The Kansas City Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-4 on Jul 16, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Isaac Paredes went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Rays.
- Zach Eflin pitched 3.0 innings for the Rays, allowing 5 earned runs with 0 strikeouts.
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Royals.
- Brady Singer pitched 8.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 4 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Lowe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Arozarena | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Paredes | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Lowe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wander Franco | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Manuel Margot | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Raley | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Aranda | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 29 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Eflin | 3.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Diekman | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 3.1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicky Lopez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddy Fermin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Singer | 8.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Scott Barlow | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Before and after
- Rays · 2023 season · Previous Jul 15, 2023: TB 4, KC 2 · Next Jul 17, 2023: TB 2, TEX 3
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Jul 15, 2023: TB 4, KC 2 · Next Jul 17, 2023: DET 3, KC 2