July 7, 2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Kansas City Royals Box Score and Play by Play

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CHW 3
MIN 1 DET 3
BOS 2
(13) KCR 8
TBD 7 LAA 2
@NYY 1
(13) SEA 4
@OAK 0 BAL 3
@TEX 0 CLE 9
@TOR 4 CIN 5
ARI 4 COL 6
PHI 3 NYM 5
@HOU 3
(17) FLA 7
@LAD 2 CHC 7
@PIT 1 SDP 8
ATL 5 SFG 7
@STL 6 WSN 5
MIL 4

Standings at end of play this day

Kauffman Stadium, Attendance: 20,458

Saturday, July 7, 2007, 6:10PM
Time of Game: 3:12

Devil Rays

34-52

Lost 1

5th, 19 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Devil Rays      0  0  0   3  2  1   0  0  1    7  8  2
Royals          0  0  1   1  2  0   0  3  1    8  9  2

W: O Dotel (2-1), L: S Camp (0-3)

Winning Run scored with 2 outs

Royals

37-50

Won 1

5th, 15 GB

BATTING

Tampa Bay Devil Rays         AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
A Iwamura 3B                  5   1   2   0    0   2  .300  .835   21    0   3   3B
C Crawford LF                 3   2   0   0    1   1  .286  .783   21    3   0   SB
B Harris SS                   5   0   3   1    0   0  .313  .833   14    1   1   
C Pena 1B                     3   2   1   2    2   1  .288 1.008   18    7   3   HR,IW
T Wigginton 2B                4   1   0   0    1   0  .268  .755   23    3   1   
G Norton DH                   3   0   0   1    1   1  .193  .626   18    0   0   
D Young CF                    4   0   1   1    0   2  .279  .724   11    3   0   
J Gomes RF                    3   1   1   2    0   1  .256  .814   15    1   0   HR,SF
D Navarro C                   4   0   0   0    0   2  .178  .492   11    6   3   

A Sonnanstine P                                                          2   1
  J Witasick P                                                           0   0
  C Fossum P                                                             0   0
  S Camp P                                                               0   0
Totals                       34   7   8   7    5  10              152   26  12

BATTING

3B: A Iwamura (4, off G Meche).

HR: J Gomes (7, off G Meche; 6th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to LF); C Pena (20, off G Meche; 5th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to CF-RF).

SF: J Gomes (2, off G Meche).

IBB: C Pena (4, by O Dotel).

TB: J Gomes 4; C Pena 4; A Iwamura 4; B Harris 3; D Young.

RBI: C Pena 2 (52); J Gomes 2 (19); G Norton (9); D Young (48); B Harris (39).

2-out RBI: C Pena 2; B Harris; J Gomes.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 3 for 9.

FIELDING

DP: 2. A Iwamura-D Navarro-C Pena; D Navarro-B Harris.

E: D Navarro (4); B Harris (9).

BASERUNNING

SB: C Crawford (23, 2nd base off O Dotel/J Buck).

Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D DeJesus CF                  3   1   1   1    1   0  .284  .782   20    3   0   SH
E German 2B-3B                3   2   2   0    2   0  .281  .769   24    0   0   3B,CS
M Teahen RF                   3   1   0   0    2   1  .282  .767   29    3   0   IW
R Gload 1B                    3   0   0   0    0   2  .246  .661   13    7   1   
  E Brown PH                  0   0   0   1    1   0  .222  .598    5    0   0   
  M Grudzielanek 2B           1   0   1   1    0   0  .270  .734    3    0   0   
A Gordon 3B-1B                3   0   0   1    1   0  .233  .681   13    3   1   
B Butler DH                   4   1   2   2    0   1  .284  .755   16    0   0   HR
J Buck C                      4   1   1   0    0   1  .245  .872    9   10   1   2B,GDP
J Gathright LF                3   1   1   0    0   0  .328  .796   15    0   0   CS,SH
T Pena SS                     3   1   1   1    0   0  .275  .649    8    0   3   SF

G Meche P                                                                1   0
  J Gobble P                                                             0   0
  Z Greinke P                                                            0   0
  O Dotel P                                                              0   0
Totals                       30   8   9   7    7   5              155   27   6

BATTING

2B: J Buck (12, off A Sonnanstine).

