Kansas City took a 1-0 lead in the first with a two-out single from Lorenzo Cain and an RBI single from Eric Hosmer.
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It was the second straight loss for the Rays (42-63) to the defending World Series champions, who have won 12 of their past 13 against the Rays.
Chris Young (3-8) got the win in relief and Kelvin Herrera pitched the ninth for his third save.
Kansas City Royals reliever Joakim Soria walks back to the mound after giving up a three-run homer to Tampa Bay Rays’ Brad Miller during the eighth inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Logan Forsythe walked and later scored on Kevin Kiermaier’s bunt single.
The Rays had their chances, but the offense was 1 for 14 with runners in scoring position and left 11 runners on base.
CINCINNATI (AP) – The St. Louis Cardinals put left-handed reliever Tyler Lyons on the 15-day disabled list with a sore right knee on Wednesday before the second game of their series against the Cincinnati Reds. TWINS 10, INDIANS 6 Minnesota rookie Max Kepler homered for the fourth time in two games and the Twins defeated the Cleveland Indians after almost blowing an eight-run lead.
Kiermaier is hitting just.215 this season, not what you’d expect from a No. 2 hitter, but his on-base percentage is.317 and he leads the team with nine steals despite missing two months with a broken hand.
BLUE JAYS 2, ASTROS 1 R.A. Dickey threw seven solid innings, Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion homered and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Houston Astros. Moss is 5 for 9 with three doubles and a homer. Stephen Piscotty added a solo homer, the Cardinals’ fifth in two games.
Brad Boxberger (1-0) worked out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the eighth before Alex Colome got his 26th save despite giving up two hits during the ninth. He didn’t allow a homer to a lefty last season.
Duffy will begin that transition with the Rays’ Class A affiliate in Port Charlotte, Florida, where he was expected to play about three innings on Thursday night.
Lyons was 2-0 with a 3.38 ERA in 30 games.
“I know it’s frustrating to everybody”, said Ian Kennedy, who allowed one hit in six-plus innings. Hammel (11-5) extended Chicago’s scoreless streak to 24 innings before the bullpen overcame Pedro Strop’s shaky seventh. Aroldis Chapman hit 104.4 miles per hour on the radar gun in a flawless ninth as the Cubs won for the sixth time in seven games. He takes a lot of pride, a lot of passion in being a major league shortstop. In a win against the Yankees his last time out, Smyly logged four hits with two earned in six innings.
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“The four-run first did us in”, Yost said, pleased that Volquez held the Rays to two runs in the next five innings before his bullpen imploded.
