The Kansas City Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 12-5 on Jun 23, 2026 at Tropicana Field.
Final · Tropicana Field
Top performers
- Jac Caglianone went 3-for-5 with 2 home runs and 3 RBI for the Royals.
- Luinder Avila pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 6 strikeouts.
- Junior Caminero went 3-for-5 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Rays.
- Shane McClanahan pitched 6.0 innings for the Rays, allowing 2 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jac Caglianone | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Lane Thomas | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Loftin | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Starling Marte | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Rojas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luinder Avila | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Matt Strahm | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Connor Seabold | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Way | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Caminero | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Aranda | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Richie Palacios | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedric Mullins | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Hunter Feduccia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Taylor Walls | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jonny DeLuca | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yandy Diaz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Chandler Simpson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Victor Mesa Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 34 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
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 McClanahan | 6.0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Steven Matz | 2.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Jun 22, 2026: KC 2, TB 1 · Next Jun 24, 2026: KC 3, TB 5
- Rays · 2026 season · Previous Jun 22, 2026: KC 2, TB 1 · Next Jun 24, 2026: KC 3, TB 5