3B: E German (4, off A Sonnanstine).

HR: B Butler (3, off A Sonnanstine; 5th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to CF).

SF: T Pena (2, off A Sonnanstine).

SH: J Gathright (5, off A Sonnanstine); D DeJesus (3, off S Camp).

IBB: M Teahen (8, by S Camp).

TB: B Butler 5; E German 4; J Buck 2; J Gathright; T Pena; M Grudzielanek; D DeJesus.

GIDP: J Buck (5).

RBI: B Butler 2 (14); E Brown (33); T Pena (23); M Grudzielanek (27); A Gordon (26); D DeJesus (32).

2-out RBI: M Grudzielanek; D DeJesus.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 3 for 7.

FIELDING

E: M Teahen (4); J Buck (7).

BASERUNNING

CS: J Gathright (2, 2nd base by A Sonnanstine/D Navarro); E German (4, 2nd base by A Sonnanstine/D Navarro).

PO: E German (3rd base by A Sonnanstine).

PITCHING

Tampa Bay Devil Rays          IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
A Sonnanstine                  7     6   4   3    1   5   1   5.36   27   97-66   44· 5·17    8·11· 2· 0     55    -     1.09   0.03
J Witasick                     0     0   3   3    3   0   0   4.81    3   19-7     6· 0· 1    0· 0· 0· 0          0-0    3.03  -0.35
C Fossum, BS (3)               0     0   0   0    2   0   0   7.17    2   12-4     2· 1· 1    0· 0· 0· 0          3-2    4.59  -0.34
S Camp, L (0-3)                1.2   3   1   1    1   0   0   5.66    8   20-11    8· 1· 2    5· 0· 2· 0          3-1    3.03  -0.31
Totals                         8.2   9   8   7    7   5   1          40  148-88   60· 7·21   13·11· 4· 0          6-3

Kansas City Royals            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
G Meche                        6     5   6   6    4   4   2   3.54   27   90-55   37· 6·12    8· 9· 2· 0     38    -     1.19  -0.36
J Gobble                       0.2   2   0   0    0   1   0   2.70    4   15-9     5· 1· 3    2· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.97  -0.00
Z Greinke                      1.1   0   0   0    0   3   0   4.43    4   22-16   10· 2· 4    1· 0· 0· 0          2-0    0.68   0.08
O Dotel, BS (3), W (2-1)       1     1   1   0    1   2   0   3.71    6   23-13    6· 1· 5    0· 1· 1· 0          0-0    3.10  -0.17
Totals                         9     8   7   6    5  10   2          41  150-93   58·10·24   11·10· 4· 0          2-0

J Witasick faced 3 batters in the 8th inning.
C Fossum faced 2 batters in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: G Meche (1).

IBB: O Dotel (4; C Pena); S Camp (6; M Teahen).

PO: A Sonnanstine (0; E German, 3rd base).

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - James Hoye, 1B - , 2B - Phil Cuzzi, 3B - Tom Hallion.

Time of Game: 3:12.

Attendance: 20,458.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 90° F, Wind 12mph in unknown direction, Sunny.

LINEUPS

   Tampa Bay Devil Rays          Kansas City Royals                   
1. A Iwamura            3B    1. D DeJesus            CF 
2. C Crawford           LF    2. E German             2B 
3. B Harris             SS    3. M Teahen             RF 
4. C Pena               1B    4. R Gload              1B 
5. T Wigginton          2B    5. A Gordon             3B 
6. G Norton             DH    6. B Butler             DH 
7. D Young              CF    7. J Buck               C  
8. J Gomes              RF    8. J Gathright          LF 
9. D Navarro            C     9. T Pena               SS 

