7/5 - Royals (43-45) @ Rays (54-32): Game 2

Randy Wolf: (7 - 2), 3.74 ERA vs. James Shields: (5 - 3), 2.56 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays have ended their losing streak with a huge victory over the Royals. Akinori Iwamura led-off the bottom of the home run. Later in the inning, Evan Longoria blasted a two-run home run to extend the lead to three. The Rays scored once more in the first on an RBI single hit by Dioner Navarro. The Royals finally got on the board in the eighth with a David DeJesus two-run home run, taking James Shields out of the game, but the Rays got those runs back in the bottom of the inning with a two-run double by Carlos Pena, and an RBI single by Dioner Navarro as the Rays end their skid and keep the Yankees behind them, who were half a game back going into today's game,

Final Score:
Royals: 2
Rays: 7


Randy Wolf: 5 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

David DeJesus: 1-4, HR (9), 2 RBI
Ross Gload: 2-4, 2B


James Shields: 7.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

Akinori Iwamura: 2-4, HR (4), 2 R
Carlos Pena: 2-4, 2 RBI, 2 R
Evan Longoria: 2-4, HR (23), 2 RBI
Dioner Navarro: 3-4, 2 RBI

WP - James Shields (6-3) | LP - 7-3 | SV -