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Tampa Bay Rays @ Kansas City Royals

2026-06-30 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 15014 · 93°F, Clear · Wind 12 mph, R To L · 2:43

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Kansas City Royals 8–3. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 1st — Carter Jensen homers (12) on a fly ball to right center field. Tampa Bay Rays took the lead in the 3rd — Junior Caminero homers (23) on a fly ball to left center field. Yandy Díaz scores. Jonathan Aranda scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Junior Caminero homers (23) on a fly ball to left center field. Yandy Díaz scores. Jonathan Aranda scores — worth 16% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TBA	0	0	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	10	11
KCA	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	6	1

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Yandy Diaz DH	4	1	1	0	1	0
Jonathan Aranda 1B	3	1	2	1	2	0
Junior Caminero 3B	5	1	2	3	0	0
Ryan Vilade RF	3	2	1	1	1	1
Jonny Deluca CF	3	2	1	0	2	0
Chandler Simpson LF	3	0	1	0	1	0
Ben Williamson 2B	3	1	1	1	2	0
Taylor Walls SS	3	1	0	1	2	0
Nick Fortes C	5	1	2	2	0	1

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carter Jensen C	4	1	1	1	0	2
Bobby Witt SS	4	2	3	3	0	0
Jac Caglianone DH	4	0	0	0	0	1
Lane Thomas CF	4	0	1	0	0	1
Michael Massey 2B	3	0	0	0	1	0
Salvador Perez 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2
John Rave RF	3	0	0	0	0	1
Nick Loftin 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0
Isaac Collins LF	3	1	1	0	0	0