The Kansas City Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 on Jun 22, 2026 at Tropicana Field.
Final · Tropicana Field
Top performers
- Lane Thomas went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 7.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 5 strikeouts.
- Yandy Diaz went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Rays.
- Drew Rasmussen pitched 6.0 innings for the Rays, allowing 2 earned runs with 5 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Rave | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Caminero | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chandler Simpson | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Vilade | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jonathan Aranda | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Yandy Diaz | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nick Fortes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Richie Palacios | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonny DeLuca | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ben Williamson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cedric Mullins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Rasmussen | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Cole Sulser | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cam Booser | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Kimbrel | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Jun 21, 2026: STL 12, KC 10 · Next Jun 23, 2026: KC 12, TB 5
- Rays · 2026 season · Previous Jun 21, 2026: WSH 3, TB 4 · Next Jun 23, 2026: KC 12, TB 5