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Tampa Bay Rays @ Kansas City Royals

2026-07-02 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 16814 · 92°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 10 mph, R To L · 2:18

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Kansas City Royals 5–2. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 1st — Carter Jensen homers (13) on a fly ball to center field. Tampa Bay Rays took the lead in the 2nd — Richie Palacios singles on a fly ball to left fielder Isaac Collins. Taylor Walls scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Cedric Mullins homers (10) on a fly ball to right field. Chandler Simpson scores — worth 14% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Yandy Diaz DH	3	0	0	0	2	0
Jonathan Aranda 1B	5	0	1	0	0	0
Junior Caminero 3B	5	0	0	0	0	0
Victor Mesa Jr. RF	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chandler Simpson LF	4	2	3	0	0	0
Cedric Mullins CF	4	1	2	2	0	0
Taylor Walls SS	3	1	1	1	1	1
Richie Palacios 2B	3	1	1	1	0	1
Ben Williamson 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jonny Deluca PR	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hunter Feduccia C	4	0	3	1	0	1
Nick Fortes C	0	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carter Jensen C	4	1	2	1	0	1
Bobby Witt SS	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jac Caglianone 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Lane Thomas CF	4	0	1	0	0	1
Josh Rojas PH	1	0	0	0	0	1
Starling Marte DH	3	0	0	0	0	2
Nick Loftin 3B	3	0	0	0	1	0
Michael Massey 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Isaac Collins LF	3	1	1	1	0	1
Kameron Misner RF	3	0	0	0	0	1