Kansas City Royals @ Tampa Bay Rays

21-54, 11-26 Away

Final

52-26, 32-9 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
M. Garcia3B	2-4	2	0	1	.287
B. Witt Jr.SS	0-4	0	0	0	.243
S. PerezC	1-5	1	0	0	.270
M. MelendezRF	3-4	1	0	2	.220
E. OlivaresDH	0-5	0	0	0	.247
M. Duffy1B	0-3	0	0	0	.295
N. PrattoPH-1B	0-1	0	0	0	.275
S. Taylor2B	0-3	0	0	0	.176
N. Lopez2B	0-0	0	0	0	.212
D. WatersCF	2-4	1	1	3	.188
D. BlancoLF	1-4	1	0	0	.222

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
J. Cuas	1.1	2	2	1	1	27-16	4.55
A. Cox	3.2	2	0	1	4	53-33	0.00
C. Hernandez	1.0	0	0	1	2	24-13	4.66
T. Clarke	0.2	5	3	0	1	21-17	4.41
N. Wittgren	0.1	0	0	0	0	4-3	3.86
A. Chapman	1.0	0	0	0	3	15-11	2.73
S. Barlow	1.0	1	0	0	2	17-12	3.90

According to ESPN Analytics

Hits

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Total Bases

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Tropicana Field

11:40 PM, 22 June 2023

St. Petersburg, Florida

Attendance: 10,436

Game Time:3:01

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Malachi Moore
First Base Umpire - Bruce Dreckman
Second Base Umpire - Stu Scheurwater
Third Base Umpire - Mark Wegner

MLB-best Rays lose ace McClanahan to back injury, and game 6-5 to lowly Royals

— The Tampa Bay Rays' biggest loss came long before a rare defeat.

Jun 23, 2023, 03:43 am - AP


KC
TB

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	1	6	9	2
2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	10	1

Scoring Summary

		KC	TB
1st	Arozarena singled to right, Díaz scored, Raley advances to third, Arozarena safe at second on throwing error by right fielder Melendez.	0	1
1st	Paredes hit sacrifice fly to left, Raley scored.	0	2
3rd	Garcia singled to center, Blanco scored.	1	2
3rd	Melendez singled to left, Garcia scored, Witt Jr. to second.	2	2
7th	Waters homered to right (386 feet).	3	2
7th	Mejía homered to right center (395 feet).	3	3
7th	Arozarena singled to center, Bruján scored and Díaz scored.	3	5
8th	Waters singled to right, Melendez scored and Perez scored, S. Taylor to third.	5	5
9th	Melendez reached on infield single to first, Garcia scored.	6	5

Data is currently unavailable.

Royals
6
Rays
5

Game 1

22/6

Royals
3
Rays
11

Game 2

23/6

Royals
9
Rays
4

Game 3

24/6

Royals
1
Rays
3

Game 4

25/6

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	54	47	.535	-	W1
Cleveland	54	50	.519	1.5	L2
Minnesota	51	53	.490	4.5	W2
Detroit	49	54	.476	6	W2
Kansas City	43	61	.413	12.5	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Tampa Bay	59	43	.578	-	L1
New York	57	45	.559	2	W1
Boston	52	49	.515	6.5	L1
Baltimore	50	53	.485	9.5	W1
Toronto	47	56	.456	12.5	W1

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Royals manager Matt Quatraro back after brief leave

Kansas City Royals manager Matt Quatraro will be back for the second game of the road series against the Detroit Tigers on Friday night, the club said on social media.

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Kansas City Royals @ Tampa Bay Rays

MLB-best Rays lose ace McClanahan to back injury, and game 6-5 to lowly Royals

A. Chapman3-2

P. Fairbanks0-2

S. Barlow9

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