Royals Report: 5 Things About Memorial Day Rally

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May 30, 2016; Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas City Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer (35) hits a home run against the Tampa Bay Rays in the eighth inning at Kauffman Stadium. Kansas City won 6-2. Mandatory Credit: John Rieger-USA TODAY Sports /

The Royals continue to roll with yet another late-inning rally to take a 6-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays Monday night at Kauffman Stadium. The Memorial Day victory extended Kansas City’s winning streak to four games.

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The Kansas City Royals ran their record to 28-22 and extended their AL Central lead to 1.5 games. The Tampa Bay Rays fell to 22-27 (last place in AL East).

The KC Royals took a slim 2-1 lead into the eighth inning, only to watch the Rays scratch out a run on an RBI single from Kansas City area native Logan Morrison. The Royals responded with a four-run outburst in the bottom of the eighth, capped by Eric Hosmer’s three-run home run, that put the game out of reach.

Once again, Kansas City Royals late-game magic has carried the defending world champions to a win.

With both the Rays and Royals wearing camouflage caps to in honor of our nation’s servicemen, I couldn’t imagine a better way to cap off America’s Memorial Day celebration and to start the summer.

Let there be baseball!

On to my five observations about Monday’s game:

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