Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Rays

Jun 23, 2026

6:40 PM (Eastern Time)

MLB

Final

Kansas City Royals

Tampa Bay Rays

Box Score

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City Royals	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	5	1	12	14	0
Tampa Bay Rays	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	9	1

Hits KC 14 · TB 9

Errors KC 0 · TB 1

Away Batting

Kansas City Royals

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
CFLane Thomas	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	.225
LFJohn Rave	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300
3BNick Loftin HR	5	4	4	2	0	0	0	.264
1BJac Caglianone HR x2	5	3	3	3	0	1	1	.277
CSalvador Perez 2B	4	1	1	2	0	1	0	.206
2BJosh Rojas 2B	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.333
CCarter Jensen	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	.244
RFStarling Marte	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	.264
2BMichael Massey 2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.261
PConnor Seabold	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
SSTyler Tolbert	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	.250
CFKameron Misner 2B	4	0	1	1	0	2	1	.333
Totals	39	12	14	10	1	6	8	—

Away Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P‑S	ERA
Luinder Avila (W, 3-3)	5.0	3	1	1	4	6	0	87-48	5.06
Steven Cruz	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10-7	6.26
Matt Strahm	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	16-11	6.20
Beck Way	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	16-9	4.35
Connor Seabold	1.0	4	3	3	1	2	0	37-22	4.84
Totals	9.0	9	5	5	6	9	1	—	—

Home Batting

Tampa Bay Rays

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
DHYandy Díaz	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	.324
PHVictor Mesa Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.170
1BJonathan Aranda	5	1	2	1	0	2	1	.278
CFCedric Mullins	4	0	1	1	1	1	2	.199
3BJunior Caminero HR	5	1	3	3	0	0	1	.281
2BRichie Palacios	5	0	1	0	0	0	4	.236
RFJonny DeLuca	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	.271
LFChandler Simpson	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	.267
SSTaylor Walls	3	1	1	0	1	1	2	.221
CHunter Feduccia	4	0	0	0	0	3	6	.236
Totals	34	5	9	5	6	9	23	—

Home Pitching

Tampa Bay Rays

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P‑S	ERA
Shane McClanahan (L, 6-5)	6.0	6	6	2	1	4	3	75-51	3.30
Steven Matz	2.0	6	5	5	0	2	0	43-28	6.28
Ben Williamson	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	11-8	6.00
Totals	9.0	14	12	8	1	6	3	—	—

Scoring Plays

Inn	Score (A-H)	Play
T1	1–0	Nick Loftin homers (3) on a fly ball to left field.
T1	2–0	Jac Caglianone homers (13) on a fly ball to right field.
B1	2–1	Junior Caminero singles on a line drive to center fielder Lane Thomas. Yandy Díaz scores. Jonathan Aranda to 2nd.
T5	3–1	Tyler Tolbert hits a sacrifice bunt. Throwing error by pitcher Shane McClanahan. Michael Massey scores. Tyler Tolbert to 3rd.
T5	4–1	Nick Loftin singles on a ground ball to left fielder Chandler Simpson. Tyler Tolbert scores.
T5	6–1	Jac Caglianone homers (14) on a fly ball to left center field. Nick Loftin scores.
T8	8–1	Salvador Perez doubles (9) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Nick Loftin scores. Jac Caglianone scores.
T8	9–1	Starling Marte out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Jonny DeLuca. Salvador Perez scores.
T8	10–1	Kameron Misner doubles (1) on a line drive to right fielder Jonny DeLuca. Carter Jensen scores. Tyler Tolbert to 3rd.
T8	11–1	Lane Thomas grounds out, shortstop Taylor Walls to first baseman Jonathan Aranda.
B8	11–2	Junior Caminero homers (16) on a fly ball to left center field.
T9	12–2	Josh Rojas doubles (1) on a fly ball to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Nick Loftin scores.
B9	12–3	Jonathan Aranda singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Kameron Misner. Chandler Simpson scores. Taylor Walls to 3rd.
B9	12–4	Cedric Mullins singles on a line drive to left fielder John Rave. Taylor Walls scores. Jonathan Aranda to 2nd.
B9	12–5	Junior Caminero singles on a ground ball to left fielder John Rave. Jonathan Aranda scores. Cedric Mullins to 3rd.

Game Details

Tropicana Field · Dome

Probable Starting Pitchers

Luinder Avila

Kansas City Royals Away

ERA

7.45

WHIP

1.759

K/9

7.91

BB/9

6.52

19.3

Last 3 Starts ERA 5.24 WHIP —

Shane McClanahan

Tampa Bay Rays Home

ERA

3.33

WHIP

1.227

K/9

9.18

BB/9

3.59

67.7

Last 3 Starts ERA 3.14 WHIP —

Betting Odds

Team	Moneyline	Run Line	Total
Kansas City Royals	+164	+1.5 (-133)	O 7.5 (-115)
Tampa Bay Rays	-180	-1.5 (+121)	U 7.5 (+103)

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