   A Sonnanstine        P        G Meche              P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 9   2  7-7  -23  2   36% 100% M Grudzielanek  S Camp          Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Pena Scores; Teahen to 3B
   t 9   2  7-6  -2-  3  -34%  54% B Harris        O Dotel         Single to RF (Line Drive); Crawford Scores/unER; Harris to 2B/Adv on E9
   t 5   2  2-3  --3  2  -18%  20% C Pena          G Meche         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Iwamura Scores
   b 8   0  6-4  123  5   18%  72% E Brown         C Fossum        Walk; DeJesus Scores; German to 3B; Teahen to 2B
   b 8   0  6-5  123  7   15%  87% A Gordon        C Fossum        Walk; German Scores; Teahen to 3B; Brown to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 0-0, Gil Meche facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  5   52%  A Iwamura       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   54%  C Crawford      Foul Flyball: RF (RF Foul)
          ---  3   53%  B Harris        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  4   55%  C Pena          Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Devil Rays 0, Royals 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Andy Sonnanstine facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   53%  D DeJesus       Groundout: 1B-P
          ---  9   55%  E German        Walk
   OO     1--  6   50%  M Teahen        Double Play: Strikeout Swinging, German Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 0, Royals 0.

Top of the 2nd, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 0-0, Gil Meche facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  5   52%  T Wigginton     Flyball: CF (Short LF-CF)
   O      ---  5   54%  G Norton        Groundout: 1B-P
   O      ---  4   55%  D Young         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 0, Royals 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Andy Sonnanstine facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   53%  R Gload         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   51%  A Gordon        Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  3   50%  B Butler        Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 0, Royals 0.

Top of the 3rd, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 0-0, Gil Meche facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   53%  J Gomes         Flyball: RF
   O      ---  3   55%  D Navarro       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   56%  A Iwamura       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 0, Royals 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Andy Sonnanstine facing 7-8-9
          ---  2   62%  J Buck          Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
   O      -2-  3   61%  J Gathright     Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice (Front of Home); Buck to 3B
   RO     --3  1   63%  T Pena          Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep LF-CF); Buck Scores
   O      ---  2   62%  D DeJesus       Flyball: LF (Short LF)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 0, Royals 1.

Top of the 4th, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 0-1, Gil Meche facing 2-3-4
          ---  8   57%  C Crawford      Walk
   O      1--  3   60%  B Harris        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS-2B); Crawford to 2B
          -2-  4   57%  C Pena          Walk
          12-      51%  T Wigginton     Wild Pitch; Crawford to 3B; Pena to 2B
          -23  4   50%  " "             Walk
   R      123  5   39%  G Norton        Walk; Crawford Scores; Pena to 3B; Wigginton to 2B
   R      123  1   29%  D Young         Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF); Pena Scores; Wigginton to 3B; Norton to 2B
   RO     123  5   29%  J Gomes         Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF); Wigginton Scores
   O      12-  1   33%  D Navarro       Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  3 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Devil Rays 3, Royals 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Royals Batting, Behind 1-3, Andy Sonnanstine facing 2-3-4
          ---  3   43%  E German        Triple to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   R      --3      44%  M Teahen        ; German Scores/No RBI
   O      ---  4   41%  " "             Flyball: LF
   O      ---  4   39%  R Gload         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   37%  A Gordon        Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 3, Royals 2.

Top of the 5th, Devil Rays Batting, Ahead 3-2, Gil Meche facing 1-2-3
          ---  2   27%  A Iwamura       Triple to RF (Ground Ball)
   O      --3  4   32%  C Crawford      Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 2B-1B)
   O      --3  1   39%  B Harris        Foul Popfly: C (3B Foul)
   RR     --3  2   20%  C Pena          Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Iwamura Scores
   O      ---  2   21%  T Wigginton     Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 5, Royals 2.

Bottom of the 5th, Royals Batting, Behind 2-5, Andy Sonnanstine facing 6-7-8
   R      ---  5   31%  B Butler        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
   O      ---  4   27%  J Buck          Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5   31%  J Gathright     Single to 2B/Bunt (Bunt to Weak 2B)
   O      1--  1   27%  T Pena          Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
          1--      28%  D DeJesus       Gathright Caught Stealing 2B, Safe on E6; Gathright to 2B
   R      -2-  4   39%  " "             Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B); Gathright Scores/unER
          1--  4   43%  E German        Single to CF (Line Drive); DeJesus to 3B
   O      1-3  4   35%  M Teahen        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak SS)
                  2 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Devil Rays 5, Royals 4.

