The Kansas City Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-4 on Jun 24, 2023 at Tropicana Field.
Final · Tropicana Field
Top performers
- Freddy Fermin went 3-for-3 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Royals.
- Jordan Lyles pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 4 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Wander Franco went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Rays.
- Zack Littell pitched 2.2 innings for the Rays, allowing 1 earned run with 2 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nicky Lopez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Freddy Fermin | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 23 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Lyles | 6.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Nick Wittgren | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Arozarena | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Siri | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Lowe | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Taylor Walls | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Raley | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Wander Franco | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Yandy Diaz | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
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 Littell | 2.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Jake Diekman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 3.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Jun 23, 2023: KC 3, TB 11 · Next Jun 25, 2023: KC 1, TB 3
- Rays · 2023 season · Previous Jun 23, 2023: KC 3, TB 11 · Next Jun 25, 2023: KC 1, TB 3