May 14, 1998 Kansas City Royals at Tampa Bay Devil Rays Play by Play and Box Score

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CLE 5
@BAL 4 CHW 5
SEA 3 DET 8
OAK 3 MIN 2
BOS 1
(12) TEX 7
@NYY 5
(13) KCR 10
@TBD 2 TOR 5
ANA 4 ARI 4
MIL 1 CIN 11
FLA 8 CHC 9
@COL 7 PIT 7
@HOU 2 PHI 4
@LAD 0 SDP 3
NYM 1 SDP 6
NYM 2 SFG 6
MON 1 SFG 2
MON 0 ATL 7
@STL 3

Standings at end of play this day

Tropicana Field, Attendance: 24,296

Thursday, May 14, 1998, 6:35
Time of Game: 3:04

Royals

16-23

Won 2

4th, 5 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Royals          0  4  1   1  0  0   0  1  3   10 12  1
Devil Rays      0  0  0   0  0  1   0  0  1    2 10  0

W: T Belcher (2-5), L: D Springer (1-6)

Devil Rays

16-22

Lost 2

5th, 12 GB

BATTING

Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Damon CF                    4   3   2   4    2   0  .266  .711   29    3   0   HR,2·SB
S Halter SS                   6   0   3   3    0   0  .307  .830   25    1   3   2B
J Offerman 2B                 3   0   0   0    2   0  .307  .817   20    2   3   
  F Martinez PH-2B            1   0   0   0    0   0  .132  .356    2    0   0   
D Palmer 3B                   5   0   1   0    0   2  .279  .874   15    0   2   GDP
J Conine LF                   4   2   2   1    1   1  .194  .661   20    3   0   HR
J King 1B                     3   1   1   0    1   0  .246  .747   15   10   0   HBP
L Sutton DH                   3   1   0   0    1   1  .239  .676   12    0   0   
  T Pendleton PH              1   1   1   1    0   0  .228  .641    3    0   0   
J Dye RF                      4   1   1   1    1   0  .250  .598   16    3   0   
S Fasano C                    3   1   1   0    0   0  .200  .504    8    5   0   2·HBP,GDP

T Belcher P                                                              0   0
  C Haney P                                                              0   0
  S Service P                                                            0   0
Totals                       37  10  12  10    8   4              165   27   8

BATTING

2B: S Halter (7, off E Yan).

HR: J Conine (1, off D Springer; 3rd inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep LF); J Damon (2, off D Springer; 2nd inn, 3 on, 2 outs to Deep RF).

HBP: J King (2, by R Tatis); S Fasano 2 (3, by J Santana, by D Springer).

TB: J Conine 5; J Damon 5; S Halter 4; S Fasano; J Dye; J King; T Pendleton; D Palmer.

GIDP: S Fasano (2); D Palmer (4).

RBI: J Damon 4 (13); S Halter 3 (10); T Pendleton (5); J Conine (3); J Dye (2).

2-out RBI: J Damon 4; S Halter 2; J Conine.

Team LOB: 11.

With RISP: 5 for 15.

FIELDING

DP: 1. S Halter-J Offerman.

E: J King (3).

BASERUNNING

SB: J Damon 2 (7, 2nd base off D Springer/M Difelice 2).

Tampa Bay Devil Rays         AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Martinez RF                 4   1   2   0    0   0  .274  .727   10    1   0   2B
  R Winn PH                   1   0   1   0    0   0  .500 1.000    3    0   0   
Q McCracken CF                3   0   0   1    1   1  .337  .825   21    2   0   SF
W Boggs 3B                    5   0   1   0    0   0  .293  .859   16    0   1   
F McGriff 1B                  4   0   0   0    1   0  .277  .816   12    9   0   
P Sorrento DH                 3   0   1   0    1   2  .256  .761   19    0   0   
M Kelly LF                    4   0   2   1    0   1  .269  .743   16    3   0   2B
M Difelice C                  2   0   0   0    0   0  .222  .708    6    3   0   
  A Ledesma PH-2B             2   0   0   0    0   1  .342  .852    9    2   2   
K Stocker SS                  3   0   0   0    0   0  .239  .767   13    3   7   
  S McClain PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    2    0   0   
M Cairo 2B                    2   0   1   0    0   0  .263  .621    7    3   4   
  J Flaherty C                2   1   2   0    0   0  .145  .428    8    1   0   2·2B

