Royals reliever Joakim Soria suffered his fourth blown save of the year after Brad Miller hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Thursday. 163 with two RBIs in 16 games since coming back from a fractured left hand, hit a three-run drive off Chien-Ming Wang in a five-run sixth to put the Rays ahead 11-0. Alex Gordon hit his eighth homer.
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“We just came up short with runners on base”, Cash said.
“They got me today”, Volquez said.
The Royals had beaten the Rays in 12 of 13 previous meetings, so a loss Thursday and a season split will be disappointing for a team still just five games below.
“Seeing 12 up there at the end is really nice”, Odorizzi said.
“Perez is obviously a very good hitter”. “Whatever happens is going to happen, and we need to focus every day, and not worry about what happened yesterday”.
NATIONALS 14, DIAMODNBACKS 1 Anthony Rendon drove in three runs, Daniel Murphy went 3 for 3 and Stephen Strasburg got his major league-leading 15th win.
Royals manager Ned Yost has tried almost anything to solve his pitchers’ problems. “It’s about opportunity, man. Take advantage of it”.
In the fifth, though, the Rays broke through off Ventura, partially due to a pair of gaffes by Ventura himself.
Kiermaier squared to bunt at the first pitch and watched it bounce past catcher Perez for a wild pitch that moved Forsythe to second. Brad Miller sits on 89 hits with 58 runs, 18 homers and 40 RBI. In a win against the Yankees his last time out, Smyly logged four hits with two earned in six innings. Matt Andriese returned to the rotation and was followed by five relievers.
The pathetic Kansas City Royals fell to 51-57 with the 3-2 loss, and now trail the Cleveland Indians by 11.0 games. He didn’t allow a homer to a lefty last season.
Duffy was part of a four-player trade that sent pitcher Matt Moore to San Francisco on Monday.
“You see three guys like those three guys leave sometimes it’s a little tough to stomach”, Longoria said.
“I knew I wasn’t going to be able to go that deep in the game, but to get four quality innings out there, it was good”, Andriese said.
Royals: RHP Luke Hochevar had season-ending surgery to relieve thoracic outlet syndrome.
But the biggest challenge will be getting readjusted to playing shortstop, having learned third base in spring training 2015 to prep for utility duty, then being shifted there full time in May – and excelling. Knowing that Wednesday starter Edinson Volquez had struggled in the first inning, Yost had pitching coach Dave Eiland warm Volquez up before the game, but stop early, sitting him down for a moment. Touted shortstop prospect Daniel Robertson has been placed on the disabled list with Triple-A Durham.
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The Kansas City Royals hope to continue their mastery in the series when they visit the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday for the third contest of a four-game set.