Top of the 6th, Devil Rays Batting, Ahead 5-4, Gil Meche facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  1   38%  G Norton        Popfly: 3B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  1   40%  D Young         Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   R      ---  3   27%  J Gomes         Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
   O      ---  4   28%  D Navarro       Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 6, Royals 4.

Bottom of the 6th, Royals Batting, Behind 4-6, Andy Sonnanstine facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  4   24%  R Gload         Lineout: LF
   O      ---  2   21%  A Gordon        Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  5   20%  B Butler        Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 6, Royals 4.

Top of the 7th, Devil Rays Batting, Ahead 6-4, Jimmy Gobble facing 1-2-3
                  Jimmy Gobble replaces Gil Meche pitching
          ---  4   17%  A Iwamura       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  4   20%  C Crawford      Strikeout Swinging
          1--  3   17%  B Harris        Single to CF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF); Iwamura to 2B
   O      12-  4   19%  C Pena          Groundout: 1B unassisted; Iwamura to 3B; Harris to 2B
                  Zack Greinke replaces Jimmy Gobble pitching
   O      -23  5   24%  T Wigginton     Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Devil Rays 6, Royals 4.

Bottom of the 7th, Royals Batting, Behind 4-6, Andy Sonnanstine facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  1   20%  J Buck          Groundout: 1B-P
   O      ---  5   17%  J Gathright     Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  3   15%  T Pena          Popfly: 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 6, Royals 4.

Top of the 8th, Devil Rays Batting, Ahead 6-4, Zack Greinke facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  7   16%  G Norton        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   18%  D Young         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   18%  J Gomes         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 6, Royals 4.

Bottom of the 8th, Royals Batting, Behind 4-6, Jay Witasick facing 1-2-3
                  Jay Witasick replaces Andy Sonnanstine pitching
          ---  5   26%  D DeJesus       Walk
          1--  6   38%  E German        Walk; DeJesus to 2B
          12-  8   53%  M Teahen        Walk; DeJesus to 3B; German to 2B
                  Casey Fossum replaces Jay Witasick pitching; Emil Brown pinch hits for Ross Gload batting 4th
   R      123  5   72%  E Brown         Walk; DeJesus Scores; German to 3B; Teahen to 2B
   R      123  7   87%  A Gordon        Walk; German Scores; Teahen to 3B; Brown to 2B
                  Shawn Camp replaces Casey Fossum pitching
   R      123  3   95%  B Butler        Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Teahen Scores; Brown to 3B; Gordon to 2B
   OO     123  2   86%  J Buck          Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-C-1B (Weak 3B); Gordon to 3B; Butler to 2B
   O      -23  2   82%  J Gathright     Groundout: 2B-1B
                  3 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Devil Rays 6, Royals 7.

Top of the 9th, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 6-7, Octavio Dotel facing 9-1-2
                  Octavio Dotel replaces Zack Greinke pitching; Alex Gordon moves to 1B; Mark Grudzielanek replaces Emil Brown playing 2B batting 4th; Esteban German moves to 3B
   O      ---  3   90%  D Navarro       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   96%  A Iwamura       Strikeout Looking
          ---  2   92%  C Crawford      Reached on Interference on C; Crawford to 1B
          1--      88%  B Harris        Crawford Steals 2B
   R      -2-  3   54%  " "             Single to RF (Line Drive); Crawford Scores/unER; Harris to 2B/Adv on E9
          -2-  4   53%  C Pena          Intentional Walk
   O      12-  6   65%  T Wigginton     Popfly: 1B (Deep 1B)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 2 errors, 2 LOB. Devil Rays 7, Royals 7.

Bottom of the 9th, Royals Batting, Tied 7-7, Shawn Camp facing 9-1-2
          ---  3   72%  T Pena          Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B)
   O      1--  2   71%  D DeJesus       Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice (Short 1B Line); Pena to 2B
   O      -2-  2   63%  E German        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B); Pena to 3B
          --3  4   65%  M Teahen        Intentional Walk
          1-3      64%  M Grudzielanek  Defensive Indifference; Teahen to 2B
   R      -23  2  100%  " "             Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Pena Scores; Teahen to 3B
        1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Devil Rays 7, Royals 8.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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