ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A pair of Tampa Bay Rays pitchers combined for seven no-hit innings against the Kansas City Royals on Thursday.
Opener Casey Legumina retired all five batters he faced through 1 1/3 innings before Ian Seymour took over in the second. Seymour has struck out six batters.
Tampa Bay was leading Kansas City 7-0 behind a pair of home runs by Junior Caminero.
The Rays retired the first 16 batters they faced before Starling Marte drew a one-out walk on a full count in the top of the sixth before Seymour retired Tyler Tolbert and Carter Jensen to end the inning.
Left fielder Chandler Simpson made a running catch near the foul pole to track down a fly ball off the bat of Salvador Perez in the fifth to keep the perfect game intact.
The Rays have never thrown a perfect game in franchise history. Matt Garza has the only no-hitter in Tampa Bay history on July 26, 2010, against the Detroit Tigers.
Tampa Bay has been no-hit six times in franchise history, the most recent on May 10, 2022, against the Los Angeles Angels’ Reid Detmers. The last time Kansas City was no-hit was May 19, 2008, against Boston’s Jon Lester.
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