The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 5-3 on Jun 24, 2026 at Tropicana Field.
Final · Tropicana Field
Top performers
- Josh Rojas went 1-for-1 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Noah Cameron pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 5 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Yandy Diaz went 4-for-5 with 1 RBI for the Rays.
- Griffin Jax pitched 5.0 innings for the Rays, allowing 0 earned runs with 7 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 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| John Rave | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lane Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Rojas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah Cameron | 5.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Beck Way | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yandy Diaz | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Walls | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jonathan Aranda | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Vilade | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jonny DeLuca | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Fortes | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Williamson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Junior Caminero | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Chandler Simpson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffin Jax | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Cole Sulser | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bryan Baker | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Garrett Cleavinger | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin Kelly | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Jun 23, 2026: KC 12, TB 5 · Next Jun 25, 2026: KC 2, TB 13
- Rays · 2026 season · Previous Jun 23, 2026: KC 12, TB 5 · Next Jun 25, 2026: KC 2, TB 13