Royals 2 - 4 Rays
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Shields looks to remain undefeated for Devil Rays

Jun 4, 2007 - 1:34 PM Kansas City (21-36) at Tampa Bay (23-31) 3:10 pm EDT

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) -- James Shields and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays face off against the Kansas City Royals in the finale of a four-game series on Monday.

After four straight no-decisions, Shields (4-0, 3.13 ERA) finally was able to break through, allowing three runs to the Detroit Tigers in recording his first complete-game win on Wednesday.

The 25-year-old righthander won his lone career outing vs. Kansas City, throwing six scoreless frames with five strikeouts for an 8-2 triumph on June 11.

The Devil Rays snapped a two-game losing streak on Sunday with a 5-1 victory. J.P. Howell pitched eight brilliant innings in his season debut and Delmon Young and Carlos Pena both homered.

The Royals will counter with Gil Meche (3-4, 3.00), who seeks his first victory in a month. He was impressive in his last outing, yielding one run in 7 1/3 frames in a 3-0 setback against the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday.

Meche, who has not absorbed four consecutive defeats in a single season since July 2003, is just 1-3 in six career starts against Tampa Bay.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    KANSAS CITY 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 6 1
    TAMPA BAY 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 x 4 7 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: KAN - GIL MECHE, JOEL PERALTA (7TH), JIMMY GOBBLE (8TH), RYAN BRAUN
    (8TH) AND JOHN BUCK
    TAM - JAMES SHIELDS, CASEY FOSSUM (8TH), SHAWN CAMP
    (8TH), GARY GLOVER (8TH

    Jun 4 5:59 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY CARLOS PENA SCORED CARL CRAWFORD.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C PENA ON SECOND, G NORTON ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 2
    TAMPA BAY 4 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: T WIGGINTON (.248, 2-FOR-3, RBI)

    Royals vs. RaysJun 4 5:43 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY JOHN BUCK (10) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
    8TH OFF JAMES SHIELDS.
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 2, TAMPA BAY 3
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: R SHEALY (.219, 0-FOR-2)

    Royals vs. RaysJun 4 5:12 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY JOHN BUCK (9) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN THE
    5TH OFF JAMES SHIELDS.
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1, TAMPA BAY 3
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: R SHEALY (.221, 0-FOR-1)

    Royals vs. RaysJun 4 4:25 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY TY WIGGINTON SCORED CARLOS PENA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, T WIGGINTON ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 0
    TAMPA BAY 3 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D YOUNG (.248, 0-FOR-1)

    Royals vs. RaysJun 4 4:18 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY ELIJAH DUKES SCORED DIONER NAVARRO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B HARRIS ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 0
    TAMPA BAY 2 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: B UPTON (.317, 0-FOR-1)

    Royals vs. RaysJun 4 3:52 PM


  • AL
    AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY CARLOS PENA (12) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH 1
    OUT IN THE 2ND OFF GIL MECHE.
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 0, TAMPA BAY 1
    DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: T WIGGINTON (.242, 10 HR, 27 RBI)

    Royals vs. RaysJun 4 3:30 PM

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