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Royals
@ Devil Rays
Tropicana Field
September 1, 2000
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the Kansas City Royals, played on September 1, 2000 at Tropicana Field.
Game Summary
| Date | September 1, 2000 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Home Team |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 1, 2000 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Tampa Bay Devil Rays |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Brian Meadows |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ryan Rupe |
| Ballpark | Tropicana Field |
| City | St. Petersburg |
| State | FL |
| Attendance | 18,460 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 50 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Angel Hernandez 1B: Marty Foster 2B: Ron Kulpa 3B: Randy Marsh |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Damon | Center Fielder |
| Rey Sanchez | Shortstop |
| Mike Sweeney | First Baseman |
| Jermaine Dye | DH |
| Mark Quinn | Left Fielder |
| Joe Randa | Third Baseman |
| Todd Dunwoody | Right Fielder |
| Gregg Zaun | Catcher |
| Wilson Delgado | Second Baseman |
| Tony Muser | Manager |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Gerald Williams | Center Fielder |
| Steve Cox | Left Fielder |
| Greg Vaughn | DH |
| Fred McGriff | First Baseman |
| Bob Smith | Second Baseman |
| Aubrey Huff | Third Baseman |
| Jose Guillen | Right Fielder |
| John Flaherty | Catcher |
| Felix Martinez | Shortstop |
| Larry Rothschild | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Devil Rays
Tropicana Field
September 1, 2000
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Rupe
Damon hits a fly ball into left field. Cox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Sanchez vs. Rupe
Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rupe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Rupe
Sweeney strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Meadows
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Meadows
Cox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Delgado scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Vaughn vs. Meadows
Vaughn hits a fly ball into left field. Quinn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Dye vs. Rupe
Dye hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Quinn vs. Rupe
Quinn hits a line drive towards short. Martinez catches it and throws to first to double up Dye. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Rupe
Randa hits a popup, foul, towards first. McGriff settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
McGriff vs. Meadows
McGriff strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Meadows
Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Dunwoody settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Huff vs. Meadows
Huff strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Dunwoody vs. Rupe
Dunwoody hits a line drive into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Zaun vs. Rupe
Zaun hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Delgado vs. Rupe
Delgado hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Meadows
Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flaherty vs. Meadows
Flaherty hits a fly ball into left field. Quinn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Meadows
Martinez strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Rupe
Damon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanchez vs. Rupe
Sanchez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Damon moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sweeney vs. Rupe
Sweeney hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Damon moves to third. Sanchez moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 123
Dye vs. Rupe
Dye hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Quinn vs. Rupe
Quinn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Rupe
Randa hits a line drive into left field. Cox picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cox. Randa moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Dunwoody vs. Rupe
Dunwoody strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Zaun vs. Rupe
Zaun hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 4 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Meadows
Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Meadows
Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Vaughn vs. Meadows
Vaughn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 4 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Delgado vs. Rupe
Delgado hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Damon vs. Rupe
Damon hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Sanchez vs. Rupe
There goes Delgado. The throw from Flaherty and he is safe. Delgado steals second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Sanchez vs. Rupe
Sanchez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Sweeney vs. Rupe
Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Martinez throws to second for one, and Smith throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Delgado scores. Sweeney moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Dye vs. Rupe
Dye hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Guillen. Dye reaches second base with a double. Sweeney scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Quinn vs. Lidle
Cory Lidle now pitching.
