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July 1, 2026 · AL Cent

Tampa Bay Rays vs Kansas City Royals

July 1, 2026Kauffman StadiumPartly Cloudy 92°F · 9 mph, R To L
AWAY
Tampa Bay Rays
50-33
4
vs
HOME
Kansas City Royals
35-52
0

Game Highlights

Published July 1, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Junior Caminero Junior Caminero homers (24) on a fly ball to left field. Jonathan Aranda scores. TB 2, KC 0
T6 Cedric Mullins Cedric Mullins homers (9) on a fly ball to right field. TB 3, KC 0
T8 Cedric Mullins Cedric Mullins singles on a line drive to right fielder Jac Caglianone. Victor Mesa Jr. scores. Cedric Mullins to 2nd. TB 4, KC 0

Box score

  123456789 R
TB 200001010 4
KC 000000000 0

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Rays AWAY 4

Shane McClanahan started for Rays, leaving with a 3–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Shane McClanahan Starter 6.0 69 0 4 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Shane McClanahan threw
    CSW 32% 1st-pitch strike 80% 3.5 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Changeup 28 41% 4 2 4 10 8
    Four-Seam Fastball 19 28% 0 7 1 5 6
    Slider 13 19% 3 1 3 4 2
    Curveball 9 13% 0 5 3 1 0
  • Cole Sulser Middle 1.0 17 0 2 HLD
  • Garrett Cleavinger Setup 0.2 18 0 1
  • Kevin Kelly Setup 1.1 7 0 0 SV inherited 2, stranded 2
Royals HOME 0

Seth Lugo started for Royals, leaving trailing 0–3. Out of the bullpen, Jose Cuas took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Seth Lugo Starter 6.0 85 3 7 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Seth Lugo threw
    CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 58% 3.3 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Cutter 20 24% 4 2 3 6 5
    Four-Seam Fastball 18 21% 2 3 5 5 3
    Curveball 16 19% 1 5 1 6 3
    Sinker 12 14% 0 5 1 4 2
    Changeup 6 7% 0 1 1 1 3
    Sweeper 6 7% 0 0 3 2 1
    Slider 3 4% 0 0 2 0 1
    Slurve 2 2% 0 0 0 2 0
    Slow Curve 2 2% 0 0 0 2 0
  • Matt Strahm Setup 1.0 9 0 0
  • Jose Cuas Middle 2.0 42 1 3

Where the game turned

2 runs Top 1st · off Lugo
  • Caminero HR (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · TB
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Yandy Díaz DH 5 0 0 0 0 1 .329 .410 .503 .913
Jonathan Aranda 1B 3 1 2 0 0 0 .294 .399 .470 .869
Junior Caminero 3B 4 1 1 2 0 3 .293 .383 .561 .944 HR (24)
Victor Mesa Jr. RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 .200 .297 .354 .651
Chandler Simpson LF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .271 .311 .325 .636 2B
Cedric Mullins CF 4 1 2 2 0 2 .212 .291 .347 .638 HR (9)
Taylor Walls SS 4 0 3 0 0 1 .231 .330 .303 .633 2B
Richie Palacios 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .225 .325 .301 .626
Nick Fortes C 2 0 0 0 0 0 .254 .297 .323 .620
Hunter Feduccia C 2 0 0 0 0 1 .218 .298 .287 .585
HOME · KC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Lane Thomas CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .212 .322 .332 .654
Bobby Witt Jr. SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 .293 .366 .476 .842
Jac Caglianone RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .264 .334 .475 .809
Kameron Misner PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .294 .303 .597
Salvador Perez 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .201 .241 .327 .568
Carter Jensen C 4 0 0 0 0 2 .247 .312 .440 .752
Nick Loftin 3B 2 0 0 0 1 0 .229 .325 .389 .714
Tyler Tolbert LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .275 .200 .475
Michael Massey 2B 3 0 1 0 0 2 .261 .292 .437 .729
Starling Marte DH 3 0 1 0 0 0 .268 .330 .340 .670

Pitching lines

AWAY · TB
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Shane McClanahan 6.0 3 0 0 0 4 0 69 3.05 W
Cole Sulser 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 17 5.30 HLD
Garrett Cleavinger 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 18 4.30
Kevin Kelly 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.52 SV
HOME · KC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Seth Lugo 6.0 9 3 3 0 7 2 85 4.20 L
Matt Strahm 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5.53
Jose Cuas 2.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 42 4.50

Manager comparison

AWAY · TB
Kevin Cash
Lineup 2.2 R Bunts 3.7 R IBBs 3.5 R
HOME · KC
Matt Quatraro
Lineup 3.7 R Bunts 2.4 R IBBs 1.8 R

Recent form

AWAY · TB
7-3 W3 +0 run diff
WWWLWLWWLW
HOME · KC
4-6 L1 -6 run diff
LWWLLLLWLW

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

Read the full methodology.