Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 4, Kansas City 1
When: 7:10 PM ET, Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Carlos Torres, 1B - Paul Nauert, 2B - John Libka, 3B - Scott Barry
Attendance: 9402
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Tampa Bay 01020100-4140
Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Whit Merrifield CF 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .303
Alex Gordon LF 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .238
Salvador Perez C 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .235
Hunter Dozier 3B 4 0 1 0 0 3 3 .213
Rosell Herrera RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .245
Lucas Duda DH 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 .237
Alcides Escobar 2B 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 .212
Ryan O'Hearn 1B 4 1 1 1 0 2 4 .182
Adalberto Mondesi SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .252
Totals 34 1 8 1 2 16 15  
Batting
2B - Whit Merrifield (33), Lucas Duda (11), Alcides Escobar (17)
HR - Ryan O'Hearn (5)
TB - Whit Merrifield 2, Alex Gordon, Salvador Perez, Hunter Dozier, Lucas Duda 2, Alcides Escobar 3, Ryan O'Hearn 4
RBI - Ryan O'Hearn (11)
2-Out RBI - Ryan O'Hearn (5)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Hunter Dozier (33), Adalberto Mondesi 3 (14)
Team LOB - 8
Baserunning
CS - Whit Merrifield (8, 2nd by Snell/Perez)
Fielding
Outfield Assists - Rosell Herrera (Gomez at Home)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Glenn Sparkman (L 0-2) 4.0 7 3 3 3 5 1 5.25
Burch Smith 3.0 5 1 1 0 4 0 6.38
Kevin McCarthy 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.48
Pitches-Strikes - Glenn Sparkman 88-48, Burch Smith 52-34, Kevin McCarthy 14-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Glenn Sparkman 4-0, Burch Smith 4-0, Kevin McCarthy 0-1
Batters Faced - Glenn Sparkman 22, Burch Smith 14, Kevin McCarthy 4
Tampa Bay
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Mallex Smith RF-LF 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 .302
Tommy Pham LF 4 1 3 1 1 0 2 .192
     Carlos Gomez PR-RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .215
Joey Wendle 3B 4 0 1 2 1 1 2 .290
C.J. Cron DH 5 0 2 0 0 2 4 .252
Jake Bauers 1B 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 .209
Kevin Kiermaier CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .190
Willy Adames SS 4 1 3 1 0 0 2 .253
Brandon Lowe 2B 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .091
Michael Perez C 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .291
Totals 37 4 14 4 3 10 20  
Batting
2B - Mallex Smith (21), Tommy Pham (2), C.J. Cron (23)
3B - Joey Wendle (5)
HR - Willy Adames (7)
TB - Mallex Smith 3, Tommy Pham 4, Joey Wendle 3, C.J. Cron 3, Kevin Kiermaier, Willy Adames 6, Michael Perez 2
RBI - Tommy Pham (2), Joey Wendle 2 (44), Willy Adames (19)
2-Out RBI - Joey Wendle 2 (13)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Tommy Pham (1), C.J. Cron 2 (38), Jake Bauers (16), Willy Adames (33), Michael Perez (6)
Team LOB - 12
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Blake Snell (W 15-5) 6.0 4 1 1 1 11 1 2.07
Adam Kolarek (H 4) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4.91
Chaz Roe (H 22) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.26
Sergio Romo (SV 17) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 3.42
Pitches-Strikes - Blake Snell 101-67, Adam Kolarek 24-16, Chaz Roe 17-13, Sergio Romo 21-12
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Blake Snell 2-3, Adam Kolarek 1-1, Chaz Roe 0-1, Sergio Romo 0-0
Batters Faced - Blake Snell 22, Adam Kolarek 5, Chaz Roe 4, Sergio Romo 5