Siri homers twice and Rays beat Royals 6-1 in doubleheader opener
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- — Jose Siri hit a pair of solo homers and the Tampa Bay Rays opened the second half by beating the Kansas City Royals 6-1 on Saturday in a doubleheader opener.
A day after the series opener was rained out, Tyler Glasnow (3-3) gave up six hits and struck out six as the AL East-leading Rays won their second straight after a season-high seven-game losing streak. Glasnow had been 0-3 in four starts since a June 14 win at Oakland.
“I felt good all game,” Glasnow said. “I kind of felt off to start, but as the innings went on I got a rhythm. It was a battle today and ended up being a good game.”
Kansas City has lost seven of eight, dropping to 26-66. Salvador Perez had four hits for the Royals, one shy of his career high. His fifth-inning double made him the sixth Kansas City player with 500 extra-base hits.
Siri homered in the third off Alec Marsh (0-3) and the ninth off Nick Wittgren for his seventh career multihomer game. Siri has 18 home runs this season.
“I know I've been striking out a lot, but everyone knows that. It felt good to connect on those two," Siri said.
Cole Ragans (2-3) was to start the second game for the Royals and Shawn Armstrong (0-0) for the Rays.
Francisco Mejía gave the Rays a 2-0 lead in the fifth when he homered off Marsh, who allowed two runs and five hits in six innings with 11 strikeouts and one walk. The strikeouts were a high for a Royals pitcher in his first three big league starts.
“Getting strikeouts the last two games were difficult for me,” Marsh said. “I thought the attack mode was good all game. I think mindset wise I knew to keep attacking and knowing I needed to make a pitch with two strikes.”
Kansas City's Collin Snider opened the eighth with 13 consecutive balls. Luke Raley followed with a two-run single and Josh Lowe hit a sacrifice fly.
Bobby Witt Jr. hit a 424-foot homer in the fifth.
UP NEXT
RHP Zach Eflin (10-4, 3.25) starts Sunday's series finale for the Rays and RHP Bailey Singer (5-8, 5.80) for the Royals.
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TB wins 2-1
Game Information
- Umpires:
- Home Plate Umpire - Edwin Moscoso
- First Base Umpire - Lew Williams
- Second Base Umpire - Ryan Wills
- Third Base Umpire - Andy Fletcher
2024 American League East Standings
2024 American League Central Standings
Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cleveland | 81 | 60 | .574 | - | W1 |
Kansas City | 77 | 65 | .542 | 4.5 | W2 |
Minnesota | 76 | 65 | .539 | 5 | L1 |
Detroit | 72 | 71 | .503 | 10 | W1 |
Chicago | 32 | 110 | .225 | 49.5 | L1 |