D Springer P                                                             0   1
  J Santana P                                                            0   0
  E Yan P                                                                0   0
  R Tatis P                                                              0   0
Totals                       36   2  10   2    3   5              142   27  15

BATTING

2B: M Kelly (5, off C Haney); J Flaherty 2 (3, off T Belcher, off S Service); D Martinez (5, off T Belcher).

SF: Q McCracken (1, off S Service).

TB: J Flaherty 4; D Martinez 3; M Kelly 3; R Winn; P Sorrento; W Boggs; M Cairo.

RBI: M Kelly (6); Q McCracken (15).

2-out RBI: M Kelly.

Team LOB: 11.

With RISP: 2 for 12.

FIELDING

DP: 2. A Ledesma-K Stocker-F McGriff; K Stocker-M Cairo-F McGriff.

PITCHING

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
T Belcher, W (2-5)             7     6   1   0    2   4   0   3.46   29   99-64   41· 9·14   10· 7· 6· 0     65    -     0.61   0.20
C Haney                        0.2   1   0   0    1   1   0   8.33    4   17-9     7· 1· 1    1· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.16   0.00
S Service                      1.1   3   1   1    0   0   0   3.79    7   26-16   12· 0· 4    4· 2· 1· 0          2-0    0.04   0.01
Totals                         9    10   2   1    3   5   0          40  142-89   60·10·19   15· 9· 8· 0          2-0

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
D Springer, L (1-6)            4     8   6   6    3   2   2   5.86   23   83-48   28· 7·13    7· 4· 6· 0     21    -     0.71  -0.32
J Santana                      3     0   0   0    2   2   0   4.73   12   42-28   19· 1· 8    5· 2· 0· 0          2-0    0.18   0.04
E Yan                          1     1   1   1    1   0   0   2.11    5   12-6     6· 0· 0    0· 2· 2· 0          0-0    0.08  -0.01
R Tatis                        1     3   3   3    2   0   0  16.62    8   24-13    7· 1· 5    3· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.01  -0.00
Totals                         9    12  10  10    8   4   2          48  161-95   60· 9·26   15· 9· 9· 0          2-0

D Springer faced 2 batters in the 5th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: D Springer (2).

IBB: None.

HBP: J Santana (1; S Fasano); R Tatis (1; J King); D Springer (3; S Fasano).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Gary Cederstrom, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Derryl Cousins, 3B - Tim Welke.

Time of Game: 3:04.

Attendance: 24,296.

Weather: 72° F, Wind 0mph, In Dome.

LINEUPS

   Kansas City Royals            Tampa Bay Devil Rays                 
1. J Damon              CF    1. D Martinez           RF 
2. S Halter             SS    2. Q McCracken          CF 
3. J Offerman           2B    3. W Boggs              3B 
4. D Palmer             3B    4. F McGriff            1B 
5. J Conine             LF    5. P Sorrento           DH 
6. J King               1B    6. M Kelly              LF 
7. L Sutton             DH    7. M Difelice           C  
8. J Dye                RF    8. K Stocker            SS 
9. S Fasano             C     9. M Cairo              2B 

   T Belcher            P        D Springer           P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 2   2  0-0  123  4   29%  81% J Damon         D Springer      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Sutton Scores; Dye Scores; Fasano Scores
   t 1   1  0-0  1-3  1  -11%  45% D Palmer        D Springer      Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
   b 1   1  0-0  -2-  6    7%  50% W Boggs         T Belcher       Line Drive Double Play: SS-2B
   b 1   0  0-0  ---  3   -6%  39% D Martinez      T Belcher       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
   t 3   2  0-4  ---  6    5%  88% J Conine        D Springer      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Dennis Springer facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  2   53%  J Damon         Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--      56%  S Halter        Damon Steals 2B
   O      -2-  4   54%  " "             Flyball: RF; Damon to 3B
          --3  6   56%  J Offerman      Walk
   OO     1-3  1   45%  D Palmer        Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Devil Rays 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Devil Rays Batting, Tied 0-0, Tim Belcher facing 1-2-3
          ---  3   39%  D Martinez      Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  4   43%  Q McCracken     Strikeout Swinging
   OO     -2-  6   50%  W Boggs         Line Drive Double Play: SS-2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Devil Rays 0.

