Kansas City Royals’ Drew Waters scores ahead of the throw to Tampa Bay Rays catcher Ben Rortvedt (30) on a sacrifice,fly by Kyle Isbel during the second inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
Kansas City Royals pitcher Michael Lorenzen (24) delivers to the Tampa Bay Rays during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
Kansas City Royals’ Maikel Garcia connects for a single off Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Eric Orze during the ninth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
Kansas City Royals’ Jonathan India watches his single off Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Taj Bradley during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
Kansas City Royals’ Salvador Perez (13) watches his RBI double off Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Taj Bradley during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Taj Bradley delivers to the Kansas City Royals during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
Tampa Bay Rays’ Junior Caminero celebrates his double off Kansas City Royals pitcher Michael Lorenzen during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
Freddy Fermin has 3 hits, Michael Lorenzen pitches 6 strong innings as Royals beat Rays 3-1
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Freddy Fermin had three hits and an RBI, Kyle Isbel and Salvador Perez each drove in a run and Michael Lorenzen pitched six strong innings for his 50th career win as the Kansas City Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 on Tuesday night.
Kansas City Royals’ Drew Waters scores ahead of the throw to Tampa Bay Rays catcher Ben Rortvedt (30) on a sacrifice,fly by Kyle Isbel during the second inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Freddy Fermin had three hits and an RBI, Kyle Isbel and Salvador Perez each drove in a run and Michael Lorenzen pitched six strong innings for his 50th career win as the Kansas City Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 on Tuesday night.
Perez’s two-out double drove in Jonathan India in the first. One inning later, Fermin poked a single to right that allowed Drew Walters to advance from first to third, setting up Isbel’s sacrifice fly.
Fermin, who nearly left the game in the seventh after fouling a pitch off his hands, singled home Maikel Garcia to give Kansas City a two-run cushion in the ninth.
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Lorenzen (3-3) halted the Rays’ five-game winning streak, his only blemish a solo homer to Junior Caminero in the fourth. After the homer, Lorenzen retired nine of his final 11 before three Kansas City relievers combined to shut out the Rays over the final three innings.
Caminero fell a triple shy of the cycle, going 3 for 4 with an RBI for the Rays, who’ve dropped six of their last seven at Steinbrenner Field.
Rays start Taj Bradley (2-2) gave up two runs and five hits in seven innings, walking three and striking out two.
Key moment
Trailing 2-1 in the bottom of the eighth, Brandon Lowe and Caminero singled off Lucas Erceg. The reliever then struck out Jonathan Aranda and induced an inning-ending groundout from Christopher Morel to escape the jam. The Rays finished 0 for 4 with runners in scoring position.
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