Royals Report: 5 Things About Memorial Day Rally
By John Viril
![May 30, 2016; Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas City Royals players celebrate after a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Kauffman Stadium. Kansas City won 6-2. Mandatory Credit: John Rieger-USA TODAY Sports May 30, 2016; Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas City Royals players celebrate after a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Kauffman Stadium. Kansas City won 6-2. Mandatory Credit: John Rieger-USA TODAY Sports](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape/cover/sport/https-3A-2F-2Fkingsofkauffman-com-2Ffiles-2F2016-2F05-2Fmlb-tampa-bay-rays-kansas-city-royals-850x560-d1b12a6ddd13e7d2b2292ee36348a53d.jpg)
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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