Top of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Dennis Springer facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  5   48%  J Conine        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   46%  J King          Groundout: SS-1B (SS-3B Hole)
          ---  6   47%  L Sutton        Walk
          1--      48%  J Dye           Wild Pitch; Sutton to 2B
          -2-  5   49%  " "             Walk
          12-  3   52%  S Fasano        Hit By Pitch; Sutton to 3B; Dye to 2B
   RRRR   123  4   81%  J Damon         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Sutton Scores; Dye Scores; Fasano Scores
   O      ---  4   80%  S Halter        Groundout: SS-1B (SS-3B Hole)
                  4 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Devil Rays 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 0-4, Tim Belcher facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  2   82%  F McGriff       Foul Flyball: LF (Deep LF Foul)
   O      ---  4   84%  P Sorrento      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  6   84%  M Kelly         Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Devil Rays 0.

Top of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Ahead 4-0, Dennis Springer facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  5   83%  J Offerman      Lineout: 2B
   O      ---  7   82%  D Palmer        Strikeout Swinging
   R      ---  6   88%  J Conine        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
          ---  6   88%  J King          Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  1   87%  L Sutton        Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Devil Rays 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 0-5, Tim Belcher facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  4   89%  M Difelice      Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
   O      ---  3   90%  K Stocker       Popfly: 2B (Deep SS-2B)
          ---  3   89%  M Cairo         Single to 2B (Ground Ball)
          1--  1   88%  D Martinez      Single to RF (Line Drive); Cairo to 2B
   O      12-  2   91%  Q McCracken     Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Devil Rays 0.

Top of the 4th, Royals Batting, Ahead 5-0, Dennis Springer facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  1   90%  J Dye           Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  1   91%  S Fasano        Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  6   90%  J Damon         Groundout: P-SS/Forceout at 2B (P's Right)
          1--      90%  S Halter        Damon Steals 2B
   R      -2-  4   94%  " "             Single to CF (Line Drive); Damon Scores
   O      1--  1   93%  J Offerman      Groundout: 2B-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Devil Rays 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 0-6, Tim Belcher facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  2   94%  W Boggs         Flyball: CF
   O      ---  1   95%  F McGriff       Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  1   94%  P Sorrento      Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  4   95%  M Kelly         Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Devil Rays 0.

Top of the 5th, Royals Batting, Ahead 6-0, Dennis Springer facing 4-5-6
          ---  2   96%  D Palmer        Single to RF (Ground Ball)
          1--  2   97%  J Conine        Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Palmer to 2B
                  Julio Santana replaces Dennis Springer pitching
   O      12-  1   96%  J King          Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      12-  2   95%  L Sutton        Flyball: CF; Palmer to 3B
   O      1-3  4   95%  J Dye           Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (SS-3B Hole)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 6, Devil Rays 0.

Bottom of the 5th, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 0-6, Tim Belcher facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  2   96%  M Difelice      Lineout: 1B
   O      ---  5   96%  K Stocker       Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 2B-1B)
   O      ---  4   97%  M Cairo         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Devil Rays 0.

Top of the 6th, Royals Batting, Ahead 6-0, Julio Santana facing 9-1-2
          ---  1   97%  S Fasano        Hit By Pitch
   O      1--  7   97%  J Damon         Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  4   97%  S Halter        Groundout: 2B-1B; Damon to 2B
          -2-  7   97%  J Offerman      Walk
   O      12-  4   96%  D Palmer        Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 6, Devil Rays 0.

