The Tampa Bay Rays looked refreshed and ready following the All-Star break with a 7-3 win over the Kansas City Royals.
After two scoreless innings, the Rays offense got going in the third with some heads-up hustle from Brett Phillips. After getting on base with a lead off walk, Phillips advanced to third on a Brandon Lowe single. He was already charging for third and he noticed Royals’ center fielder Michael A. Taylor make a fielding error trying to handle the ball giving him the window he needed to advance. Randy Arozarena followed by chasing and making contact with a ball almost in the other batters box but his ground out was enough to score Phillips and give the Rays a 1-0 lead.