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Kansas City Royals at Tampa Bay Rays

Final
George Steinbrenner Field72°, Dome11,171

Recap

Player of the gameJac CaglianoneKCR3/5 2hr 3rbi

Jac Caglianone has a lot of memories of watching Major League Baseball’s best from inside Tropicana Field as a kid. Now, he’s back at the Trop for the first time as a Major Leaguer and creating his own memories. The Tampa native continued his incredible month of June with another two-homer performance in the Royals’ 12-5 victory over the Rays on Tuesday night. This is the same stadium where Caglianone sat behind the first-base dugout for numerous games as a youngster. He said that walking back into the Trop as a visiting player on Monday was “pretty surreal,” as all of those good times came rushing back. So, could he have ever imagined that in his second game back home, he would have such a night to remember? “Um, yeah,” Caglianone said with a straight face. When you’re as hot as he is at the plate right now, nothing is unimaginable. “A home run here, even if it’s not for \[the Rays\

Team stats

14Hits9
3Home runs1
1Walks6
6Strikeouts9
0Stolen bases1
166Pitches thrown129
9Pitching strikeouts6

Box score

BattersABRHRBIHRBBSO
Tyler TolbertSS3220000
Josh RojasPH-2B1011000
Jac Caglianone1B5333201
Lane ThomasCF5000001
Kameron MisnerLF-CF4011002
Salvador PerezC4112001
Michael Massey2B4110001
Starling MarteRF4001000
Nick Loftin3B5442100
Carter JensenDH-C4110010
Totals39121410316
PitchersIPHRERBBSOHR
Beck WayP1.0111001
Steven CruzP1.0100000
Luinder AvilaP5.0311460
Connor SeaboldP1.0433120
Matt StrahmP1.0000110