The Kansas City Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-2 on May 1, 2025 at George M. Steinbrenner Field.
Final · George M. Steinbrenner Field
Top performers
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Royals.
- Seth Lugo pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Yandy Diaz went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Rays.
- Shane Baz pitched 5.2 innings for the Rays, allowing 7 earned runs with 1 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddy Fermin | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan India | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Canha | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Cavan Biggio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Isbel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Lugo | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Angel Zerpa | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Jankowski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yandy Diaz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Aranda | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Caballero | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Caminero | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chandler Simpson | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon Lowe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Mead | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 28 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Baz | 5.2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Eric Orze | 1.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mason Montgomery | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2025 season · Previous Apr 30, 2025: KC 3, TB 0 · Next May 2, 2025: KC 0, BAL 3
- Rays · 2025 season · Previous Apr 30, 2025: KC 3, TB 0 · Next May 2, 2025: TB 0, NYY 3