Kansas City 8, Tampa Bay 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature:
79°
Umpires:
Home -
Dan Bellino, 1B -
Ted Barrett, 2B -
Alfonso Marquez, 3B -
Mike DiMuro
Attendance:
12738
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Royals 8, Rays 2: Mike Moustakas belted a go-ahead two-run homer and James Shields pitched seven strong innings to beat his former team as Kansas City rallied past visiting Tampa Bay.
Shields (2-2) allowed two runs and five hits while striking seven and walking one to win his first meeting against the Rays since the off-season trade. Moustakas also had a sacrifice fly and a single to go along with his first home run of the season as the Royals totaled 14 hits.
Tampa Bay starter Alex Cobb (3-2) gave up four hits and no runs through 5 2/3 innings before Kansas City touched him up for six consecutive hits to end his night. Matt Joyce belted a two-run homer in the first inning and James Loney had three hits for the Rays.
Eric Hosmer started the sixth-inning rally with a double and scored on Lorenzo Cain’s single. Moustakas belted a 1-0 pitch from Cobb over the right-field fence and the Royals scored another on a Salvador Perez RBI single for a 4-2 lead.
Kansas City added three more in the seventh, capped by Jeff Francoeur’s RBI triple. Perez, Francoeur, Cain, Moustakas and former Rays infielder Elliot Johnson - the bottom five hitters in the order - each finished with two hits for the Royals.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Tampa Bay has homered in 15 consecutive games, matching the club record set in 2009. … Moustakas had only two RBIs in the first 21 games before Tuesday. … Rays DH/1B Luke Scott was activated from the disabled list and DH Shelley Duncan was designated for assignment. Scott struck out twice in his four at-bats.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Tampa Bay |
|
Kansas City |
|
Alex Cobb
|
Player |
James Shields
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
5.2 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
5 |
Strikeouts |
7 |
|
10 |
Hits |
5 |
|
6.35 |
ERA |
2.57 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Tampa Bay
|
8 |
1 |
12 |
.235 |
11 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Kansas City
|
14 |
1 |
21 |
.389 |
12 |
7 |
7 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
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