Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Rays AI Sports Picks & Predictions

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Kansas City RoyalsKC

12–5

Final

Tampa Bay RaysTB

Tropicana Field

Team Season Averages

Kansas City RoyalsLeads 5 of 18

Tampa Bay RaysLeads 13 of 18

Batting

4.22Runs per game4.37
0.246Batting average0.256
0.320On-base percentage0.333
0.393Slugging percentage0.382
0.712OPS0.715
0.97Home runs per game0.83
8.27Hits per game8.55
77Home runs62
61Stolen bases69

Pitching

4.53ERA3.88
1.39WHIP1.22
7.89Strikeouts per nine7.98
3.82Walks per nine2.97
4.46Runs allowed per game3.85
0.253Opponent batting average0.237
613Pitching strikeouts594
37Quality starts23
21Saves30

Highlighted values lead the matchup; for points allowed, turnovers and similar stats, lower is better.

Odds

Sportsbook	Spread (TB)	Total	KC ML	TB ML
DDraftKings	-1.5	7.5	+158	-193
FFanDuel	-1.5	7.5	+158	-188
BBetMGM	-1.5	7.5	+150	-185
CCaesars	-1.5	7.5	+162	-195
BBetOnline	-1.5	7.5	+163	-181
BBetRivers	-1.5	7.5	+150	-190
BBetus	-1.5	7.5	+162	-185
BBovada	-1.5	7.5	+158	-193
FFanatics	-1.5	7.5	+155	-190
LLowVig	-1.5	7.5	+163	-181
MMyBookie	-1.5	7.5	+155	-185

Game Information

Tropicana Field

Stadium

Jun 23, 2026

6:40 PM EDT

Gametime weather

Conditions pending

Lineups

Starters

Rankings

Team	Offense	Defense
KC	21st	20th
TB	16th	11th

Matchup

KCTB

33-46Record43-32
41.8%Win %57.3%
19-22Home record26-11
14-24Road record17-21
5-5Last 103-7
1Streak-1
-43Run diff+7
12-15Division17-6
1 (B2B)Rest days1 (B2B)

Scores

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T
KC	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	5	1	12
TB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5

Team Stats

KCStatTB

12Runs5
14Hits9
0Errors1
3Home runs1
10RBI5
0Stolen bases1
6K (bat)9
9K (pit)6
6BB (pit)1

Player Stats

KC — Batting

Player	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB
Lane ThomasCF	5	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Loftin2B	5	4	4	1	2	0
Jac CaglianoneRF	5	3	3	2	3	0
Carter JensenC	4	1	1	0	0	1
Kameron MisnerCF	4	0	1	0	1	0
Michael Massey2B	4	1	1	0	0	0
Salvador PerezC	4	1	1	0	2	0
Starling MarteRF	4	0	0	0	1	0
Tyler Tolbert2B	3	2	2	0	0	0
Josh Rojas3B	1	0	1	0	1	0
John RaveRF	0	0	0	0	0	0
Connor SeaboldRP	0	0	0	0	0	0

KC — Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Luinder AvilaRP	5.0	3	1	1	4	6
Beck WayRP	1.0	1	1	1	0	0
Matt StrahmRP	1.0	0	0	0	1	1
Steven CruzRP	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
Connor SeaboldRP	1.0	4	3	3	1	2

TB — Batting

Player	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB
Jonathan Aranda1B	5	1	2	0	1	0
Junior Caminero3B	5	1	3	1	3	0
Richie Palacios2B	5	0	1	0	0	0
Cedric MullinsCF	4	0	1	0	1	1
Hunter FeducciaC	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jonny DeLucaRF	3	0	1	0	0	1
Taylor WallsSS	3	1	1	0	0	1
Yandy DiazDH	2	1	0	0	0	1
Chandler SimpsonLF	2	1	0	0	0	2
Victor Mesa Jr.RF	1	0	0	0	0	0

TB — Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Shane McClanahanSP	6.0	6	6	2	1	4
Steven MatzSP	2.0	6	5	5	0	2
Ben Williamson2B	1.0	2	1	1	0	0

Scoring Summary

99 events · 16 scoring

Inning 1 Top

Top
Thomas grounded out to shortstop.
0-0
Top
Loftin homered to left (403 feet).
1-0
Top
Caglianone homered to right (443 feet).
2-0
Top
Perez struck out looking.
2-0
Top
Jensen flied out to left.
2-0

Inning 1 Bottom

Bottom
Díaz hit by pitch.
2-0
Bottom
Aranda singled to left, Díaz to second.
2-0
Bottom
Mullins struck out swinging.
2-0
Bottom
Caminero singled to center, Díaz scored, Aranda to second.
2-1
Bottom
Palacios grounded into fielder's choice to second, Caminero out at second, Aranda to third.
2-1
Bottom
Palacios caught stealing second, catcher to second.
2-1

Inning 2 Top

Top
Marte grounded out to third.
2-1
Top
Massey popped out to shortstop.
2-1
Top
Tolbert singled to left, Tolbert out stretching at second.
2-1

Inning 2 Bottom

Bottom
DeLuca walked.
2-1
Bottom
Simpson walked, DeLuca to second.
2-1
Bottom
Walls flied out to center, DeLuca to third.
2-1
Bottom
Simpson stole second.
2-1
Bottom
Feduccia struck out swinging.
2-1
Bottom
Díaz struck out swinging.
2-1

Inning 3 Top

Top
Misner struck out looking.
2-1
Top
Thomas lined out to right.
2-1
Top
Loftin flied out to left.
2-1

Inning 3 Bottom

Bottom
Aranda struck out swinging.
2-1
Bottom
Mullins walked.
2-1
Bottom
Caminero lined into double play, shortstop to first, Mullins doubled off first.
2-1

