ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — The Tampa Bay Rays’ 11-game winning streak came to an end Tuesday night when Brad Keller pitched seven strong innings and Salvador Perez hit a tiebreaking RBI single to give the Kansas City Royals a 2-1 victory.
Rich Hill struck out a career-high 13 for the Rays. Tampa Bay's winning string was the second-longest in club history, one shy of the record set in 2004 by the then-Devil Rays managed by Lou Piniella.
Keller (4-4) allowed one run, four hits, four walks and struck out seven. Jake Brentz went 1u2153 innings before Kyle Zimmer got two outs to get his second save.