Rays vs. Royals Game Highlights (7/3/24) | MLB Highlights

We will begin tonight in the rain. A very light rain. So the Ponchos are on the umbrellas are opened up and the Royals are hoping to bounce back after a 5 to 1 loss last night, Michael Waka, who pitched with Tampa Bay and in the last three years with the Red Sox, the Padres and the Royals, Michael Wacha is 20 9 to 12 and that's a swing and gets him on three pitches. And so Michael Waka has his first strikeout of the game and they are two gone in the top of the first innings, one of six in his career against walker and a long one down the left field line. Will it stay fair? That ball is a home run right down the line off the foul pole in the screening and Paredes with his 14th home run of the year has given the Rays the early lead and gone home run is Peredes for his team leading 14th home run and the Rays lead one to nothing as they score first again. Fastball 94 strikes out give up the home run to first time that Ryan Pio is starting against the Kansas City Royals 4 to 4 with a 440 er, a one up one down for Jr comes to the plate and to an is ovation at Kaufman stadium to Brand Laue. The Rays had in position perfectly with the liner up the middle and brandon Laue was right there to catch it. Fly ball center field, Jose waiting right there for it. It's a 123 1st and is the Royals first baserunner. He draws a two out walk. Brings up MJ Melendez who was three for three last night is now batting 333 since the start of the last road trip to right field down for a base hit, moves over to second base and sticks there. There's the Royals first hit of the game a single for MJ Melendez. He's now four for his last four. A good time. Is any for Nick Lofton to snap out of a little bit of a funk. He's one for 16 on the home. Lofton rolls it softly up the middle. The second baseman backhand race to the second base bag there in time for the first skips off. Diaz Mid goes into the Royals dugout. Renfroe comes in to score but the out was called at second base. Walcott said Lou got to second in and they're calling the out. So the inning is over without a run scoring backhanded on the shortstop side went to second. The rose looked like they had tied it but apparently the inning ends that ball four in the first walk of the night for walk. So a one out walk brings brandon Lau to the plate and a called strike three with a cutter, got him looking make it four on the night for two down runner at first base. And the batter will be the man who homered in the first inning , two walks in the inning. And the Rays will have Yandy Diaz second and Peredes at first. If you want to separate a game and it's hard to do so against Kansas City, you need hits in these spots and Randy has been on base in 15 straight swing for a slider down and away and a half hearted swing, he swung right through it. Five strikeouts for walk. He strands a pair Isbell 233 6 homers, 22 driven in that six homers career and a swing and a ground ball the other way, a base hit into left field. We've seen kyle do that a lot, go to the opposite field, find a hole on the left side and when he's getting on base in that ninth spot in the order, good things usually happen for the Royals one down and that will bring up Bobby Wood Jr Bobby lined out to second base. His first time swings it down the left field line for a hit to roll all the way to the corner coming around second, getting to third is, is, he will be waved around third. He'll come home and Bobby Wood Jr drives him in with a double down. The left field line is 56 RB I of the year the Royals tie it 1 to 1 Jr, no trouble at all. He don't miss many balls in the middle. He tagged that one for his 23rd double. Now it's Vinny with a runner at second and one down. Vinney has driven in 55 runs and 42 of them have been at home and that leads both leagues. Here comes Bobby and the will be off and drives in another run at stadium. The Royals take a 21 lead their first lead of the series as Vinny starts another RB I streak with his 56th of the year. He has been so consistently good with runners in scoring position. He just hasn't been able to get a feel on the mound for his offense tonight. High ball four and there's a walk pep even though he's getting some swing and Miss has zero strikeouts and three walks allowed to center for the first out of the inning and that will bring up his swing wide of third handled by Rosario, the second one relay by in time double play and the Rays turn their first double play of the night and it keeps Tampa Bay within a run. 66 pitches for Michael walk through four innings of one run ball one run he allowed was on is solo homer swung on a strike. Three change up in the dirt. Jackson chased it and that is six K's for Waka and now he begins his third trip through the Rays lineup. Lou dribbles it up the first baseline. Pitino scoops it up. Takes it to the back himself. He's there in time to end the inning. Michael Walka has given up one run over five innings issues. The leadoff walk here in the sixth inning. You see some stirring in the Royals bullpen, three walks. Now it's been four starts, however, since he's gone six innings and Randy Arosa Arena is one for 15 against the Royals this year and he has struck out in all three at bats against walker. Tonight. There was the changeup and all we were missing was for him to swing the bat swaying and a miss and he struck him out with a cutter, a foul attempt, strikeout eight strikeouts for Waka that equals the season high and he gets through six allowing just one for Waka. That's eight straight starts where he has given up one earned run or two earned runs. And Schreiber is hoping to bounce back from last night ball headed to Junior, that's going to be loose at first base, had to reach down to the outfield side and could not come up with it and Caballero is safely aboard and that's ball four, a four pitch walk. So the error. And now the walk and the Rays have two men on with one out first and second one down. A base hit can tie the game right now and a swaying and a and a sweeper away for the second out of the inning. First strikeout. And that's going to be it for john Schreiber. The lefty Serpa is loose. He'll come on with 1st and 2nd 2 down here in the top of the seventh with the Royals up 21 fastball called strike three. Got him looking great job by Serpa to strand two runners and keep the Royals in front time to stretch here at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals up 2 to 1 on the mound. Armstrong takes over and it is outside ball four. That's a four pitch walk back to back walks with one out and Vinny will stand in Mr RB. I himself, he's already driven in one tonight with a base hit up the middle in the third inning and a swing and chops it to the second baseman cro has it. His only play will be to first. He didn't hit it very hard. Had to come in to make the play. The out is at first but it puts two runners in scoring position for that might be a game changer right there with two outs and he swings and it's a little flair into right center for a base hit Garcia comes in to score. Here's Bobby around third he scores a little soft dunker into right center. Sabi drives in two more and the Royals lead it 4 to 1. RBIs 53 and 54 for the captain says serving that ball into shallow right center beyond the second baseman cro who couldn't get there. Chris Stratton is into the Randy Arose Arena has struck out three times into deep right center that's going to be over the head of Randy is on his way to second with a stand up double and the Rays with one out have another runner in scoring position, picking up just their third hit of the night. You've got to start building, you got to start piecing things together something this offense has done a pretty good job of that shot to left that will hop the fence. Rose Arena will score on another double by Rosario back to back two base hits and the Rays make it a 4 to 2 ball game. That's a quick answer. It's what we were just talking about, see if they can build something and start stringing some at bats together. The Royals really have been playing with fire all night. The Royals have given up a lot of free baserunners that have not come around to score. James macarthur is back on the after recording the final two outs in the top of the eighth inning and he's prepared to face 912 in the Rays lineup and it's through the middle base hit into center. So Rove, boy, he has been hot lately and comes up with a base hit to open the ninth Rorts in scoring position. One ball, one strike on Taylor walls who's batting for the first time shut field and well hit is long run against the wall. He, he crashed into the fence. What a grab from Kyle Isbell. Wow. Ben Rtve tags up and gets to third. Kyle Isbell left his feet, made the catch and brought to their feet. One of his best catches of the season. It was in the palm of his glove and rolled up to the very top of the webbing. Two. Gone in the top of the ninth slider check, swing roller back to the mound. Mcarthur's got it tossed to Passino, he's there at first and the ball game is over, James mcarthur records. The five out save the Royals come from behind and defeat the Rays 4 to 2.