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Kansas City Royals @ Tampa Bay Rays

2023-06-25 · Day game · Tropicana Field · Att: 18442 · 72°F, dome · 2:43

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Kansas City Royals 3–1. Tampa Bay Rays opened the scoring in the 3rd — Jose Siri homers (14) on a fly ball to left field. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Yandy Diaz singles on a ground ball to shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. , deflected by pitcher Taylor Clarke. Jose Siri to 3rd. Yandy Diaz to 2nd. Jose Siri advances to 3rd, on a throwing error by shortstop Bobby Witt Jr — worth 14% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
TBA	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		3	7

W: Colin Poche L: Taylor Clarke SV: Peter Fairbanks

Umpires — HP: Mark Wegner · 1B: Malachi Moore · 2B: Bruce Dreckman · 3B: Stu Scheurwater · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nick Pratto	4	0	0	0	0	4
Bobby Witt	4	1	1	0	0	1
Salvador Perez	4	0	0	0	0	2
MJ Melendez	2	0	1	0	1	1
Maikel Garcia	4	0	1	1	0	1
Edward Olivares	3	0	1	0	1	1
Drew Waters	4	0	0	0	0	3
Samad Taylor	2	0	0	0	1	2
Dairon Blanco	3	0	0	0	0	2

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Yandy Diaz	4	1	4	0	0	0
Wander Franco	3	0	0	0	1	0
Harold Ramirez	2	0	0	1	1	0
Randy Arozarena	4	0	0	0	0	1
Isaac Paredes	4	0	0	0	0	0
Manuel Margot	4	0	1	0	0	1
Taylor Walls	4	0	1	0	0	2
Christian Bethancourt	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Siri	2	2	1	1	1	0
Luke Raley	1	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Daniel Lynch	6.0	6	1	2
Taylor Clarke	1.0	1	2	1
Aroldis Chapman	1.0	0	0	2

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tyler Glasnow	5.0	4	1	12
Kevin Kelly	1.0	0	0	1
Colin Poche	1.0	0	1	2
Jason Adam	1.0	0	0	1
Pete Fairbanks	1.0	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Nick Pratto: K
Bobby Witt: K
Salvador Perez: K

Bot 1

Yandy Diaz: S9/F89
Wander Franco: 8/F8XD+.1-2
Harold Ramirez: 9/F9.2-3
Randy Arozarena: K

Top 2

MJ Melendez: S9/G34
Maikel Garcia: 54(1)/FO/G56.B-1
Edward Olivares: S8/L8XD+.1-2
Drew Waters: SB3;SB2
Drew Waters: OA.3XH(21);2-3
Drew Waters: K

Bot 2

Isaac Paredes: 8/F78XD
Manuel Margot: 9/F9
Taylor Walls: S9/L9
Christian Bethancourt: 5/P5F/FL

Top 3

Samad Taylor: K
Dairon Blanco: K
Nick Pratto: K

Bot 3

Jose Siri: HR/F7LD
Yandy Diaz: S9/L9
Wander Franco: 54(1)/FO/G56.B-1
Harold Ramirez: SB2
Harold Ramirez: W
Randy Arozarena: 7/F7LF/FL
Isaac Paredes: WP.2-3;1-2
Isaac Paredes: 2/P2F/FL

Top 4

Bobby Witt: S9/F89
Salvador Perez: SB2
Salvador Perez: 3/P3DF/FL
MJ Melendez: K
Maikel Garcia: S8/G6M.2-H
Edward Olivares: W.1-2
Drew Waters: K

Bot 4

Manuel Margot: S7/G56
Taylor Walls: 13/G13-.1-2
Christian Bethancourt: 53/G56S
Jose Siri: 8/F78

Top 5

Samad Taylor: K
Dairon Blanco: K
Nick Pratto: K

Bot 5

Yandy Diaz: S7/L7
Wander Franco: 3/P3SF/FL
Harold Ramirez: 54(1)/FO/G56.B-1
Randy Arozarena: 8/F8D

Top 6

Bobby Witt: 3/G34
Salvador Perez: K
MJ Melendez: HP
Maikel Garcia: 6/L6+

Bot 6

Isaac Paredes: 9/F89
Manuel Margot: 53/G5
Taylor Walls: K

Top 7

Edward Olivares: K
Drew Waters: K
Samad Taylor: W
Dairon Blanco: 43/G4

Bot 7

Luke Raley: K
Jose Siri: W
Yandy Diaz: S16/G4MS.1-3(E6/TH);B-2
Wander Franco: IW
Harold Ramirez: WP.3-H(NR);2-3;1-2
Harold Ramirez: 8/SF/L8D.3-H
Randy Arozarena: 8/L8

Top 8

Nick Pratto: K
Bobby Witt: 3/P3DF/FL
Salvador Perez: 7/F78

Bot 8

Isaac Paredes: 43/G4D
Manuel Margot: K
Taylor Walls: K

Top 9

MJ Melendez: W
Maikel Garcia: K
Edward Olivares: 3/G3S-.1-2
Drew Waters: 63/G6

Notes & reviews

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Home plate umpire Mark Wegner took a foul tip off the mask. 2B Umpire Dreckman replaced Wegner at home plate.

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