KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Logan Morrison, Steven Souza Jr. and Adeiny Hechavarria each went deep and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 5-3 on Wednesday night for their latest series victory.

The Rays took two out of three and have won three consecutive series. The Royals lost 18 of 28 games in August, including six of seven to end the month.

Morrison, who was born in Kansas City, has four home runs, eight RBIs and six runs in the first six games of Tampa Bay’s current road trip. Morrison hit his 33rd homer with two outs in the fifth against Jason Vargas (14-9).

Souza hit his 29th earlier in the fifth, snapping a 3-3 tie.

Rays right-hander Jake Odorizzi (7-7), who failed to make it out of the fourth inning in his previous two starts, allowed three runs and four hits over five-plus innings.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Whit Merrifield, Jorge Bonifacio and Eric Hosmer homered as the Kansas City Royals snapped a 45-inning scoreless streak on the way to a 6-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night.

Merrifield’s 16th home run with two outs in the third ended the Royals’ drought, three innings shy of the major league record. The 1906 Philadelphia Athletics and 1968 Chicago Cubs share the mark with 48 scoreless innings.

Hosmer’s three-run homer, his 22nd, in the seventh off left-hander Dan Jennings gave the Royals a cushion.

Bonifacio homered with two outs in the sixth off Alex Cobb (9-9).

Cobb gave up a run on three singles and three wild pitches in the fourth. Hosmer scored on Mike Moustakas’ single, but the Royals stranded runners at second and third.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals extended their scoreless streak to a franchise-record 43 innings, getting shut out for a fourth straight game in a 12-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.

The Royals haven’t scored since the second inning of a 3-2 loss to Colorado last Thursday. Kansas City was blanked three times over the weekend by Cleveland. The 1968 Chicago Cubs and 1906 Philadelphia Athletics hold the major league record at 48 scoreless innings, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

The 1992 Cubs were the last team to be blanked in four straight games, and it hasn’t happened in the AL since the 1964 Washington Senators — nine years before the adoption of the designated hitter. No team has been shut out in five straight games since at least 1913, according to information gathered from baseball-reference.com.

The Royals were two games out of first place on July 28 after a nine-game winning streak. Since then, they have lost 19 of 29 and are 10 games behind AL Central-leading Cleveland and three games back of Minnesota for the final AL wild card.

Austin Pruitt (7-4) pitched six one-run innings for Tampa Bay, and Matt Andriese allowed one more hit while getting a three-inning save, his first this season.

Lucas Duda, Wilson Ramos and Logan Morrison went deep for Tampa Bay, with Duda getting his 25th and Morrison his 32nd of the season. Evan Longoria and Morrison hit back-to-back doubles after Duda’s shot in the third off Ian Kennedy (4-10).

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CLEVELAND (AP) — Yan Gomes hit a grand slam to highlight Cleveland’s nine-run second inning against two Kansas City rookie left-handers as the Indians completed a three-game shutout sweep over the Royals with a 12-0 win on Sunday.

Carlos Carrasco (13-6) allowed six hits in seven innings, and the Indians, who haven’t given up a run in 28 innings, outscored the Royals 20-0 in the series.

It’s the first time Cleveland has posted three straight shutouts since 1956.

Kansas City hasn’t scored a run in 34 consecutive innings, a team record and the longest drought in the majors this season.

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Simply put: the 2017 HCC Football season did not begin as planned.

A Coffeyville touchdown followed by a snap over the quarterback’s head for a safety quickly had the Blue Dragons down 9-0 just 1:10 into the ballgame. Coffeyville  pushed the ball down the field on the next possession and went up by 16.

The Red Ravens forced another safety to start the second quarter. Mo Hasan moved the ball through the air for a 13-yard TD pass to Derrick Wiggins. With 20 minutes off the clock, the Red Ravens led the Blue Dragons 25-0.

The Blue Dragons quickly moved the ball down the field on the next drive in just five plays. However, that drive stalled and ended in a short 27-yard field goal from Luke Niemeyer.

Just over a minute later, the Blue Dragons found the end zone again on a DeShawn Waller 29-yard scamper. With that, the comeback began.

B.J. Emmons capped off another five-play drive with a 3-yard run. Down only 8, the Blue Dragons were in business.

With 1:06 left before the half, HCC’s Cam Jones found WR Jaylen Erwin on a 44-yard streak to the end zone. Down 25-23, the Blue Dragons tried for a two-point conversion. That attempt failed.

Despite being down 25 points early, the Blue Dragons battled back to a 2-point deficit at the half.

Coffeyville got back on track to start the second half and pushed the comeback efforts aside — at least momentarily. Justin Henderson broke off a 54-yard run through the Blue Dragon defense. Darion Staten nearly put the nail in the coffin with a 33-yard pick-six for the Red Ravens.

Down 39-23, HCC needed another boost. Enter: Jerry Jacobs. The defensive back broke on a route and picked off Mo Hasan. He took that ball to the house from 50 yards away. HCC tried to tack on two points, but the Cam Jones carry failed.

Coffeyville followed that letdown with a six-play drive that ended with a Triston Bailey 33-yard field goal.

From down 25, to down 2 at the half, the Blue Dragons again trailed by 13.

Cam Jones had seen enough. The sophomore quarterback heaved a pass downfield that found Jawaun Johnson. Johnson took the ball the rest of the way for a 70-yard TD. The play took only 15 seconds.

Within striking distance, the Blue Dragons entered the fourth quarter with some unfinished business.

HCC got the ball back to start the fourth quarter. In just two plays, the Blue Dragons once again went the distance. Cam Jones aired another one out, this time for Jaylen Erwin. Erwin hauled in the 57-yard TD pass, his second score of the game. Erwin finished with 116 yards on just three catches. Two of his three receptions were for touchdowns. A Luke Niemeyer extra point put the Blue Dragons on top by one. The comeback that started midway through the second quarter and faltered in the third, was nearly complete.

While it looked shaky early, the Blue Dragon defense found a way to step up late. HCC’s defense gave up 247 yards through the air and 161 on the ground. Coffeyville also racked up 19 first downs.

A key stop late allowed HCC’s offense to get back on the field. Otis Williams capped off a six-play drive with a 4-yard TD run. Williams finished with 44 yards and a touchdown. The Blue Dragons had 198 yards rushing in all. B.J. Emmons, the Alabama transfer, led HCC with 77 yards and 1 TD. Andrew Lee saw the field late and garnered 63 yards on just three carries. DeShawn Waller only carried the ball once, but found the end zone from 29 yards away. He also had a long punt return for a touchdown called back for an illegal block in the back.

Up 50-42, the Blue Dragons called on their defense to finish the game. A long pass from Mo Hasan on fourth down was broken up by Adrian Cross. HCC’s offense took some time off the clock, but with two timeouts left, the Red Ravens got one more chance to move the ball with 17 seconds left and 80 yards to the Promised Land.

Hasan completed a pass to start the drive, but held the ball too long and ran out the final 12 seconds of play. He finished the game with 247 yards and 1 TD. Derrick Wiggins was his favorite target with 106 yards receiving.

Justin Henderson led all rushers with 98 yards. His long of 54 helped his 6.5 yards-per-carry average.

Jawaun Johnson of HCC led all receivers with 120 yards on just two catches.

FINAL: HCC 50 COFFEYVILLE 42

NEXT: The Blue Dragons (1-0) travel to Council Bluffs, Iowa, to take on No. 12 Iowa Western next Saturday at 1 p.m.