KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Manager Kevin Cash was talking a couple of hours before his Rays resumed post-All-Star break play about the “many different ways” they had won games this season.
They added a new and novel one Friday night in beating the Royals 7-3, taking advantage of Royals starter Brad Keller trying to pitch with a tissue shoved up his left nostril to stem flowing blood.
The Rays had just taken a 2-1 lead in the fourth inning and had two runners on base with one out and No. 9 hitter Brett Phillips at the plate with a 3-1 count when Keller needed to be attended to on the mound.
