Royals – Rays box score
Rays 3, Royals 0
| Kansas City | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. |
| DeJesus lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .316 |
| Grudzielanek 2b | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .317 |
| Gordon 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .255 |
| Guillen rf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .274 |
| Butler dh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .266 |
| Gload 1b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .262 |
| Olivo c | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .262 |
| Aviles ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .275 |
| Gathright cf | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .252 |
| Totals | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tampa Bay | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. |
| Iwamura 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .274 |
| Crawford lf | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .285 |
| Upton cf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .275 |
| CPena 1b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .225 |
| Longoria 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .281 |
| CFloyd dh | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .252 |
| a-Gomes ph-dh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Navarro c | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .318 |
| Hinske rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .257 |
| Gross rf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .238 |
| Zobrist ss | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Totals | 34 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| Kansas City | 000 | 000 | 000 | — | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Tampa Bay | 020 | 000 | 10x | — | 3 | 10 | 1 |
a-flied out for Floyd in the 8th.
E: Gordon (9), Crawford (3). LOB: Kansas City 6, Tampa Bay 8. 2B: Iwamura (15). 3B: Zobrist (1). HR: Zobrist (3), off HoRamirez. RBIs: Iwamura 2 (27), Zobrist (3). SB: Gathright (19), Longoria (6). GIDP: DeJesus.
Runners left in scoring position: Kansas City 3 (Gordon, Butler, Aviles); Tampa Bay 5 (Crawford, Upton, Longoria, Hinske, Gross). DP: Kansas City 1 (Gload); Tampa Bay 1 (Sonnanstine, Zobrist and CPena).
| Kansas City | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
| Greinke L, 7-5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 113 | 3.62 |
| HoRamirez | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 2.35 |
| Tampa Bay | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | ERA |
| Sonnanstine W, 10-3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 85 | 4.31 |
| Howell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 2.91 |
| Balfour S, 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1.02 |
Hold: Howell (7).
WP: Howell.
PB: Olivo.
Umpires: Home, Fieldin Culbreth; First, Jim Reynolds; Second, Tim Timmons; Third, Gary Cederstrom.
Time: 2:41.
Announced attendance: 30,418.
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