The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 5-2 on Jul 2, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Cedric Mullins went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Rays.
- Ian Seymour pitched 6.0 innings for the Rays, allowing 1 earned run with 8 strikeouts.
- Carter Jensen went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Randy Dobnak pitched 4.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Aranda | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter Feduccia | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cedric Mullins | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chandler Simpson | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Mesa Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yandy Diaz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Taylor Walls | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Richie Palacios | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ben Williamson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Seymour | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Garrett Cleavinger | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Baker | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cam Booser | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Starling Marte | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Loftin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Rojas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 30 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Dobnak | 4.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Stephen Kolek | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Before and after
- Rays · 2026 season · Previous Jul 1, 2026: TB 4, KC 0 · Next Jul 3, 2026: TB 3, HOU 1
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Jul 1, 2026: TB 4, KC 0 · Next Jul 4, 2026: PHI 6, KC 1