Tampa Bay Rays vs. Kansas City Royals

Rays Batting

Doubles: Bourjos (2, Vargas); Morrison (4, Vargas)

Ground Into Double Play: Longoria; Dickerson

Team Left On Base: 2

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 0-2 (Beckham 0-1, Weeks Jr. 0-1)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Beckham 1; Weeks Jr. 1

Rays Pitching

Pitcher Notes: Whitley pitched to 2 batters in the 8th

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Odorizzi 15/24; Whitley 3/5; Moreno 3/6; Farquhar 2/3

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Odorizzi 9-17-29-18; Whitley 4-3-0-2; Moreno 5-2-3-5; Farquhar 2-2-2-2

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Odorizzi 3-11; Whitley 2-0; Moreno 2-0; Farquhar 0-2

Game Scores: J Odorizzi 62

Rays Fielding

Double Plays: 1 (Robertson-Beckham-Morrison)

Errors: Kiermaier (4, bobble)

Passed Balls: Norris

Rays Baserunning

Caught Stealing: Kiermaier (3, 2nd base by Vargas/Pérez)

Royals Batting

Doubles: Cuthbert (2, Odorizzi); Pérez (7, Moreno); Bonifacio (1, Moreno)

Home Runs: Merrifield (3, 4th inning off Odorizzi 0 on, 2 Out)

Runs Batted In: Merrifield 2 (6), Pérez 2 (20), Bonifacio (5)

2-out Runs Batted In: Merrifield

Sacrifice Hit: Escobar

Ground Into Double Play: Gordon

Team Left On Base: 5

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 3-8 (Moustakas 0-1, Merrifield 1-1, Hosmer 0-2, Gordon 0-1, Pérez 1-1, Soler 0-1, Bonifacio 1-1)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Hosmer 1; Gordon 2

Royals Pitching

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Vargas 13/23; Strahm 1/3; Alburquerque 3/3

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Vargas 16-15-15-17; Strahm 4-3-4-1; Alburquerque 0-4-0-2

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Vargas 5-11; Strahm 0-1; Alburquerque 2-0

Game Scores: J Vargas 74

Royals Fielding

Double Plays: 2 (Vargas-Merrifield-Hosmer, Merrifield-Escobar-Hosmer)