KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Interstat) — Ian Seymour pitched six innings of three-hit ball and Cedric Mullins hit a two-run homer as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Kansas City Royals 5-2 on Thursday at Kauffman Stadium.

Tampa Bay scored three times in the second inning. Taylor Walls doubled to drive in Chandler Simpson, Richie Palacios singled to score Walls and Hunter Feduccia tripled to plate Palacios. The Rays added two runs in the fifth on Mullins’ 10th homer of the season, scoring Simpson.

The Royals got a run in the first on a solo shot by Carter Jensen and another in the seventh but could not overcome the deficit. Seymour (5-1) struck out eight and allowed one earned run. Stephen Kolek (4-3) took the loss. Bryan Baker earned his 22nd save with a perfect ninth.

Feduccia had three hits for the Rays. Jensen had two hits for Kansas City. The Rays improved to 51-33, while the Royals fell to 35-53. The game lasted 2 hours, 18 minutes before an announced crowd of 16,814.