Cash didn’t take great solace in the Rays’ fourth straight good start. “I’ve been dealing with it for a while”, Pearce said.
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Hosmer then took a 1-2 Ramirez offering out to right-center to put this one away. “It was just a frustrating outing for me because I thought I could perform better than I did”.
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Steven Souza Jr. struck out looking on three pitches to end the first, and Logan Morrison, who has been one of their hottest hitters, popped out on a 1-and-1 pitch to end the fifth. Morrison was held to a single but quickly stole second and took third when catcher Drew Butera’s throw skipped into center field. Rays SS Brad Miller, who committed a throwing error – his fourth error in nine games – in the sixth inning Sunday to end RHP Jake Odorizzi’s bid for a flawless, was out of the lineup. Because Escobar was running on a 1-and-0 pitch, Motter broke toward the base, and Whit Merrifield’s ground ball to second went from potential double play to rally-sparking single.
“He really made an awesome start for us”, Rays manager Kevin Cash said of Andriese. Kennedy left them loaded as he retired Morrison on a pop up to Escobar on the mound.
Kansas City Royals’ Jarrod Dyson (1) is congratulated by teammate Whit Merrifield (15) after scoring during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Monday, May 30, 2016.
In the top of the fifth, Kennedy’s control betrayed him as he walked Hank Conger, Evan Longoria and Pearce to load the bases. Dyson stole third and late scored when catcher Conger’s throw sailed into left field.NOTES: Rays RHP Brad Boxberger, who topped the American League with 41 saves in 2015, was reinstated from the disabled list after undergoing adductor surgery in spring training. That’s when the relentless Royals scored the decisive run, Lorenzo Cain singling past diving second baseman Taylor Motter, who was playing in with runners on the corners. And their guy Kennedy dialed it in, got his changeup going. A couple of miscues on defense probably didn’t help the situation. Tampa Bay OF Brandon Guyer is 12-for-35 in his last nine contests while Morrison is 12-for-28 with seven RBIs over his past eight. 3. “That’s probably the most encouraging out of the loss”.
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Rays: Pearce left after seven innings with a right elbow irritation. “To be fair”, he said, “they have to do it a few times through the rotation”. “I think on a check swing it kind of locked up a little bit”.
