Wednesday, May 1st, 2019 4:15PM CST
On Wednesday, the Kansas City Royals completed a doubleheader sweep over the Tampa Bay Rays with an 8-2 victory, a game that saw Kelvin Gutierrez connect for his first career major league home run and the Royals' offense perform well against reigning American League Cy Young winner Blake Snell for the second time in a week.
Date: Wednesday, May 1st, 2019
Time: 4:15PM CST
Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 11,411
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
KC |
3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
TB |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

Doubles: Merrifield (7, Snell); Soler (8, Snell); Mondesi (7, Font)
Home Runs: Gutiérrez (1, 1st inning off Snell 1 on, 2 Out)
Runs Batted In: Hamilton (4), Merrifield (12), Soler 2 (19), Mondesi (27), Gutiérrez 3 (7)
2-out Runs Batted In: Soler, Gutiérrez (2)
Ground Into Double Play: Soler; O'Hearn
Team Left On Base: 5
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 5-13 (Hamilton 1-1, Merrifield 1-1, Soler 2-3, Mondesi 1-2, Dozier 0-2, O'Hearn 0-2, Gutiérrez 0-2)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: O'Hearn 2

Pitcher Notes: Sparkman pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. ; Newberry pitched to 2 batters in the 9th.
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Sparkman 18/25; Newberry 5/10
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Sparkman-16-7-18-18; Newberry-5-3-5-9
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Sparkman 7-8; Newberry 0-5
Game Scores: G Sparkman 76

Double Plays: 1 (Mondesi-Merrifield-O'Hearn)
Errors: Merrifield (3, throw)

Stolen Bases: Mondesi 2 (10, 2nd base off Snell/Zunino, 3rd base off Snell/Zunino)

Doubles: B. Lowe (6, Newberry)
Home Runs: Choi (2, 9th inning off Newberry 0 on, 0 Out); Robertson (2, 9th inning off Newberry 0 on, 2 Out)
Runs Batted In: Choi (9), Robertson (10)
2-out Runs Batted In: Robertson
Ground Into Double Play: Robertson
Team Left On Base: 6
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 0-3 (Pham 0-1, Robertson 0-1, N. Lowe 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Pham 1; Robertson 1

Pitcher Notes: Font pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. ; Snell pitched to 3 batters in the 4th. ; Pruitt pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
Balks: Snell
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Font 8/13; Snell 14/18; Pruitt 4/6
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Font-10-7-11-10; Snell-11-9-10-12; Pruitt-5-1-4-6
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Font 3-3; Snell 4-3; Pruitt 4-1
Game Scores: B Snell 18

Double Plays: 2 (Díaz-B. Lowe-Choi, Choi-Robertson-B. Lowe)
Passed Balls: Zunino
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