The second baseman narrowly missed starting last year’s showcase, seemingly after frightening non-Kansas City fans into action: Infante was the worst hitter in baseball last June, and yet led American League balloting at the position until the final tally, when, following weeks of handwringing by media and fans alike, the Astros’ José Altuve overtook him.
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The Kansas City Royals move to 30-22, and have opened a two game lead over the second place Chicago White Sox in the AL Central.
BAY: The Rays have lost six of seven overall and are just 1-5 in their last six road games.
The KC Royals came roaring out of the gate with two runs in each of the first two innings, before the Rays responded with single runs in the third, fifth, and sixth to pull within one run at 4-3.
“I wouldn’t say the approach changes”, Hosmer said after Cain’s single put the Royals ahead.
Gee pitched 4.0 innings in his most recent start, surrendering six runs (one unearned), striking out six and walking one in a 7-5 defeat to the Twins.
OF Brett Eibner, who went 6-for-13 with three doubles and a walk in his first four big league games, was placed on the disabled list Wednesday due to a left ankle sprain. They’re all hits and they all count. “We built up this pitch count fast, so good to be careful”. With Chris Archer set to face Danny Duffy in the pitching matchup, the total now sits at 7.5 runs.
“They barely got another ball out of the infield and I gave up five runs, ” he said. Matt Moore pitches for the Rays. The Royals have an 18-17 record when opponents give up two walks or less.
The right-hander allowed just four hits while going a season-high eight innings, though.
The Rays are 1-13 at Kansas City since the start of the 2012 season.
The Kansas City Royals lead the early American league fan balloting for the 2016 MLB All-Star Game, the league announced.
Drew Butera added an RBI single in the second and later scored when Rays third baseman Evan Longoria couldn’t handle a two-out chopper by Cain.
Rays: 2B Steve Pearce, who left in the eighth inning Monday with a tender right elbow, was back in the lineup Tuesday, but was pinch hit for in the fifth inning.
The short-handed Royals (30-23), however, have averaged 6.8 runs and batted.
3B Mike Moustakas tore his right anterior cruciate ligament in a May 22 collision, and he will have season-ending surgery Thursday.
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Rays SS Brad Miller, who has committed four errors in his past nine games including a throwing miscue in the sixth inning Sunday to end RHP Jake Odorizzi’s ideal game bid against the Yankees, did not start.
