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On Friday night in St. Petersburg, Fla., the Kansas City Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 with Michael Massey's sacrifice fly in the 10th inning.
Michael A. Taylor entered. Starting the 10th in the second, Nicky Lopez bunted the runner to third. Massey's fly ball to mid-range right field easily plated Taylor.
Scott Barlow (5-4) kept his second scoreless inning and struck out two to win.
Tampa Bay's Roman He Quinn started as an automatic runner in the bottom of the 10th inning, but with two outs catcher Salvador He was caught by Perez trying to steal third base. Left fielder MJ Melendez made a diving catch on Francisco Mejia's shallow fly for the win.
Bobby Whitt Jr. hit his two-run homer, Melendez said he had one run, one walk, and he was four games away despite the Royals notching up. I was hit by a ball when breaking the skid. Only 4 hits.
After winning the Rays in Kansas City last month, Brady Singer was solid through his sixth inning on Friday. He pitched five scoreless times before touching for two runs in the sixth. He finished the inning, allowing 5 hits with 4 walks and 7 strikeouts.Rays' Harold Ramirez said he was 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs and 1 run. Randy Arrozarena recorded his two-RBI single and a stolen base.
Like Singer, Shane McClanahan scored no decisions, but pitched seven innings. He scored two runs on his two hits, and in three strides he flew eight.
Jalen Beeks (2-3) was his second loss in three days, both in extra innings.
Starting with five no-hitters in his innings, Singer, who recorded a career-high 12 his raises in a no-decision on July 23, is in his second matchup. It wasn't as sharp early on. they. He walked his three in his two innings of the first, but was able to escape the damage.
McClanahan hit his two-out walk to Melendez in his third, hitting a slider that didn't help much in the middle of the plate. Witt hit his 16th home run at 110.3 mph and crushed to center field.
In the sixth, David Peralta's single and Ramirez's double gave the Rays a set. Following the strikeout, Arrozarena evened the score by grounding a two-run single to right and had 17 RBIs in his last 13 games.
– Field Level Media
