The Kansas City Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-1 on May 24, 2024 at Tropicana Field.
Final · Tropicana Field
Top performers
- Michael Massey went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Royals.
- Seth Lugo pitched 7.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 3 strikeouts.
- Tyler Alexander pitched 5.0 innings for the Rays, allowing 8 earned runs with 4 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freddy Fermin | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hunter Renfroe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Garrett Hampson | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 37 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 |
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 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Arozarena | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Paredes | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Aranda | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Caballero | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon Lowe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Jackson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Siri | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonny DeLuca | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Alexander | 5.0 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Shawn Armstrong | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Phil Maton | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Richard Lovelady | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2024 season · Previous May 22, 2024: DET 3, KC 8 · Next May 25, 2024: KC 7, TB 4
- Rays · 2024 season · Previous May 22, 2024: BOS 8, TB 5 · Next May 25, 2024: KC 7, TB 4