Kansas City Royals at Tampa Bay Rays

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Kansas City Royals

16-15, 5-10 Away

Final
3 - 0

Tampa Bay Rays

14-16, 9-12 Home

Royals' Noah Cameron takes a no-hitter into 7th in his big league debut as KC beats the Rays 3-0

Cameron, who grew up in the Kansas City area, shut out the Rays over 6 1/3 innings until Curtis Mead ended an 0-for-16 slump with a one-out single down the left-field line. Recalled from Triple-A Omaha prior to the start, Cameron (1-0) allowed one hit and five walks while striking out three. He threw 79 pitches with 46 strikes.

Carlos Estévez stranded two in the ninth for his ninth save.

Kansas City's Bobby Witt Jr. wasted no time extending his hitting streak to 21 games. He singled in the first inning, then scored on Pasquantino’s fourth homer of the year. Playing in his 500th major league game, Witt also reached 1,000 total bases with his fifth-inning single that scored Cavan Biggio.

Salvador Perez, Maikel Garcia and Kyle Isbel each had two hits for the Royals, who’ve won eight of nine.

Drew Rasmussen (1-2) gave up three runs and six hits in five innings for the Rays, who’ve lost seven of their last eight at Steinbrenner Field, their temporary home.

Key moment Pasquantino launched a first-pitch fastball, Rasmussen’s 10th pitch, to right-center to give Kansas City a 2-0 lead. The Royals have outscored opponents 17-2 in the first inning this season, including 3-0 against the Rays.

Key stat A Royals pitcher hasn’t thrown a no-hitter since Bret Saberhagen on Aug. 26, 1991, a span of 5,244 games. Only Cleveland and Toronto have gone longer without one.

Up next Seth Lugo (2-3, 3.08 ERA) takes the mound as Kansas City looks to sweep the series. The Rays will counter with Shane Baz (3-0, 2.45).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Simpson flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Walls struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Aranda singled to left, Misner to second.
	9th Inning	Misner singled to right.
	9th Inning	Jankowski grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Estévez relieved Erceg

Statistics

KC		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
0	Ground Balls	0
7	Strikeouts	4
3	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	4
1	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	0
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	20
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
0	Fly Balls	0
1	Caught Stealing	0
134	Pitches	130
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
15	Total Bases	4
37	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	0
4.3	Runs Created	0.9
.306	Batting Average	.129
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.417	Slugging Percentage	.129
.139	Secondary Average	.161
.324	On Base Percentage	.270
.741	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.399
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
4.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.9
29.0	Batter Rating	4.0
36.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.62	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.51
.111	Isolated Power	.000
0.14	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.25
.027	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.135
-.167	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.032
6.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.1
83.3	MLB Rating	60.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0