| Final - 8.20.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Royals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 11 | 2 |
Four innings in Leningrad. That is the amount of times that it took the Royals to expose the pyritic hope that a three-game sweep of the Pale Hoes had rekindled over the weekend for what it was.
The Rays continued their hot streak, beating the Royals 5-1 with dominant pitching, dominant hitting and, hey, y'know, like some defense.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| Kansas City Royals | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarrod Dyson, CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .272 |
| Alcides Escobar, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .305 |
| Alex Gordon, LF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .292 |
| Billy Butler, DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .306 |
| Salvador Perez, C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .306 |
| Mike Moustakas, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .255 |
| Lorenzo Cain, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .262 |
| Eric Hosmer, 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .235 |
| Johnny Giavotella, 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .213 |
| Totals | 33 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Smith (L, 4-5) | 3.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 | 74-45 |
| Everett Teaford | 2.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.60 | 1 | 37-26 |
| Jeremy Jeffress | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 17-11 |
| Francisley Bueno | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 0 | 18-10 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desmond Jennings, LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .251 |
| B.J. Upton, CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .248 |
| Ben Zobrist, DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .261 |
| Jeff Keppinger, 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .317 |
| Carlos Pena, 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .196 |
| Ryan Roberts, 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .218 |
| Sean Rodriguez, 3B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .215 |
| Sam Fuld, RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .320 |
| Jose Lobaton, C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .234 |
| Elliot Johnson, SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Hellickson (W, 8-8) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3.28 | 0 | 98-65 |
| J.P. Howell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.62 | 0 | 16-9 |
| Kyle Farnsworth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.45 | 0 | 11-10 |
