The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 4-1 on May 26, 2024 at Tropicana Field.
Final · Tropicana Field
Top performers
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 2-for-5 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
- Brandon Lowe went 1-for-1 with 3 RBI for the Rays.
- Taj Bradley pitched 5.0 innings for the Rays, allowing 0 earned runs with 6 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Frazier | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Garrett Hampson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Freddy Fermin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonny DeLuca | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yandy Diaz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Randy Arozarena | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Paredes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Siri | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Amed Rosario | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Caballero | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon Lowe | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Aranda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richie Palacios | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taj Bradley | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Shawn Armstrong | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pete Fairbanks | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Garrett Cleavinger | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin Kelly | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2024 season · Previous May 25, 2024: KC 7, TB 4 · Next May 27, 2024: KC 5, MIN 6
- Rays · 2024 season · Previous May 25, 2024: KC 7, TB 4 · Next May 28, 2024: ATH 3, TB 0