Inning 4 Top

Top
Caglianone struck out looking.
2-1
Top
Perez flied out to center.
2-1
Top
Jensen walked.
2-1
Top
Marte lined out to center.
2-1

Inning 4 Bottom

Bottom
Palacios flied out to center.
2-1
Bottom
DeLuca reached on infield single to first.
2-1
Bottom
Simpson grounded into fielder's choice to third, DeLuca out at second.
2-1
Bottom
Walls walked, Simpson to second.
2-1
Bottom
Feduccia struck out swinging.
2-1

Inning 5 Top

Top
Massey doubled to right.
2-1
Top
Tolbert hit sacrifice bunt, Massey scored, Tolbert to first on throwing error by pitcher McClanahan, Tolbert to third.
3-1
Top
Misner struck out swinging.
3-1
Top
Thomas lined out to left.
3-1
Top
Loftin singled to left, Tolbert scored.
4-1
Top
Caglianone homered to left center (416 feet), Loftin scored.
6-1
Top
Perez grounded out to third.
6-1

Inning 5 Bottom

Bottom
Díaz flied out to right.
6-1
Bottom
Aranda struck out swinging.
6-1
Bottom
Mullins flied out to right.
6-1

Inning 6 Top

Top
Jensen grounded out to second.
6-1
Top
Marte grounded out to third.
6-1
Top
Massey lined out to center.
6-1

Inning 6 Bottom

Bottom
Cruz relieved Avila
6-1
Bottom
Caminero flied out to right.
6-1
Bottom
Palacios singled to left.
6-1
Bottom
DeLuca fouled out to first.
6-1
Bottom
Simpson grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Palacios out at second.
6-1

Inning 7 Top

Top
Matz relieved McClanahan
6-1
Top
Tolbert grounded out to third.
6-1
Top
Misner grounded out to first.
6-1
Top
Thomas struck out swinging.
6-1

Inning 7 Bottom

Bottom
Strahm relieved Cruz
6-1
Bottom
Walls struck out swinging.
6-1
Bottom
Feduccia flied out to center.
6-1
Bottom
Díaz walked.
6-1
Bottom
Aranda flied out to left.
6-1

Inning 8 Top

Top
Loftin singled to left.
6-1
Top
Caglianone singled to right, Loftin to third.
6-1
Top
Perez doubled to center, Caglianone scored and Loftin scored.
8-1
Top
Jensen singled to left, Perez to third.
8-1
Top
Marte hit sacrifice fly to right, Perez scored.
9-1
Top
Massey struck out looking.
9-1
Top
Tolbert singled to right, Jensen to third.
9-1
Top
Misner doubled to right, Jensen scored, Tolbert to third.
10-1
Top
Tolbert scored on Matz wild pitch, Misner to third on wild pitch by Matz.
11-1
Top
Tolbert scored on Matz wild pitch, Misner to third on wild pitch by Matz.
11-1
Top
Thomas grounded out to shortstop.
11-1

Inning 8 Bottom

Bottom
Rave in left field.
11-1
Bottom
Misner in center field.
11-1
Bottom
Way relieved Strahm
11-1
Bottom
Mullins grounded out to second.
11-1
Bottom
Caminero homered to left center (416 feet).
11-2
Bottom
Palacios lined out to center.
11-2
Bottom
DeLuca grounded out to third.
11-2

Inning 9 Top

Top
Williamson relieved Matz
11-2
Top
Loftin singled to right.
11-2
Top
Caglianone grounded out to second, Loftin to second.
11-2
Top
Rojas hit for Perez
11-2
Top
Rojas doubled to center, Loftin scored.
12-2
Top
Jensen fouled out to right, Rojas to third.
12-2
Top
Marte lined out to right.
12-2

Inning 9 Bottom

Bottom
Rojas at second base.
12-2
Bottom
Jensen catching.
12-2
Bottom
Seabold relieved Massey
12-2
Bottom
Simpson walked.
12-2
Bottom
Walls singled to center, Simpson to second.
12-2
Bottom
Feduccia struck out looking.
12-2
Bottom
Mesa Jr. hit for Díaz
12-2
Bottom
Mesa Jr. struck out swinging.
12-2
Bottom
Aranda singled to center, Simpson scored, Walls to third.
12-3
Bottom
Mullins singled to left, Walls scored, Aranda to second.
12-4
Bottom
Caminero singled to left, Aranda scored, Mullins to third.
12-5
Bottom
Palacios flied out to left.
12-5

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Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Rays Player Props

Prop lines and results for the players in this game, by market.

Kyle Isbel
Home Runs: 0/19 over · last line 0.5
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John Rave
Home Runs: 2/18 over · last line 0.5
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Liam Hicks
Hits: 9/18 over · last line 0.5
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Maikel Garcia
Home Runs: 0/18 over · last line 0.5
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Noah Cameron
Outs: 8/18 over · last line 17.5
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Seth Lugo
ER: 11/18 over · last line 1.5
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Michael Wacha
Outs: 13/17 over · last line 17.5
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Nick Martinez
Hits Allowed: 10/14 over · last line 3.5
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Drew Rasmussen
Hits Allowed: 7/12 over · last line 4.5
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Freddy Peralta
Hits Allowed: 10/12 over · last line 3.5
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Ryan Vilade
Home Runs: 1/12 over · last line 0.5
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Shane McClanahan
Hits Allowed: 5/11 over · last line 4.5
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Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Rays: Final Score & Recap

The Kansas City Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 12-5 in this MLB game at Tropicana Field on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. The line score, team and player box scores, and scoring summary are in the Game Stats tab.

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Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Rays Odds

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