2b unassisted. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Kansas City Royals 3rd - Mondesi struck out swinging (1-2). Taylor
struck out swinging (0-2). Gallagher struck out swinging (0-2). 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Tampa Bay Rays 3rd - Phillips singled to pitcher (2-2). Choi struck out
looking (1-2). Phillips stole second. Meadows grounded out to 2b (3-1);
Phillips advanced to third. Diaz singled up the middle, RBI (0-0); Phillips
scored. BLowe flied out to cf (1-1). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Kansas City Royals 4th - Merrifield grounded out to 3b (1-0). CSantana
homered to left center, RBI (3-1). Perez struck out swinging (1-2). Benintendi
flied out to cf (0-1). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Tampa Bay Rays 4th - Wendle walked (3-0). Wendle out at second c to ss,
caught stealing. Walls walked (3-0). Coach visit to mound. Mejia struck out
swinging (0-2). Kiermaier reached on a fielder's choice (0-0); Walls out at
second 2b to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Kansas City Royals 5th - Gutierrez grounded out to ss (1-0). Soler
struck out looking (0-2). Mondesi doubled to right center (1-0). Taylor struck
out swinging (2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Tampa Bay Rays 5th - Phillips struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b
(1-2). Choi lined out to 2b to right field (0-0). Meadows struck out swinging
(3-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Kansas City Royals 6th - Gallagher singled to right field (1-0).
Merrifield singled through the right side (0-0); Gallagher advanced to second.
CSantana struck out swinging (2-2). Perez singled to left field, RBI (0-2);
Merrifield advanced to second; Gallagher scored. Perez advanced to second on a
balk; Merrifield advanced to third. Benintendi struck out swinging (2-2).
Gutierrez struck out looking (1-2). 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Tampa Bay Rays 6th - Diaz grounded out to ss (1-1). BLowe grounded out
to 2b (1-1). Wendle singled to second base (0-1). Walls struck out looking
(1-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Kansas City Royals 7th - Soler struck out swinging (1-2). Mondesi struck
out swinging (1-2). Taylor singled to right field (0-0). Gallagher reached on a
fielder's choice (0-1); Taylor out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Tampa Bay Rays 7th - Merrifield to rf. Lopez to 2b for Soler. Mejia
fouled out to 3b (0-0). Kiermaier grounded out to p (0-1). Phillips walked
(3-2). Choi lined out to 2b (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Kansas City Royals 8th - Merrifield flied out to cf (0-1). CSantana
grounded out to 3b (2-2). Perez hit by pitch (0-2). Benintendi flied out to cf
to left center (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Tampa Bay Rays 8th - Brentz to p for Keller. Margot pinch hit for
Meadows. Margot grounded out to 3b (3-1). Diaz struck out swinging (1-2). BLowe
struck out swinging (0-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Kansas City Royals 9th - Margot to lf. Fairbanks to p for Hill.
Gutierrez flied out to rf (0-1). Lopez grounded out to 2b (2-1). Mondesi
doubled to right field (2-2). Coach visit to mound. Taylor struck out swinging
(2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Tampa Bay Rays 9th - Wendle grounded out to 2b (0-2). Arozarena pinch
hit for Walls. Zimmer to p for Brentz. Arozarena walked (3-2). Mejia grounded
into double play 2b to ss to 1b (1-2); Arozarena out on the play. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Tampa Bay Rays starters: 26/dh Choi; 17/lf Meadows; 2/1b Diaz; 8/2b BLowe;
18/3b Wendle; 6/ss Walls; 28/c Mejia; 39/cf Kiermaier; 35/rf Phillips; 14/p
Hill