Velázquez homers and has RBI double in 3-run 11th as Royals beat Rays 7-4 for eighth consecutive win

By MARK DIDTLER
Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Nelson Velázquez homered and had an RBI double in a three-run 11th inning as the Kansas City Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-4 for their eighth straight win. Velázquez opened the 11th with his hit and scored on Adam Frazier’s run-scoring single off Richard Lovelady (0-3). Maikel Garcia also drove in a run with a base hit. The Rays have lost six in a row. Kansas City’s Kyle Isbel left in the seventh after a pitch by reliever Garrett Cleavinger hit him in the face while swinging. Isabel remained on his feet and left the game with facial lacerations.