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Royals
@ Rays
Tropicana Field
June 23, 2023
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Kansas City Royals, played on June 23, 2023 at Tropicana Field.
Game Summary
| Date | June 23, 2023 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Home Team |
Tampa Bay Rays
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 23, 2023 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Tampa Bay Rays |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Zack Greinke |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Zach Eflin |
| Ballpark | Tropicana Field |
| City | St. Petersburg |
| State | FL |
| Attendance | 16,189 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 45 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bruce Dreckman 1B: Stu Scheurwater 2B: Mark Wegner 3B: Malachi Moore |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Nick Pratto | First Baseman |
| Bobby Witt | Shortstop |
| Salvador Perez | Catcher |
| MJ Melendez | Right Fielder |
| Maikel Garcia | DH |
| Nicky Lopez | Third Baseman |
| Samad Taylor | Second Baseman |
| Drew Waters | Center Fielder |
| Dairon Blanco | Left Fielder |
| Matt Quatraro | Manager |
Tampa Bay Rays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Manuel Margot | Right Fielder |
| Randy Arozarena | Left Fielder |
| Josh Lowe | DH |
| Harold Ramirez | First Baseman |
| Isaac Paredes | Third Baseman |
| Davis Taylor Walls | Shortstop |
| Christian Bethancourt | Catcher |
| Jose Siri | Center Fielder |
| Vidal Brujan | Second Baseman |
| Kevin Cash | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Rays
Tropicana Field
June 23, 2023
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Pratto vs. Eflin
Pratto hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
vs. Eflin
hits a ball on the ground towards short. Walls scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Eflin
Perez strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Melendez vs. Eflin
Melendez hits a line drive into center field. Siri settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Margot vs. Greinke
Margot hits a fly ball into left field. Blanco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Arozarena vs. Greinke
Arozarena strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lowe vs. Greinke
Lowe bunts towards third. Lopez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Ramirez vs. Greinke
Ramirez strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Eflin
Garcia takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Eflin
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brujan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Garcia moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Taylor vs. Eflin
Taylor strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Waters vs. Eflin
Waters strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Paredes vs. Greinke
Paredes hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walls vs. Greinke
Walls hits a fly ball into left field. Blanco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Bethancourt vs. Greinke
Bethancourt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Paredes moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
Siri vs. Greinke
Siri hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Brujan vs. Greinke
Brujan strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Margot vs. Greinke
Margot hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pratto scoops it up and throws to first, with Greinke covering, for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 1 - Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanco vs. Eflin
Blanco hits a fly ball into right field. Margot settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Pratto vs. Eflin
Pratto strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
vs. Eflin
takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Eflin
Perez hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Melendez vs. Eflin
Melendez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Walls fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Walls. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Garcia vs. Eflin
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Walls fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 3 - Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Arozarena vs. Greinke
Arozarena takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Lowe vs. Greinke
Lowe hits a fly ball into center field. Waters settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ramirez vs. Greinke
Ramirez hits a ball on the ground towards short. fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 3 - Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Eflin
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brujan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Eflin
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brujan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Waters vs. Eflin
Waters hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Blanco vs. Eflin
There goes Waters. The throw from Bethancourt and he is out, Brujan applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 3 - Rays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Paredes vs. Greinke
Paredes hits a popup towards short. settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Greinke
Walls hits a line drive into rightcenter field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Bethancourt vs. Greinke
Bethancourt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Greinke fields it and has Walls trapped. There's the throw to Taylor and over to Lopez, who tags Walls for the out. Bethancourt moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Siri vs. Greinke
Siri hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bethancourt scores. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Brujan vs. Greinke
There goes Siri. The throw from Perez and he is out, applying the tag. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 3 - Rays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Blanco vs. Eflin
Blanco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Walls fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Pratto vs. Eflin
Pratto strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
vs. Eflin
hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ramirez fields the ball and throws to Eflin covering. Safe. Blanco moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Perez vs. Eflin
Perez hits a line drive towards third. Paredes catches it and throws to second to double up Blanco. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 3 - Rays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Brujan vs. Greinke
Brujan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pratto scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brujan for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Margot vs. Greinke
Margot bunts towards the mound. Greinke fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Arozarena vs. Greinke
Arozarena hits a fly ball into right field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Lowe vs. Greinke
Lowe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Margot moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Ramirez vs. Greinke
Ramirez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Margot scores. Lowe moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Paredes vs. Cuas
Jose Cuas now pitching.