Bottom of the 6th, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 0-6, Tim Belcher facing 1-2-3
          ---  1   94%  D Martinez      Reached on E3 (Ground Ball to 2B-1B)
          1--  4   92%  Q McCracken     Walk; Martinez to 2B
   O      12-  1   94%  W Boggs         Lineout: CF
   O      12-  2   96%  F McGriff       Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF); Martinez to 3B
          1-3  6   95%  P Sorrento      Walk; McCracken to 2B
   R      123  5   91%  M Kelly         Single to C (Ground Ball to Weak 3B); Martinez Scores/unER; McCracken to 3B; Sorrento to 2B
                  Aaron Ledesma pinch hits for Mike Difelice batting 7th
   O      123  5   96%  A Ledesma       Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 LOB. Royals 6, Devil Rays 1.

Top of the 7th, Royals Batting, Ahead 6-1, Julio Santana facing 5-6-7
                  John Flaherty replaces Miguel Cairo playing C batting 9th; Aaron Ledesma moves to 2B
   O      ---  1   96%  J Conine        Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
          ---  5   96%  J King          Walk
   O      1--  3   96%  L Sutton        Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  3   95%  J Dye           Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Devil Rays 1.

Bottom of the 7th, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 1-6, Tim Belcher facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  5   97%  K Stocker       Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
          ---  2   95%  J Flaherty      Double to LF (Ground Ball)
   O      -2-  5   97%  D Martinez      Groundout: SS-1B (SS-3B Hole); Flaherty to 3B
   O      --3  6   98%  Q McCracken     Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Devil Rays 1.

Top of the 8th, Royals Batting, Ahead 6-1, Esteban Yan facing 9-1-2
                  Esteban Yan replaces Julio Santana pitching
   O      ---  1   98%  S Fasano        Flyball: LF
          ---  5   98%  J Damon         Walk
   R      1--  4   99%  S Halter        Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Damon Scores; Halter to 3B/Adv on throw
   O      --3  1   99%  J Offerman      Lineout: 2B
   O      --3  1   99%  D Palmer        Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 7, Devil Rays 1.

Bottom of the 8th, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 1-7, Chris Haney facing 3-4-5
                  Chris Haney replaces Tim Belcher pitching
   O      ---  2   99%  W Boggs         Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  6   99%  F McGriff       Walk
   O      1--  8   99%  P Sorrento      Strikeout Looking
          1--  1   99%  M Kelly         Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); McGriff to 3B
                  Scott Service replaces Chris Haney pitching
   O      -23  4  100%  A Ledesma       Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 7, Devil Rays 1.

Top of the 9th, Royals Batting, Ahead 7-1, Ramon Tatis facing 5-6-7
                  Ramon Tatis replaces Esteban Yan pitching
          ---  6  100%  J Conine        Walk
          1--  2  100%  J King          Hit By Pitch; Conine to 2B
                  Terry Pendleton pinch hits for Larry Sutton batting 7th
   R      12-  3  100%  T Pendleton     Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Conine Scores; King to 3B
   R      1-3  2  100%  J Dye           Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole); King Scores; Pendleton to 2B
   OO     12-  2  100%  S Fasano        Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B; Pendleton to 3B
          --3  5  100%  J Damon         Walk
   R      1-3  2  100%  S Halter        Single to RF (Fly Ball to Short RF); Pendleton Scores; Damon to 3B
                  Felix Martinez pinch hits for Jose Offerman batting 3rd
   O      1-3  2  100%  F Martinez      Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (SS-3B Hole)
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 10, Devil Rays 1.

Bottom of the 9th, Devil Rays Batting, Behind 1-10, Scott Service facing 8-9-1
                  Felix Martinez moves to 2B; Scott McClain pinch hits for Kevin Stocker batting 8th
   O      ---  2  100%  S McClain       Flyball: RF (Short CF-RF)
          ---  6  100%  J Flaherty      Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
                  Randy Winn pinch hits for Dave Martinez batting 1st
          -2-  3  100%  R Winn          Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole); Flaherty to 3B
   RO     1-3  5  100%  Q McCracken     Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Flaherty Scores
          1--  5  100%  W Boggs         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Winn to 2B
   O      12-  1  100%  F McGriff       Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
        1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 10, Devil Rays 2.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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Play-by-Play Explanation