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July 5, 2008

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Royals 0 5 1
Rays 3 10 1

Ross Gload Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .263
OBP .667 .309
At Bats 2 205
Hits 1 54
• Singles 1 43
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 13
RBI’s 0 17

Grant Balfour Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 0 2
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Tropicana Field - July 5, 2008
Out
Grant Balfour
Dioner Navarro
Carlos Pena
Akinori Iwamura
Evan Longoria
Ben Zobrist
Carl Crawford
B.J. Upton
Gabe Gross
Ross Gload

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 0 5 1 6
Tampa Bay Rays 3 10 1 8
Winning Pitcher Andy Sonnanstine
Losing Pitcher Zack Greinke
Save Grant Balfour
Game Winning RBI Akinori Iwamura
Attendance 30,418
Time of Game 2 hours 41 minutes
Count: 1-1, 2 Outs
Count: 1-1, 0 Outs

End of Game

Gload hits a line drive into center field. Upton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Butler strikes out.
Top 9 Grant Balfour now pitching. Guillen strikes out.
Bottom 8 Gross strikes out.
Bottom 8 Navarro hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon juggles the ball. That's an error on Gordon. Longoria moves to third.
Bottom 8 There goes Longoria. The throw from Olivo and he is safe. Longoria steals second.
Bottom 8 Jonny Gomes pinch hits for Cliff Floyd. Gomes hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Longoria hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aviles fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Pena hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Gordon strikes out.
Top 8 Grudzielanek strikes out.
Top 8 There goes Gathright. The throw from Navarro and he is safe. Gathright steals third.
Top 8 DeJesus strikes out.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Gathright moves to second.
Top 8 Gabe Gross now playing right field. J.P. Howell now pitching. Gathright takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Upton hits a line drive towards first. Gload catches it and steps on first to double up Crawford.
Bottom 7 Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Iwamura strikes out.
Bottom 7 Horacio Ramirez now pitching. Zobrist hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Aviles hits a fly ball into right field. Hinske settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Olivo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Longoria fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Gload hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Iwamura scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Hinske hits a popup towards short. Aviles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Navarro hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Floyd moves to second.
Bottom 6 Floyd hits a line drive beyond short. Aviles can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Bottom 6 Longoria hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Pena strikes out.
Top 6 Butler hits a line drive into right field. Hinske settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Guillen strikes out.
Top 6 Gordon hits a fly ball into left field. Crawford catches it for the out, and throws it away. That's an error on Crawford. Grudzielanek moves to second.
Top 6 Grudzielanek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zobrist fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Upton strikes out.
Bottom 5 Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aviles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Iwamura hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Zobrist hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gathright who is chasing the ball. Zobrist reaches third base with a triple.
Top 5 DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sonnanstine fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Gathright hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Aviles strikes out.
Bottom 4 Hinske hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gload scoops it up and throws to first, with Greinke covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Navarro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aviles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Floyd hits a fly ball into center field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Olivo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zobrist fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Gload takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Butler hits a fly ball into center field. Upton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Guillen hits a fly ball into right field. Hinske settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Longoria hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Pena strikes out.
Bottom 3 Upton strikes out.
Top 3 Gordon hits a popup towards third. Longoria settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Grudzielanek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 DeJesus hits a popup towards first. Pena settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gathright hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zobrist scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gload scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Crawford for the out.
Bottom 2 Iwamura hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gathright. Iwamura reaches second base with a double. Floyd scores. Navarro goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Zobrist strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hinske strikes out.
Bottom 2 Navarro hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Floyd moves to second.
Bottom 2 Floyd hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Aviles hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Navarro settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Olivo hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Gload moves to third.
Top 2 Gload hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Butler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Iwamura scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Guillen hits a fly ball into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Longoria hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aviles fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Pena takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 The ball gets by Olivo for a passed ball. Upton moves to second.
Bottom 1 Upton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aviles fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Crawford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Iwamura strikes out.
Top 1 Gordon hits a popup, foul, towards third. Longoria settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Grudzielanek hits a popup towards first. Pena settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pena scoops it up and throws to first, with Sonnanstine covering, for the out.