55 Matt Moore, SP

Rays starting pitcher Matt Moore continued his struggles in Friday's game against the Royals, surrendering five earned runs on seven hits and four walks while striking out four in 5 1/3 innings to take his third straight loss.

Moore started the season 8-0 before giving up 19 earned runs in his last three starts while falling to 8-3. His ERA, which sat at 2.18 on May 31, is up to 4.12. He'll try and bounce back against the Red Sox Wednesday.

Rays starter Matt Moore, coming off his first loss in a poor outing his last time out, didn't show much improvement, if any, Sunday at home against Baltimore. In fact, between his only two innings in his last outing and his first two Sunday, Moore had allowed 11 runs on 13 hits.

After allowing eight earned runs over his first three innings Sunday, Moore settled down somewhat. In the end, he gave up nine runs -- eight earned -- on 12 hits and a walk over five innings and 100 pitches. He struck out six batters and surrendered a solo homer to Adam Jones in the fourth.

Moore took the loss to fall to 8-2 on the season with a 3.78 ERA. His ERA was 2.18 just two outings ago. The 23-year-old Tampa Bay starter is definitely struggling as much as he has on the year right now. He'll look to turn it around when he next takes the mound for manager Joe Maddon on Friday against Kansas City.