Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 3, Tampa Bay 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, April 30, 2010
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Chris Guccione, 1B - Jerry Crawford, 2B - Brian O'Nora, 3B - Phil Cuzzi
Attendance: 25195
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
David DeJesus RF 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .287
Scott Podsednik LF 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .350
Billy Butler 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .326
     Willie Bloomquist PR-1B 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167
Jose Guillen DH 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .304
Alberto Jose Callaspo 3B 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .295
Jason Kendall C 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .288
Mitch Maier CF 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 .257
Yuniesky Betancourt SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .299
Chris Getz 2B 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .188
Totals 27 3 6 3 4 4 10  
Batting
2B - Jose Guillen (7)
TB - Billy Butler 2, Jose Guillen 2, Jason Kendall, Mitch Maier 2
RBI - Jose Guillen (19), Alberto Jose Callaspo (14), Mitch Maier (6)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - David DeJesus (16), Yuniesky Betancourt (5)
S - Scott Podsednik (5), Yuniesky Betancourt (2)
SF - Alberto Jose Callaspo (1)
GIDP - Billy Butler (7), Jason Kendall (2), Chris Getz (2)
Team LOB - 5
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Brian Bannister 7.0 2 1 1 2 3 1 3.48
Josh Rupe (W 1-1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.50
Joakim Soria (SV 6) 1.0 1 1 1 2 1 0 2.53
Pitches-Strikes - Brian Bannister 102-60, Josh Rupe 6-4, Joakim Soria 26-16
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brian Bannister 13-3, Josh Rupe 2-1, Joakim Soria 0-1
Batters Faced - Brian Bannister 24, Josh Rupe 3, Joakim Soria 6
Tampa Bay
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Jason Bartlett SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .269
Carl Crawford LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .337
Ben Zobrist RF 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .241
Evan Longoria 3B 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 .341
Carlos Pena 1B 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 .247
B.J. Upton CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .262
Pat Burrell DH 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 .254
     Gabe Kapler PR-DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222
John Jaso C 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .400
Sean Rodriguez 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .184
Totals 28 2 4 2 4 4 7  
Batting
HR - Evan Longoria (5)
TB - Carl Crawford, Evan Longoria 5, Pat Burrell
RBI - Evan Longoria 2 (18)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B.J. Upton (9)
SF - Evan Longoria (2)
GIDP - Sean Rodriguez (3)
Team LOB - 4
Baserunning
CS - Evan Longoria (2, 2nd by Bannister/Kendall)
Fielding
E - Randy Choate (1)
Outfield Assists - Ben Zobrist (Guillen at Home)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Jeff Niemann 7.1 3 1 1 4 3 0 2.76
Randy Choate (L 0-2) 0.2 0 1 0 0 1 0 10.50
Rafael Soriano 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 3.00
HBP - Jose Guillen (by Soriano)
IBB - Alberto Jose Callaspo (by Niemann)
Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Niemann 88-51, Randy Choate 12-8, Rafael Soriano 24-17
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Niemann 13-4, Randy Choate 1-0, Rafael Soriano 1-1
Batters Faced - Jeff Niemann 26, Randy Choate 3, Rafael Soriano 6
Inherited Runners-Scored - Randy Choate 1-0, Rafael Soriano 1-1