Player	Pos	AVG	HR	RBI	OBP	SLG
Carter Jensen	C	.241	10	40	.311	.423
Nick Loftin	3B	.250	3	24	.346	.424
Jac Caglianone	1B	.269	14	30	.340	.485
Lane Thomas	CF	.220	5	22	.335	.347
Josh Rojas	SS	.300	1	4	.300	.700
Kameron Misner	LF	.286	0	4	.310	.321
Isaac Collins	2B	.225	3	23	.333	.313
Starling Marte	RF	.261	1	7	.316	.341

Tampa Bay Rays — Roster

Player	Pos	AVG	HR	RBI	OBP	SLG
Nick Fortes	DH	.251	1	15	.297	.324
Jonathan Aranda	1B	.287	12	54	.386	.457
Junior Caminero	3B	.285	19	43	.377	.519
Richie Palacios	2B	.241	1	21	.340	.321
Chandler Simpson	LF	.264	0	16	.304	.314
Cedric Mullins	CF	.204	6	22	.290	.309
Taylor Walls	SS	.223	0	18	.325	.296
Victor Mesa Jr.	RF	.180	3	8	.305	.360
Hunter Feduccia	C	.226	1	8	.311	.290

Scoring Plays

▼ 1

Junior Caminero homers (17) on a fly ball to left field. Jonathan Aranda scores.

0-2

▼ 4

Victor Mesa Jr. homers (3) on a fly ball to right field. Cedric Mullins scores. Taylor Walls scores.

0-5

▼ 5

Junior Caminero homers (18) on a fly ball to left field.

0-6

▼ 5

Chandler Simpson doubles (6) on a ground ball to center fielder Lane Thomas. Richie Palacios scores.

0-7

▼ 7

Jonathan Aranda doubles (12) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Starling Marte. Yandy Díaz scores.

0-8

▼ 8

Hunter Feduccia grounds out, second baseman Isaac Collins to shortstop Josh Rojas to first baseman Jac Caglianone. Cedric Mullins scores. Taylor Walls to 3rd.

0-9

▼ 8

Nick Fortes singles on a line drive to left fielder Kameron Misner. Taylor Walls scores.

0-10

▼ 8

Junior Caminero homers (19) on a fly ball to left center field. Nick Fortes scores. Jonathan Aranda scores.

0-13

Kansas City Royals — Batting

Player	AB	BB	K	AVG	OPS
Carter JensenC	3	0	1	.241	.734
Nick Loftin3B	3	0	0	.250	.770
Jac Caglianone1B	3	0	2	.269	.825
Lane ThomasCF	3	0	1	.220	.682
Josh RojasSS	3	0	1	.300	1.000
Kameron MisnerLF	0	0	0	.286	.631
Isaac Collins2B	3	0	1	.225	.646
Starling MarteRF	1	1	1	.261	.657
Tyler TolbertP	2	0	0	.250	.583
Totals	24	1	7

BATTING

Team LOB: 1.

Tampa Bay Rays — Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OPS
Nick FortesDH	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	.251	.621
Jonathan Aranda1B	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	.287	.843
Junior Caminero3B	5	3	3	6	0	1	3	.285	.896
Richie Palacios2B	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	.241	.661
Chandler SimpsonLF	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	.264	.618
Cedric MullinsCF	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	.204	.599
Taylor WallsSS	3	2	1	0	1	1	0	.223	.621
Victor Mesa Jr.RF	3	1	1	3	1	1	1	.180	.665
Hunter FeducciaC	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.226	.601
Totals	39	13	15	13	2	5	4

BATTING

2B: Simpson (6, Lugo, S); Díaz, Y (14, Seabold); Aranda (12, Seabold).

HR: Caminero 3 (19, 1st inning off Lugo, S, 1 on, 1 out, 5th inning off Lugo, S, 0 on, 2 out, 8th inning off Tolbert, 2 on, 2 out); Mesa Jr. (3, 4th inning off Lugo, S, 2 on, 2 out).

TB: Aranda 4; Caminero 12; Díaz, Y 2; Fortes; Mesa Jr. 4; Mullins 2; Palacios, R 2; Simpson 2; Walls.

RBI: Aranda (54); Caminero 6 (43); Feduccia (8); Fortes (15); Mesa Jr. 3 (8); Simpson (16).

2-out RBI: Simpson; Caminero 4; Fortes; Mesa Jr. 3.

Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Simpson; Mullins.

Team RISP: 5-for-11.

Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING

SB: Mullins (13, 2nd base off Lugo, S/Jensen).

a-Singled for Díaz, Y in the 8th.

Kansas City Royals — Pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
Seth Lugo	5.0	7	7	7	2	3	3	90-57	4.18
Matt Strahm	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15-11	5.96
Connor Seabold	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	24-17	5.01
Tyler Tolbert	1.0	6	5	5	0	0	1	24-18	23.63

Tampa Bay Rays — Pitching

Pitcher	IP	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
Casey Legumina	1.1	0	0	14-8	3.31
Ian Seymour	6.2	1	7	90-67	4.32
Craig Kimbrel	0.0	0	0	0-0	5.21

Game Info

Umpires: Home Plate: Emil Jimenez; First Base: Gabe Morales; Second Base: Doug Eddings; Third Base: Mike Muchlinski

Venue: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg

Weather: 72°F, Dome

Wind: 0 mph, None

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