Kansas City Royals vs. Tampa Bay Rays

Royals Batting

Home Runs: Merrifield (17, 3rd inning off Odorizzi 2 on, 0 Out)

Runs Batted In: Merrifield 3 (62)

Team Left On Base: 4

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 1-3 (Merrifield 1-1, Cabrera 0-1, Hosmer 0-1)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Hosmer 1

Royals Pitching

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Vargas 15/26; Alexander 1/2; Moylan 1/2; Minor 1/2; Maurer 2/3

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Vargas 11-9-21-22; Alexander 0-0-0-2; Moylan 0-0-1-2; Minor 3-3-0-0; Maurer 1-2-6-2

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Vargas 5-12; Alexander 2-0; Moylan 1-1; Minor 0-0; Maurer 1-1

Game Scores: J Vargas 38

Royals Fielding

Double Plays: 1 (Escobar-Merrifield-Hosmer)

Royals Baserunning

Stolen Bases: Merrifield (26, 2nd base off Odorizzi/Ramos); Cain (24, 2nd base off Odorizzi/Ramos)

Rays Batting

Home Runs: Hechavarria (4, 3rd inning off Vargas 0 on, 1 Out); Souza Jr. (29, 5th inning off Vargas 0 on, 1 Out); Morrison (33, 5th inning off Vargas 0 on, 2 Out)

Runs Batted In: Hechavarria (14), Souza Jr. 2 (77), Longoria (72), Morrison (76)

2-out Runs Batted In: Morrison

Sacrifice Flies: Longoria

Ground Into Double Play: Kiermaier

Team Left On Base: 3

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 1-3 (Hechavarria 0-1, Bourjos 0-1, Souza Jr. 1-1)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Bourjos 1

Rays Pitching

Pitcher Notes: Odorizzi pitched to 1 batter in the 6th

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Odorizzi 14/21; Cishek 5/6; Hunter 2/3; Colomé 3/4

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Odorizzi 14-7-21-13; Cishek 5-1-5-4; Hunter 1-2-0-3; Colomé 2-3-4-1

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Odorizzi 3-8; Cishek 2-2; Hunter 3-0; Colomé 0-0

Game Scores: J Odorizzi 47

Rays Fielding

Double Plays: 1 (Hechavarria-Miller)