After 15 tries, the Royals finally won a game started by Jordan Lyles, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 9-4 on Saturday afternoon, giving him his first win of the year.
The start got off to a shaky start, when Wander Franco homered in his first at-bat since being benched for two games. The Rays added another first inning run on a Josh Lowe double to make it 2-0. Things didn’t get any better in the second when the Rays plated two more run to make it 4-0.
But the Royals chipped away at that lead until a geyser of runs began to flow.