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Royal pains: Rays thumped in hit parade

KANSAS CITY -- Lorenzo Cain and Kendrys Morales each hit two-run homers, and red-hot Eric Hosmer and Drew Butera each had three hits as the Royals rolled to their fifth straight win, a 10-5 victory over the Rays on Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium.

The first-place Royals remained two games in front of the White Sox in the American League Central, while the Indians fell 2 1/2 games back. Kansas City notched a season-high 18 hits, with all starting nine in the lineup recording at least one hit.

Morales' two-run homer
Kendrys Morales crushes a two-run home run into the right-field bullpen, extending the Royals' advantage to 10-4 in the bottom of the 6th
Boxberger exits with side injury in 2016 debut
Making his season debut, Brad Boxberger suffers an apparent injury while pitching in relief and exits in the bottom of the 6th
Rays respect Royals' ability, relentlessness
Evan Longoria and his Rays teammates have a lot of respect for the World Series Champion Royals: "They know how to win together.