Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Rays H2H Record

American League
Kansas City Royals
Tampa Bay Rays
Rays lead Royals92to77since 2002

Current-feed record from 2002 through 2026.

2026 season series: Rays lead 5-2

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At a glance

Current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026

Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Rays insights

Current-feed record
+15wins for Rays
54% Rays · 46% Royals

The split has held steady across the schedule change: 15-11 since 2023.

Recent form
9-11last 20
Rays on a 5-game streak

Rays won 5-2 on Jul 2, 2026

Where it matters
0Postseason games

No postseason meetings since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Rays built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 77 of 143 decided meetings (54%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 15-11, or 58% to Rays.

Royals vs Rays same-league record by season

Kansas City Royals and Tampa Bay Rays met in 24 seasons inside the current feed. Their shared league makes the season table the most useful view.

Active seasons
24
With at least one meeting since 2002
Busiest season
2009
10 meetings
Per active season
7.0
Average recorded meetings
Win Percentage
77W
92W
KC
TB
46%54%
Kansas City RoyalsTampa Bay Rays

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Jul 2
KC 2-5 TB
TB
Jul 1
KC 0-4 TB
TB
Jun 30
KC 4-10 TB
TB
Jun 25
TB 13-2 KC
TB
Jun 24
TB 5-3 KC
TB
Jun 23
TB 5-12 KC
KC
Jun 22
TB 1-2 KC
KC
Jun 26
KC 0-4 TB
TB
Jun 25
KC 0-3 TB
TB
Jun 24
KC 1-5 TB
TB
Last Meeting
Jul 2, 2026Final
KC
2
HOME
TB
5
AWAY
Rayswon by3runs
Rays' 5th straight in this series·Game 169 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Tampa Bay Rays: 5 consecutive wins
5
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.6 runs on average
3.6runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
KC↓Trending Down
Last 1020%
Archive since 200245.6%
TB↑Trending Up
Last 1080%
Archive since 200254.4%
Last 10 Results
KC / TB

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season169 games
77
92
No postseason meetings appear since 2002.
Kansas City Royals Biggest Win
10–0+10 runs
Aug 11, 2002
Tampa Bay Rays Biggest Win
12–0+12 runs
Aug 3, 2016
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓KC ↕TB ↕Games ↕
2026257
2025336
2024336
2023347
2022347
2021246
2019347
2018077
2017437
2016527
2015617
2014426
2013617
2012426
2011257
2010448
20091910
2008358
2007437
2006156
2005358
2004369
2003437
2002426

All 24 seasons are shown in the table above.

Home / Away Split
40-37KC HOME55-37TB HOME
AWAY
37-55
KC
AWAY
37-40
TB

Betting Context

Betting context since 2002

How this pairing has settled: run margins, totals and break-even prices derived from its historical record. These are final-score frequencies, not results against a closing line. We do not hold historical sportsbook prices for these games.

One-run games
24.9%

Share of the 169 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
75.1%

A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.6.

Average total
8.7runs

Final-score average without accounting for park, bullpen or weather.

Home side wins
56.2%

Share of decided meetings won by the listed home team.

Totals ladder

Where the combined score landed against the half-run lines a book normally posts. Half runs cannot push, so every meeting falls on one side.

LineOverUnderOver rate
7.510168
59.8%
8.5Closest to even8386
49.1%
9.565104
38.5%

Fair price from the base rate

The decimal price that corresponds exactly to each club's win share in this archive. It describes the record and does not estimate the next game.

Tampa Bay Rays
92 W · 54.4%1.84
Kansas City Royals
77 W · 45.6%2.19

A base rate is not a forecast. Starting pitchers, lineups, injuries and venue all matter more to a single game than a multi-season head-to-head record.

Last 20 meetings vs full history

One-run games
5%vs 24.9% full archive
-19.9% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
95%vs 75.1% full archive
+19.9% in the last 20
Average total
8.3 runsvs 8.7 runs full archive
-0.4 runs in the last 20

Seasons 2023 to 2026. The comparison shows whether the last 20 final scores differ from the longer archive, without assigning a cause or predicting what comes next.

View the break-even percentages in another odds format with the odds converter, or compare current prices for Rays and Royals in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Rays

How do recent Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Rays results compare with the record since 2002?

Tampa Bay Rays have won 8 of the latest 10 decided meetings. Tampa Bay Rays lead the decided record 92-77. The recent window is a subset of the current-feed record since 2002, so the page reports the two separately.

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Methodology & Data Sources

Current MLB game logs come from the balldontlie API and cover the 2002 season onward. Scores and schedule anomalies are checked against the official MLB Stats API. Spring training is excluded, while results from earlier franchise identities are merged into the current club.

The betting context summarizes completed final scores only. It contains no sportsbook closing lines and summarizes only completed games. Report a possible error through our contact page with the matchup and game date.

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Last updated Sources: balldontlie, MLB Stats API

Kansas City Royals and Tampa Bay Rays have met 169 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.