Paredes takes first base on ball four. Lowe moves to third. Ramirez moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Walls vs. Cuas
Walls hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lowe scores. Ramirez scores. Paredes moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Bethancourt vs. Cuas
Bethancourt hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Waters. Bethancourt reaches second base with a double. Paredes scores. Walls moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Siri vs. Kriske
Brooks Kriske now pitching.
Siri strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Melendez vs. Eflin
Melendez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brujan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Eflin
Garcia hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Eflin
Lopez strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Eflin
Taylor hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Garcia moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Waters vs. Eflin
Waters strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brujan vs. Kriske
Freddy Fermin now catching.
Brujan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Margot vs. Kriske
Margot hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pratto scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Margot for the out. Brujan moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Arozarena vs. Kriske
Arozarena strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Lowe vs. Kriske
Lowe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Blanco vs. Stephenson
Robert Stephenson now pitching.
Blanco takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Pratto vs. Stephenson
Pratto strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
vs. Stephenson
hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blanco moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Fermin vs. Stephenson
Fermin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paredes fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Kriske
Ramirez hits a fly ball into right field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Paredes vs. Kriske
Paredes hits a line drive into left field. Blanco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Kriske
Walls strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Melendez vs. Diekman
Jake Diekman now pitching.
Melendez strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Diekman
Garcia strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Duffy vs. Diekman
Matt Duffy pinch hits for Nicky Lopez.
Duffy hits a line drive into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Taylor vs. Diekman
Taylor strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bethancourt vs. Kowar
Matt Duffy now playing third base. Jackson Kowar now pitching.
Bethancourt strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Siri vs. Kowar
Siri hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Brujan vs. Kowar
Brujan strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Margot vs. Kowar
Margot hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Waters. Margot reaches second base with a double. Siri goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Arozarena vs. Kowar
Arozarena hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Margot scores. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Lowe vs. Kowar
Lowe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Arozarena moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Ramirez vs. Kowar
Ramirez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Arozarena scores. Lowe moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Paredes vs. Kowar
Paredes hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fermin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 3 - Rays, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Waters vs. Armstrong
Shawn Armstrong now pitching.
Waters hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Blanco vs. Armstrong
Blanco hits a fly ball into center field. Siri settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Pratto vs. Armstrong
Pratto strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Eaton vs. Armstrong
Nate Eaton pinch hits for Unknown Player.
Eaton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Walls fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Waters moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rays, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Fermin vs. Armstrong
Fermin hits a line drive into center field. Siri settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/23/2023 -- KCA at Tampa Bay (N)
KCA AB R H RBI Tampa Bay AB R H RBI
Nick Pratto, 1b 5 1 1 1 Margot M, rf 5 2 2 1
Bobby Witt Jr., ss 3 1 2 0 Arozarena R, lf 4 1 1 1
Nate Eaton, ph 1 0 1 0 Lowe J, dh 5 1 3 0
Salvador Perez, c 3 1 1 2 Ramirez H, 1b 5 1 2 2
Freddy Fermin, c 2 0 0 0 Paredes I, 3b 4 2 1 0
MJ Melendez, rf 4 0 0 0 Walls T, ss 4 0 2 2
Maikel Garcia, dh 3 0 1 0 Bethancourt C, c 4 2 2 1
Nicky Lopez, 3b 3 0 0 0 Siri J, cf 4 2 3 4
Matt Duffy, ph-3b 1 0 1 0 Brujan V, 2b 4 0 1 0
Samad Taylor, 2b 4 0 1 0
Drew Waters, cf 4 0 2 0
Dairon Blanco, lf 3 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 3 11 3 39 11 17 11
KCA 102 000 000 -- 3
Tampa Bay 030 140 03x -- 11
KCA IP H R ER BB SO
Zack Greinke (L) 4.2 9 7 7 1 3
Jose Cuas* 0.0 2 1 1 1 0
Brooks Kriske 2.1 1 0 0 0 3
Jackson Kowar 1.0 5 3 3 0 2
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO
Eflin Z (W) 6.0 7 3 3 2 7
Stephenson R 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Diekman J 1.0 1 0 0 0 3
Armstrong S 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 3 batters in 5th
E -- Walls T
DP -- KCA 1, Tampa Bay 2
LOB -- KCA 9, Tampa Bay 6
2B -- Walls T, Bethancourt C, Matt Duffy, Margot M
HR -- Nick Pratto, Siri J, Salvador Perez
CS -- Drew Waters, Siri J
T -- 2:45
A -- 16189
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