Tampa Bay Rays @ Kansas City Royals

17-22, 9-12 Away

Final

13-28, 6-14 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	RBI	AVG
A. HechavarriaSS	2-4	1	0	.268
C.J. Cron1B	1-4	1	0	.280
M. Duffy3B	3-4	0	2	.322
W. RamosC	0-4	0	0	.282
D. Robertson2B	0-4	0	0	.267
B. MillerDH	0-3	0	0	.229
J. FieldCF-LF	1-3	0	0	.273
C. GomezRF	1-3	0	0	.201
R. RefsnyderLF	0-3	0	0	.167
M. SmithCF	0-0	0	0	.309

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
R. Yarbrough	5.0	5	1	3	4	83-50	3.93
C. Roe	1.0	0	0	0	1	10-6	4.80
J. Venters	0.1	0	0	0	0	4-2	1.59
S. Romo	1.1	0	0	0	0	16-12	5.17
J. Alvarado	0.1	0	0	0	0	3-2	2.16
A. Colome	1.0	1	0	0	1	12-9	4.58

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Kauffman Stadium

4:30 AM, 15 May 2018

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 14,174

Game Time:2:33

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Rob Drake
First Base Umpire - Sean Barber
Second Base Umpire - Mike Muchlinski
Third Base Umpire - Tim Timmons

Hechavarria shimmies past Perez at plate, Rays beat Royals

Adeiny Hechavarria danced around catcher Salvador Perez with an inventive slide at home plate to score the go-ahead run, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Monday night.

May 15, 2018, 08:28 am - Associated Press


TB
KC

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

Scoring Summary

		TB	KC
1st	Duffy singled to right, Cron scored.	1	0
3rd	Merrifield homered to left (370 feet).	1	1
6th	Duffy singled to right, Hechavarria scored.	2	1

Data is currently unavailable.

Rays
2
Royals
1

Game 1

15/5

Rays
6
Royals
5

Game 2

16/5

Rays
5
Royals
3

Game 3

16/5

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Tampa Bay	98	64	.605	-	L1
New York	93	68	.578	4.5	W1
Boston	87	75	.537	11	L1
Baltimore	79	82	.491	18.5	L1
Toronto	79	83	.488	19	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	85	77	.525	-	L1
Chicago	84	78	.519	1	W1
Minnesota	77	85	.475	8	W1
Detroit	76	86	.469	9	L1
Kansas City	69	93	.426	16	W1

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Tampa Bay Rays @ Kansas City Royals

Hechavarria shimmies past Perez at plate, Rays beat Royals

R. Yarbrough3-2

E. Skoglund1-3

A. Colome7

Inning