St. Petersburg, Fla. ? Zack Greinke could appreciate the game Carl Crawford had against him.

Crawford had three hits and three RBIs and stole his 49th base of the season, leading the Tampa Bay Rays past the Kansas City Royals, 10-4, on Monday.

The Rays’ All-Star left fielder went 3-for-3 against Greinke (10-7) after having just one hit in 16 previous at-bats against him.

“He hit a fastball away, a slow curve and changeup down,” Greinke said. “He helped make it look worse than it could have been.”

Willy Aybar hit solo homers from both sides of the plate for the Rays, who won nine of 10 games in the season series with Kansas City. Aybar homered left-handed off Greinke in the fifth and went deep from the right side against Ron Mahay two innings later.

Greinke allowed six runs and 10 hits over five innings, and is 0-4 in six starts since his last win June 28.