Kansas City Royals at San Francisco Giants

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Kansas City Royals

27-23, 10-14 Away

Final
2 - 3

San Francisco Giants

29-20, 17-8 Home

Birdsong pitches the Giants past the Royals 3-2 in his 1st start of the season

Birdsong (2-0) was moved from the bullpen to the rotation in place of Jordan Hicks and provided just what manager Bob Melvin hoped he would deliver when he made the move.

Birdsong allowed one unearned run, five hits and no walks to give the Giants their fourth win in the last five games.

Ryan Walker pitched the ninth for his ninth save in 11 chances.

Willy Adames hit an RBI triple in the fourth inning against Michael Lorenzen (3-5) and scored on a single by Casey Schmitt to give San Francisco a 2-1 lead.

Lorenzen allowed three runs — two earned — and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings in his shortest start of the season for Kansas City.

Kyle Isbel hit a sacrifice fly in the third and Bobby Witt Jr. had a run-scoring infield single in the eighth for the Royals, who have been held to four runs or fewer in 42 of 50 games.

Key moment The Giants added an insurance run in the fifth after Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino threw wildly to second when he tried to get a force on a grounder by Wilmer Flores. Jung Hoo Lee followed with an RBI single to make it 3-1.

Key stat San Francisco improved to 25-9 this season against right-handed starters.

Up next RHP Logan Webb (5-3, 2.42 ERA) pitches the series finale for the Giants. Webb is 3-0 with a 0.64 ERA in four starts at home. The Royals are undecided on their starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Canha grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Garcia flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Perez grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Walker relieved Doval
	8th Inning	Bailey grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, Schmitt out at second.
	8th Inning	Schmitt walked, Adames to second.

Statistics

KC		SF
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
10	Ground Balls	12
10	Strikeouts	8
2	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	3
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
7	Runners Left On Base	21
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
12	Fly Balls	11
2	Caught Stealing	0
139	Pitches	141
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
9	Total Bases	11
33	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
1.4	Runs Created	3.0
.226	Batting Average	.258
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.290	Slugging Percentage	.355
.032	Secondary Average	.194
.242	On Base Percentage	.343
.533	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.698
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
1.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.1
19.0	Batter Rating	24.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.21	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.03
.065	Isolated Power	.097
0.10	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.030	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.086
-.194	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.065
4.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
70.5	MLB Rating	77.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0