The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 11-3 on Jun 23, 2023 at Tropicana Field.
Final · Tropicana Field
Top performers
- Salvador Perez went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Zack Greinke pitched 4.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 7 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Jose Siri went 3-for-4 with 1 home run and 4 RBI for the Rays.
- Zach Eflin pitched 6.0 innings for the Rays, allowing 3 earned runs with 7 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Samad Taylor | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Nicky Lopez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dairon Blanco | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Freddy Fermin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Duffy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Eaton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zack Greinke | 4.2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Jose Cuas | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 4.2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Margot | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Lowe | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Bethancourt | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Randy Arozarena | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Isaac Paredes | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Siri | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Taylor Walls | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 30 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Eflin | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Jake Diekman | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Shawn Armstrong | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Jun 22, 2023: KC 6, TB 5 · Next Jun 24, 2023: KC 9, TB 4
- Rays · 2023 season · Previous Jun 22, 2023: KC 6, TB 5 · Next Jun 24, 2023: KC 9, TB 4