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Kevin Kiermaier hits homer as Rays finally beat Royals

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The Rays finally beat Kansas City, a win that left them feeling, well, like royalty. After six straight defeats to the Royals, and being outscored 42-21, the Rays finally salvaged their final game of the year with a 3-2 win over  Kansas City, which allowed them to  come back to within two games of .500. The Rays got a tie-breaking home run from Kevin Kiermaier, who had a strong homestand, and another from Brandon Guyer in the win. Brad Boxberger…

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Rays see what a playoff team looks like in Royals

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Perhaps the Rays should stop talking about this wild-card race. After all, it is moving away from them so fast they can barely see it. The Rays dropped a 6-3 decision to the Kansas City Royals Saturday night, its fifth loss in its last six games. It dropped Tampa Bay to three games under .500. Don’t worry, however. If the Rays want to see what a playoff team looks like, they can merely glance at the Royals, who give up…

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Rays go down arguing, running in loss to Kansas City

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First, they lost the argument. Later, they lost the game. And, one more thing, the Tampa Bay Rays lost a chance to gain in the American League wild-card race. The Rays dropped a 3-2 decision to the Kansas City Royals in a game that will be remembered for the ejection of Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash, who was tossed for arguing that Logan Forsythe was safe on a groundout in the third inning, a play that would have brought home…

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Rays hammered by Royals as losing streak grows even longer

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And now, for some good news for the Tampa Bay Rays. Planes leave Kansas City every hour. There are trains that leave town, and busses, and rental cars. There is walking. Just some way, any way, you have to let the Rays out of this town of terror before they get bludgeoned again. For Tampa Bay, this has not been a friendly town. The Rays, in a nightmare of a skid, suffered its worst series of the year against the…

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Even Chris Archer can’t stop the Rays’ downward spiral

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Et tu, Ace? All of the things that have gone wrong for the Tampa Bay Rays in their recent slide culminated in this. Chris Archer, in his audition to be the all-star starter, bombed. In six innings Wednesday night, he gave up 12 hits and nine – count them, nine – earned runs in a 9-7 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Archer had given up only four runs total in his previous seven road starts. The Rays are now…

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Rays lose 7-1 as Kansas City completes a sweep of its doubleheader

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Fifteen minutes ago, it seems, it was a Tampa Bay Ray world. It was June 21, and they were 10 games above .500, on top of the AL East, and it seemed the Rays had it all figured out. Then the bottom fell out, and the Rays have lost 13 of their last 16, and the record is back to .500, and the team has fallen to fourth of five teams in the division. And suddenly, Tampa Bay looks like…

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Royals get to Rays’ all-star Brad Boxberger for walk-off win

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Twenty-four hours after being named to the all-star team, reliever Brad Boxberger of the Tampa Bay Rays looked like anything but. Boxberger had a rough time of it in the bottom of the ninth inning Tuesday, giving up a grand slam homer to 29-year-old rookie Paulo Orlando of the Kansas City Royals as the Rays’ gave up their third walk-off defeat of this road trip. Boxberger had given up singles to Eric Hosmer and Alex Rios and a walk to Omar Infante…

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