Tampa Bay Rays at Kansas City Royals
· Doubleheader - Game 16 - 1
Siri homers twice and Rays beat Royals 6-1 in doubleheader opener
A day after the series opener was rained out, Tyler Glasnow (3-3) gave up six hits and struck out six as the AL East-leading Rays won their second straight after a season-high seven-game losing streak. Glasnow had been 0-3 in four starts since a June 14 win at Oakland.
“I felt good all game,” Glasnow said. “I kind of felt off to start, but as the innings went on I got a rhythm. It was a battle today and ended up being a good game.”
Kansas City has lost seven of eight, dropping to 26-66. Salvador Perez had four hits for the Royals, one shy of his career high. His fifth-inning double made him the sixth Kansas City player with 500 extra-base hits.
Siri homered in the third off Alec Marsh (0-3) and the ninth off Nick Wittgren for his seventh career multihomer game. Siri has 18 home runs this season.
“I know I've been striking out a lot, but everyone knows that. It felt good to connect on those two," Siri said.
Cole Ragans (2-3) was to start the second game for the Royals and Shawn Armstrong (0-0) for the Rays.
Francisco Mejía gave the Rays a 2-0 lead in the fifth when he homered off Marsh, who allowed two runs and five hits in six innings with 11 strikeouts and one walk. The strikeouts were a high for a Royals pitcher in his first three big league starts.
“Getting strikeouts the last two games were difficult for me,” Marsh said. “I thought the attack mode was good all game. I think mindset wise I knew to keep attacking and knowing I needed to make a pitch with two strikes.”
Kansas City's Collin Snider opened the eighth with 13 consecutive balls. Luke Raley followed with a two-run single and Josh Lowe hit a sacrifice fly.
Bobby Witt Jr. hit a 424-foot homer in the fifth.
UP NEXT
RHP Zach Eflin (10-4, 3.25) starts Sunday's series finale for the Rays and RHP Bailey Singer (5-8, 5.80) for the Royals.
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Matchup Prediction
Scoring Summary
9th Inning | Lopez grounded out to shortstop. | |
9th Inning | Massey struck out swinging. | |
9th Inning | Waters grounded out to first. | |
9th Inning | Arozarena grounded out to third. | |
9th Inning | Franco singled to left. | |
9th Inning | B. Lowe popped out to second. |
Statistics
TB | KC | |
---|---|---|
1 | Games Played | 1 |
1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
8 | Ground Balls | 13 |
13 | Strikeouts | 10 |
6 | Runs Batted In | 1 |
0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
8 | Hits | 7 |
1 | Stolen Bases | 2 |
4 | Walks | 2 |
0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
6 | Runs | 1 |
0 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
1 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
34 | At Bats | 34 |
3 | Home Runs | 1 |
0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
9 | Runners Left On Base | 14 |
0 | Triples | 0 |
1 | Game Winning RBIs | 0 |
0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
1 | Doubles | 1 |
14 | Fly Balls | 11 |
0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
147 | Pitches | 131 |
0 | Games Started | 0 |
0 | Pinch At Bats | 0 |
0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
1 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
18 | Total Bases | 11 |
39 | Plate Appearances | 36 |
486.0 | Projected Home Runs | 162.0 |
4 | Extra Base Hits | 2 |
6.1 | Runs Created | 3.1 |
.235 | Batting Average | .206 |
.000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
.529 | Slugging Percentage | .324 |
.441 | Secondary Average | .235 |
.308 | On Base Percentage | .250 |
.837 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .574 |
0.6 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 1.2 |
6.1 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 3.1 |
44.0 | Batter Rating | 18.0 |
11.3 | At Bats Per Home Run | 34.0 |
1.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 1.00 |
3.77 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.64 |
.294 | Isolated Power | .118 |
0.31 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.20 |
.103 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .056 |
.206 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .029 |
12.0 | Runs Produced | 2.0 |
1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
0.6 | Patience Ratio | 0.4 |
0.3 | Balls In Play Average | 0.3 |
88.8 | MLB Rating | 70.8 |
0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 15,428 | Capacity:
2024 American League East Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
New York | 94 | 68 | .580 | - | W1 |
Baltimore | 91 | 71 | .562 | 3 | W3 |
Boston | 81 | 81 | .500 | 13 | W1 |
Tampa Bay | 80 | 82 | .494 | 14 | L1 |
Toronto | 74 | 88 | .457 | 20 | L3 |
2024 American League Central Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cleveland | 92 | 69 | .571 | - | L2 |
Kansas City | 86 | 76 | .531 | 6.5 | W1 |
Detroit | 86 | 76 | .531 | 6.5 | L2 |
Minnesota | 82 | 80 | .506 | 10.5 | L4 |
Chicago | 41 | 121 | .253 | 51.5 | W2 |