Quinn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lidle fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 6 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
McGriff vs. Meadows
McGriff takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Meadows
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Huff vs. Meadows
Huff hits a fly ball into center field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 6 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Lidle
Randa hits a fly ball into left field. Cox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Dunwoody vs. Lidle
Dunwoody hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Lidle, and towards Martinez, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Zaun vs. Lidle
Zaun hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 6 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Meadows
Guillen strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Flaherty vs. Meadows
Flaherty hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martinez vs. Meadows
Martinez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Dunwoody. Martinez reaches second base with a double. Flaherty moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Devil Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
Williams vs. Meadows
Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Dunwoody settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Flaherty tags and scores. Martinez tags and moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Cox vs. Meadows
Cox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Delgado scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 6 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Delgado vs. Lidle
Delgado hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Damon vs. Lidle
Damon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Delgado moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Sanchez vs. Lidle
Sanchez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Delgado moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Sweeney vs. Lidle
Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith fields it and throws to second for the out. Delgado scores. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Dye vs. Lidle
Dye hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sweeney moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Quinn vs. Lidle
Quinn hits a popup towards short. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 7 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughn vs. Meadows
Vaughn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McGriff vs. Meadows
McGriff hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Meadows
Smith hits a popup towards short. Sanchez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Huff vs. Meadows
Huff hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McGriff moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Guillen vs. Meadows
Guillen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McGriff moves to third. Huff moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Devil Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Flaherty vs. Meadows
Flaherty hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McGriff scores. Huff moves to third. Guillen moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Devil Rays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Johnson vs. Meadows
Russ Johnson pinch hits for Felix Martinez.
Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Huff scores. Guillen moves to third. Flaherty moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Devil Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 123
Williams vs. Meadows
Williams hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Damon. Williams reaches second base with a double. Guillen scores. Flaherty scores. Johnson moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Devil Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Cox vs. Mullen
Scott Mullen now pitching.
Cox hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Delgado settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 7 - Devil Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Randa vs. Lidle
Russ Johnson now playing shortstop.
Randa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Devil Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Dunwoody vs. Lidle
Dunwoody hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cox. Dunwoody reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Devil Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Zaun vs. Lidle
Zaun hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dunwoody scores. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Devil Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Delgado vs. Creek
Doug Creek now pitching.
There goes Zaun. The throw from Flaherty and he is safe. Zaun steals second. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Devil Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Delgado vs. Creek
Delgado is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Devil Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Damon vs. Creek
Damon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 8 - Devil Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Vaughn vs. Mullen
Vaughn hits a fly ball into center field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Devil Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
McGriff vs. Mullen
McGriff strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Devil Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Mullen
Smith takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Devil Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Huff vs. Mullen
Huff hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mullen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 8 - Devil Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanchez vs. Creek
Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Devil Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Creek
Sweeney hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Devil Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Dye vs. Creek
Dye hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Devil Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Quinn vs. Creek
Quinn hits a ball on the ground towards second. Smith picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Smith. Quinn moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Devil Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Randa vs. Creek
Randa is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 9 - Devil Rays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Bottalico
Ricky Bottalico now pitching.
Guillen strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Devil Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Flaherty vs. Bottalico
Flaherty hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Delgado settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Devil Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Bottalico
Johnson hits a popup towards short. Sanchez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/1/2000 -- Kansas City at Tampa Bay (N)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Tampa Bay AB R H RBI
Damon J, cf 5 1 1 0 Williams G, cf 3 0 1 3
Sanchez R, ss 4 1 2 0 Cox S, lf 4 0 0 0
Sweeney M, 1b 5 3 2 2 Vaughn G, dh 4 0 0 0
Dye J, dh 5 1 4 5 McGriff F, 1b 3 1 1 0
Quinn M, lf 5 0 1 0 Smith B, 2b 3 0 0 0
Randa J, 3b 5 0 1 0 Huff A, 3b 4 1 1 0
Dunwoody T, rf 4 1 1 0 Guillen J, rf 4 1 1 0
Zaun G, c 4 0 1 1 Flaherty J, c 4 2 2 1
Delgado W, 2b 4 2 2 0 Martinez F, ss 2 0 1 0
Johnson R, ph-ss 2 0 1 1
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41 9 15 8 33 5 8 5
Kansas City 000 420 111 -- 9
Tampa Bay 000 001 400 -- 5
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Meadows B (W) 6.2 8 5 5 1 4
Mullen S 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Bottalico R 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO
Rupe R (L) 4.2 8 6 5 1 2
Lidle C 2.2 5 2 2 0 0
Creek D 1.2 2 1 1 0 2
E -- Cox S, Smith B 2
DP -- Kansas City 1, Tampa Bay 1
LOB -- Kansas City 6, Tampa Bay 4
2B -- Dye J, Martinez F, Williams G, Dunwoody T
HR -- Dye J, Sweeney M
SB -- Delgado W, Zaun G
SF -- Williams G
T -- 2:50
A -- 18460
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