Kansas City Royals at Tampa Bay Rays

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Kansas City Royals

17-15, 6-10 Away

Final
8 - 2

Tampa Bay Rays

14-17, 9-13 Home

Bobby Witt Jr. homers as Royals earn 3-game sweep with 8-2 win over Rays

Vinnie Pasquantino had a single, a double and two RBI for the Royals, who have won nine of their past 10.

The crowd of 8,794 was the first non-sellout in 22 games this season for the Rays at Steinbrenner Field.

Mikael Garcia hit a line-drive double to center field for the Royals, stole third base and then scored on a sacrifice fly by Michael Massey to tie it 1-1 in the fourth.

Lugo (3-3) gave up two runs and five hits with five strikeouts. Daniel Lynch IV, Angel Zerpa and Chris Stratton each threw a scoreless inning of relief for the Royals.

Shane Baz (3-1) gave up seven runs and nine hits with three walks over 5 2/3 innings and had his ERA increase from 2.45 to 3.86.

Yandy Díaz hit a solo homer in the first for the Rays. Jonathan Aranda added an RBI single in the sixth.

Salvador Perez (hip soreness) left the game in the seventh inning. The 34-year-old catcher was in the lineup at designated hitter, replaced behind the plate by Freddie Fermin. Perez hit an RBI double in the fifth and Fermin had a double, a single and scored twice.

Key moment Witt hit a two-out, two-run homer down the line in right field to spark a three-run fifth that gave the Royals a 4-1 lead.

Key stat Witt has a hit in 22 consecutive games, tied with Brian McRae (in 1991) for the sixth-longest hitting streak in Royals history.

Up next Right-hander Michael Wacha (1-3, 3.38 ERA) is scheduled to take the mound on Friday in the first of a three-game series in Baltimore. RHP Dean Kremer (1-3, 7.04 ERA) is expected to pitch for the Orioles.

Rays RHP Ryan Pepiot (2-3, 4.24 ERA) is set to face left-hander Max Fried (5-0, 1.19 ERA) on Friday to start a three-game series against the Yankees in New York.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Caballero grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Jankowski struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Misner singled to left.
	9th Inning	Caminero struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Stratton relieved Zerpa
	9th Inning	Pasquantino flied out to center.

Statistics

KC		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	15
5	Strikeouts	7
8	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
15	Hits	8
3	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
41	At Bats	35
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
30	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	1
25	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
159	Pitches	130
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
22	Total Bases	12
48	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
5	Extra Base Hits	2
10.4	Runs Created	2.6
.366	Batting Average	.229
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.537	Slugging Percentage	.343
.366	Secondary Average	.114
.438	On Base Percentage	.229
.974	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.571
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.2
10.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.6
61.0	Batter Rating	21.0
41.0	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.31	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.71
.171	Isolated Power	.114
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.104	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.114
16.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
106.8	MLB Rating	74.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0