Cash: Pearce pulled in 5th as precaution

KANSAS CITY — All of the Rays walking wounded appear to be making strides.

Steve Pearce, who left Monday night’s game after his right elbow began to trouble him, was back in the lineup for Tuesday’s 10-5 Royals win, but manager Kevin Cash elected to remove the second baseman in the fifth inning with the Rays trailing by four runs.

“It was more or less the game had kind of separated itself right there,” Cash said. “Obviously, he’s still sore. He tried to grind through it and play. It just made the most sense for me to get him out and …

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