mlb Game Recap
Kansas City Royals Tampa Bay Rays Game Ends in 7-4 Royals Victory - Recap
The battle wasn't settled until inning No. 11 as Tampa Bay was handed a 7-4 defeat against Kansas City on Saturday at Tropicana Field.
Kansas City was an underdog by -110 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 7.5.
James McArthur earned the victory for the Royals, throwing 2 innings of work, striking out 0, walking 0, and allowing 1 hits and 0 earned runs. That effort was supported by 2 RBIs from Nelson Velazquez in the win.
Tampa Bay got a 0.1-inning outing from Chris Devenski in the loss. He gave up 0 earned runs, 0 walks and 0 hits in his time on the mound, while Richie Palacios had 2 hits in the loss for the Rays.
Kansas City outhit their counterparts 11-7 in the game.
The game was closed out by Nick Anderson who got the final outs in the victory. He allowed 0 hits, 1 walks and fanned 1 batters to earn the save.