Kansas City RoyalsvsTampa Bay Rays
KC 2/TB 13
Things to say
The Tampa Bay Rays hammered the Kansas City Royals 13-2 at Tropicana Field.
01
opener
Yeah, that one got ugly fast. Rays put up 13 and never looked back. Royals just didn't have it at the Trop.
02
key player
The heart of the Tampa order absolutely feasted. Multi-hit afternoon, left the yard, drove in a chunk of those 13. When they're rolling like that it's lights out.
03
hot take
Honestly KC's manager left the starter in way too long. You're down early on a getaway day, you go to the pen before it snowballs. He didn't, and it snowballed.
04
deep cut
Royals bullpen quietly got torched in the middle innings. WHIP through the roof. That's the kind of mop-up duty that wrecks an arm for a week.
05
exit
Anyway, 34-48 KC's got bigger problems. Curious how they bounce back in the next series.
The recap
The Rays put a beating on Kansas City, 13-2, and it was never close once Tampa got rolling. The bats stayed hot all afternoon while the Royals' staff couldn't find an out, and you could tell early this was a getaway day where nobody on the KC side had it.
Thirteen runs means the heart of the order did damage and the bullpen mop-up just got piled on. Kansas City drops to 34-48 and this one was over by the middle innings.