Royals pitchers mixed to surrender 17 hits in an 11-3 loss to the Rays on Friday night time.

Nick Pratto acquired the sport began with a bang, smacking a line drive over the appropriate subject fence for his fifth dwelling run of the season. However Zack Greinke gave up the lead after which some within the backside of the second when he gave up a three-run dwelling run to Jose Siri to make it 3-1 Rays.

After a Bobby Witt Jr. stroll within the third – his eighth in his final 11 video games – Salvador Perez tied it up together with his fifteenth dwelling run of the 12 months.

However Siri put the Rays forward within the fourth with an RBI single, giving him 4 runs pushed in on the day.

Issues acquired away from the Royals within the fifth. With two outs, Harold Ramirez singles dwelling a run off Greinke, inflicting him to exit the sport. However reliever Jose Cuas gave up two hits and a stroll with out getting the third out, permitting three extra runs to attain within the inning to make it 8-3 Rays. Greinke could be tagged for seven of these runs on 9 hits with three strikeouts and one stroll.

The Royals collected a pair of hits in every of the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings however have been unable to plate a run. Salvy needed to exit with a hamstring cramp within the sixth. The Rays added three extra runs within the eighth off Jackson Kowar. Bobby Witt Jr. and Drew Waters every had a pair of hits.

The Royals fall to 21-55 and can tackle the Rays once more tomorrow with Jordan Lyles schedule to pitch with the sport scheduled for 3:10 CT.