The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Aug 21, 2022 at Tropicana Field.
Final · Tropicana Field
Top performers
- MJ Melendez went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Zack Greinke pitched 4.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Christian Bethancourt went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Rays.
- Ryan Yarbrough pitched 4.1 innings for the Rays, allowing 0 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
Kansas City Royals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicky Lopez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Rooker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zack Greinke | 4.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Brad Keller | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dylan Coleman | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amir Garrett | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Cuas | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Tampa Bay Rays box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Peralta | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manuel Margot | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Paredes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon Lowe | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Christian Bethancourt | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Randy Arozarena | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jose Siri | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 24 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Yarbrough | 4.1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Shawn Armstrong | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Colin Poche | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Brooks Raley | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Fairbanks | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2022 season · Previous Aug 20, 2022: KC 2, TB 5 · Next Aug 22, 2022: CHW 4, KC 6
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