Royals @ Rays
June 3, 2009

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Top 9 R H E
Royals 0 2 2
Rays 9 11 0
Top 9 R H E
Royals 0 2 2
Rays 9 11 0

Billy Butler Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .274
OBP .000 .337
At Bats 3 179
Hits 0 49
• Singles 0 30
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 17
RBI’s 0 23

Jeff Niemann Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 4 0
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Tropicana Field - June 3, 2009
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Strikeout
Jeff Niemann
Dioner Navarro
Willy Aybar
Ben Zobrist
Joe Dillon
Reid Brignac
Gabe Kapler
B.J. Upton
Matthew Joyce
Billy Butler
Alberto Callaspo

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 0 2 2 3
Tampa Bay Rays 9 11 0 8
Winning Pitcher Jeff Niemann
Losing Pitcher Brian Bannister
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Carlos Pena
Attendance 15,256
Time of Game 2 hours 36 minutes
View Box Score
Count: 1-2, 2 Outs
Count: 1-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Butler strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Callaspo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dillon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Maier hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Zobrist reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Willy Aybar now playing first base. Joe Dillon now playing third base. Pena hits a fly ball into right field. Joyce settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Roman Colon now pitching. Zobrist strikes out.
Bottom 8 Joe Dillon pinch hits for Carlos Pena. Dillon hits a popup towards first. Butler settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Aybar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hulett juggles the ball. That's an error on Hulett.
Bottom 8 Joakim Soria now pitching. Kapler strikes out.
Top 8 Pena hits a line drive into center field. Upton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zobrist scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Hulett hits a fly ball into left field. Kapler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Upton strikes out.
Bottom 7 Brignac hits a line drive towards first. Butler reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Tug Hulett now playing third base. Kyle Farnsworth now pitching. Navarro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Guillen strikes out.
Top 7 Jacobs strikes out.
Top 7 Gabe Kapler now playing left field. Butler hits a fly ball into right field. Joyce settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Joyce hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Brayan Pena now catching. Horacio Ramirez now pitching. Zobrist hits a fly ball into center field. Maier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Callaspo hits a fly ball into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Maier hits a line drive into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Pena strikes out.
Bottom 5 Pena hits a ball on the ground towards first. Butler scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pena for the out.
Bottom 5 Aybar takes first base on ball four. Upton moves to third. Crawford moves to second.
Bottom 5 Crawford hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Upton moves to second.
Bottom 5 Upton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Brignac strikes out.
Bottom 5 Navarro hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Gross strikes out.
Top 5 Olivo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Aybar fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 DeJesus takes first base on ball four. Teahen moves to second.
Top 5 Teahen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Guillen hits a fly ball into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Jacobs hits a fly ball into center field. Upton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Ron Mahay now pitching. Joyce hits a ball on the ground towards third. Teahen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Zobrist hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 4 Pena hits a ball on the ground towards first. Butler fields it and throws to home to get Upton. Crawford moves to third. Aybar moves to second.
Bottom 4 Aybar takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Bottom 4 Crawford hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Upton moves to second.
Bottom 4 Upton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Brignac strikes out. Olivo drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Brignac out.
Top 4 Butler hits a popup, foul, towards first. Pena settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Callaspo strikes out.
Top 4 Maier hits a fly ball into center field. Upton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Navarro bunts towards the mound. Bannister fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Gross hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. There goes Joyce trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Gross moves to second.
Bottom 3 There goes Joyce. The throw from Olivo and he is safe. Joyce steals second.
Bottom 3 Joyce hits a ball on the ground towards first. Butler fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Butler.
Bottom 3 Zobrist hits a line drive into center field. Maier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Pena hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zobrist scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Olivo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brignac scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 DeJesus strikes out.
Bottom 2 Pena hits a ball on the ground towards first. Butler scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pena for the out.
Bottom 2 Aybar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Upton scores.
Bottom 2 Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Upton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of DeJesus. Upton reaches second base with a double. Gross scores. Brignac goes all the way around to score. Upton moves to third.
Bottom 2 Brignac hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Gross moves to third.
Bottom 2 Navarro hits a fly ball into left field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gross hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Teahen strikes out.
Top 2 Guillen strikes out.
Top 2 Jacobs strikes out.
Bottom 1 Joyce strikes out.
Bottom 1 Zobrist takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Pena moves to third.
Bottom 1 Pena hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Maier. Pena reaches second base with a double. Crawford scores.
Bottom 1 Aybar hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Crawford. The throw from Olivo and he is safe. Crawford steals second.
Bottom 1 Crawford takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Upton hits a fly ball into left field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Butler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zobrist scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Callaspo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zobrist scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Maier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zobrist scoops it up and throws to first for the out.