Royals hold off Rays for 4-2 victory
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals gave their announced crowd of 23,268 plenty to cheer about on a damp Wednesday night at Kauffman Stadium.
After some pregame rain, the Royals defeated the Tampa Bay Rays, 4-2. The Royals improved to 48-40 by winning the second game of the series on the day before the Fourth of July.
After leading 2-1 since the third inning, the Royals added valuable runs in the seventh. Team captain Salvador Perez doubled in two runs to put KC up 4-1.
The Rays answered with a run of their own in the eighth and looked primed for more off reliever Chris Stratton. But James McArthur was summoned and got the final five outs for the save.
Royals center fielder Kyle Isbel made a fantastic catch while hitting the wall that prevented a potential Tampa Bay run in the top of the ninth.
Here’s how the rest of the game went down:
Impressive starting pitching
Both starting pitchers were impressive Wednesday.
Royals starter Michael Wacha allowed two hits and three walks in his outing. He threw 97 pitches and struck out eight. He allowed one earned run in six innings.
Rays starter Ryan Pepiot went four innings, allowing two earned runs and four hits. He walked three in 87 pitches.
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