The Royals transferred Cruz (personal) from the paternity list to the restricted list Sunday.
DeLuca went 2-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs in Sunday's 7-3 loss to the Phillies.
Erceg allowed a hit and struck out one over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Sunday's 3-2 win over the Guardians.
Pasquantino went 2-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs in Sunday's 3-2 win over the Guardians.
Lynch allowed two runs on seven hits and struck out two without walking a batter over 5.1 innings in a no-decision versus the Guardians on Sunday.
Martinez (15-6) took the loss Sunday against the Phillies, allowing four runs on seven hits and a walk across 2.2 innings. He struck out one.
The Royals activated McArthur (elbow) from the 60-day injured list Sunday.
The Royals placed Gonsolin on the 15-day injured list Sunday due to an allergic reaction.
Diaz is not in the starting lineup for Sunday's game against the Phillies, Ryan Bass of Rays.tv reports.
The Rays recalled Scholtens from Triple-A Durham on Sunday.
Shane Baz gave up five runs in his last start, but I can't deny Tampa Bay winning 24 of their last 33 games, and they've also hit .322 in the last two weeks, which ranks first in baseball. Kansas City's in a rut as they've lost four straight, scoring a total of four runs. It's like the whole team waits for Bobby Witt to hit, and when he doesn't, they all collectively don't hit. Over the last two weeks, they have had the worst batting average in baseball, hitting .191. Tampa Bay to win.
The Rays are looking like the best team in the AL at the moment and are running circles around the Royals in this series. Tampa Bay's surge is now at 24-8 as it goes for the sweep this afternoon. Using all sorts of creative ways to score, utilizing their speed, last night, the Rays were able to manufacture the needed run, which they've done in recent starts made by Shane Baz, winning his last six starts. The way the Rays are going, Michael Lorenzen might have to pitch a shutout on the KC side, as the Royals have scored just once across the past two night. Play Rays on the Money Line.
The best RL team in MLB on the road (21-9) vs a Royals team that is running out of steam and looks overmatched all series. Oh yeah, and the Royals are 13-27 on the RL at home, second-worst in MLB (jump on TB vs BAL, their next opponent, ASAP - BAL is 30th on he RL at home). Vegas still not giving the Rays, the best team in MLB right now, their due. Shane Baz has been far better on the road than their AA stadium in Tampa.
