Tampa Bay Rays’ Steven Souza Jr. reacts after striking out off Kansas City Royals pitcher Danny Duffy during the seventh inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Of course, it has been a while since the Rays were no-hit, so, well, you could argue they were due.
Top 8, Royals lead 3-0: Alcides Escobar singles into left, scoring Paulo Orlando (single).
Kendrys Morales’ 18th home run, a towering shot over the center field wall off Rays starter Chris Archer (5-15), got the Royals on the scoreboard in the seventh. “Everybody’s happy about that”, manager Ned Yost said.
I’d probably say that’s not the reason we lost the game.
“It wasn’t looking too good for a little while, but he’s a good pitcher”, Jennings said.
Kelvin Herrera worked a ideal ninth for his second save. “For someone to reach out and come get me it’s a really good feeling”.
NOTES: The Rays played Monday’s game with only 23 players, unable to make moves to replace two of the three players they traded just before the 4 p.m. trade deadline. He had allowed only one baserunner before Jennings’ hit when Logan Forsythe walked on a 3-2 pitch leading off the fourth Monday night.
Wilmer Flores and rookie Matt Reynolds homered for the skidding Mets, who lost their fifth in six games as fans in the sellout crowd of 42,125 traded chants throughout the night following a hectic afternoon at Citi Field.
In separate deals, the Rays dealt utilityman Steve Pearce to the Orioles, LHP Matt Moore to the Giants, and OF Brandon Guyer to the Indians, getting six players back.
Astros 2, Blue Jays 1 • Carlos Correa’s RBI double in the 14th inning gave host Houston the win over Toronto.
“Oh I think it was 100 percent Duffy”, manager Kevin Cash said.
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The shutout loss was their eighth this season, first since a 13-inning loss on July 22 at Oakland, and it was their first time being held to one hit or fewer since last July 1 vs. Cleveland. Davis and the Royals are hopeful he will be able to come off the disabled list when he becomes eligible August 12. The Royals will send Yordano Ventura to the mound who is 6-9 with a 4.88 ERA and his counterpart is slated to be Matt Andriese who will get a spot start as it was supposed to be Matt Moore who was traded yesterday to the San Francisco Giants. Strahm made his major league debut Sunday, giving up one hit and one run in one-third of an inning in a loss to the Rangers for a 27.00 ERA.
