Kansas City Royals 4 – 1 Tampa Bay Rays
2 August 2009 · STP01
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | David DeJesus | 1 in 107 games |
| 17 | final score 4–1 | 1 in 35 games | |
| 13 | 7 scoreless innings | Brian Bannister | 1 in 41 pitcher-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Royals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
Box score
Kansas City Royals batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David DeJesus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Willie Bloomquist | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Butler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mike Jacobs | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Alberto Callaspo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| John Buck | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ryan Freel | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Gordon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mitch Maier | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Yuniesky Betancourt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mark Teahen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Miguel Olivo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
Kansas City Royals pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Bannister | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Joakim Soria | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Tampa Bay Rays batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melvin Upton | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Carl Crawford | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Evan Longoria | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Zobrist | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | HR |
| Carlos Pena | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Pat Burrell | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Gabe Gross | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Dioner Navarro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Willy Aybar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Bartlett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 33 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
Tampa Bay Rays pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Shields | 7.1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Dan Wheeler | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grant Balfour | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Randy Choate | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Bennett | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |