The Tampa Bay Rays entered Saturday’s late afternoon game on the heels of a five game skid hoping to get back in the win column behind a hopefully resurgent Aaron Civale. While Civale was better than he has been in a long time, the Rays would eventually drop their sixth straight game, this time in extra innings, to the Kansas City Royals.
Civale worked a scoreless first, but surrendered a second inning solo blast to Nelson Velazquez to open the scoring and give the Royals a 1-0 lead. The following inning, an RBI single from Bobby Witt Jr extended the Royals lead to 2-0.