The Kansas City Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-5 on Jun 22, 2023 at Tropicana Field.
Final · Tropicana Field
Top performers
- MJ Melendez went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Jose Cuas pitched 1.1 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 1 strikeouts.
- Randy Arozarena went 3-for-5 with 3 RBI for the Rays.
- Shane McClanahan pitched 3.2 innings for the Rays, allowing 2 earned runs with 3 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dairon Blanco | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Duffy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Samad Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 27 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Cuas | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Aroldis Chapman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Scott Barlow | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 0.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nick Wittgren | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 4.1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yandy Diaz | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Arozarena | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Lowe | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Taylor Walls | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Siri | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Luke Raley | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Isaac Paredes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Team | 26 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane McClanahan | 3.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Kevin Kelly | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Armstrong | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Adam | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Pete Fairbanks | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Jun 21, 2023: KC 4, DET 9 · Next Jun 23, 2023: KC 3, TB 11
- Rays · 2023 season · Previous Jun 21, 2023: BAL 2, TB 7 · Next Jun 23, 2023: KC 3, TB 11