MAJOR LEAGUE
KANSAS CITY ROYALS AT TAMPA BAY RAYS
07/16/2014
 
MAJOR LEAGUE
KANSAS CITY ROYALS AT TAMPA BAY RAYS
GAME ID: 1371 - WEDNESDAY, JULY 16TH , 2014 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City Royals (47-44) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 8 1
Tampa Bay Rays (44-50) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 9 0
Royals Pin 4-3 Loss on Rays
Kevin Appier propelled his team to victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. The final score was 4-3, Kansas City. Appier got the win, improving to 5-11. He gave up 8 hits and walked 1 over 8 innings. He allowed 3 runs. Jeff Montgomery nailed down his 26th save.

Jermaine Dye had a direct impact on the outcome. Dye contributed a run-scoring sacrifice fly in the top of the first inning to put Kansas City up, 2-0.

"We're scuffling right now," said losing manager .

The loss makes Tampa Bay 44-50.
KANSAS CITY BATTING LINESCORE TAMPA BAY BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
W. Wilson LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .240 0 20
A. Otis DH 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .225 2 11
   a-G. Brett DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .272 11 44
S. Perez C 4 1 1 0 1 2 3 .262 12 46
M. Sweeney 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .273 9 37
   b-B. Witt Jr. PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .344 15 52
   c-J. Mayberry Sr 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 0 0
C. Beltran CF 4 1 1 1 1 3 2 .219 9 31
J. Dye RF 3 0 1 2 0 1 2 .194 12 44
K. Seitzer 3B 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 .224 4 13
F. White 2B 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 .221 4 22
F. Patek SS 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .229 0 2
Totals 34 4 8 4 5 10 20      
a - G. Brett inserted as DH in the 9th
b - B. Witt Jr. pinch hit for M. Sweeney in the 9th
c - J. Mayberry Sr substituted for B. Witt Jr. in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: C. Beltran (13, 3rd Inning off W. Alvarez, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: K. Seitzer (4, 8th Inning off J. Howell, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: W. Wilson , A. Otis 2 , S. Perez , C. Beltran 2 , J. Dye , K. Seitzer 5
2-out RBI: K. Seitzer
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Perez , C. Beltran , K. Seitzer , F. Patek
Sac Fly: J. Dye
Hit by Pitch: W. Wilson
Team LOB: 10

BASERUNNING
SB: W. Wilson (28) , F. White (11)

FIELDING
Errors: M. Sweeney (5)
OF assists: 2 (Wilson(Huff at 3rd base), Wilson(Díaz at home))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Kiermaier CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .207 6 31
B. Zobrist SS 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .225 6 28
Y. Díaz 1B 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 .335 11 45
B. Lowe 2B 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 .238 19 58
E. Longoria 3B 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 .253 12 44
   a-C. Crawford PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 8 32
   b-A. Iwamura 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .212 0 0
D. Martinez RF 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .201 6 30
A. Huff DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .165 1 4
R. Winn LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .276 3 13
T. Hall C 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .209 0 12
   c-C. Pena PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .175 5 10
Totals 34 3 9 3 1 7 13      
a - C. Crawford pinch hit for E. Longoria in the 8th
b - A. Iwamura substituted for C. Crawford in the 9th
c - C. Pena pinch hit for T. Hall in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: K. Kiermaier (12, 3rd Inning off K. Appier, 0 on, 0 outs) , Y. Díaz (22, 3rd Inning off K. Appier, 1 on, 1 out) , B. Zobrist (18, 8th Inning off K. Appier, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: K. Kiermaier 2 , B. Zobrist 2 , Y. Díaz 3 , B. Lowe , D. Martinez 2 , R. Winn , T. Hall
2-out RBI: T. Hall
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: E. Longoria , A. Huff
Sac Fly: B. Lowe
Team LOB: 6
KANSAS CITY PITCHING LINESCORE TAMPA BAY PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Appier W (5-11) 8.0 8 3 2 1 6 0 105 3.80   
J. Montgomery SV (26) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 2.41   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Appier 61
Batters Faced: K. Appier 32, J. Montgomery 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Appier 7-9, J. Montgomery 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: K. Appier 105-67, J. Montgomery 14-9
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
W. Alvarez L (7-8) 6.0 7 3 3 3 6 0 102 4.03   
J. Howell 1.2 1 1 1 1 3 1 31 4.15   
R. Hernandez 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 27 3.31   
PITCHING
Game Score: W. Alvarez 49
Batters Faced: W. Alvarez 28, J. Howell 7, R. Hernandez 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: W. Alvarez 6-6, J. Howell 2-0, R. Hernandez 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: W. Alvarez 102-59, J. Howell 31-18, R. Hernandez 27-18
Inherited Runners - Scored: R. Hernandez 1-0
WP: R. Hernandez
Hit Batsmen: R. Hernandez
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Kevin Appier
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Start Time: 7:10 PM ET
Time: 3:13
Attendance: 12089
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