Kansas City Royals at Seattle Mariners

· Major League Baseball

Kansas City Royals

40-47, 20-23 Away

Final
2 - 3

Seattle Mariners

45-41, 22-20 Home

Julio Rodriguez delivers a go-ahead RBI single to lift the Mariners past Royals 3-2

Salvador Perez's single brings Royals within one

Rodriguez, who left the bases loaded in the fifth inning, atoned for that missed opportunity by hitting a first-pitch cutter from reliever Steven Cruz, who entered for Angel Zerpa (3-1), to the left side. Royals third baseman Maikel Garcia got a piece of Rodriguez’s hit before it ricocheted past him, allowing the Mariners to take a 2-1 lead.

Arozarena, who hit a solo homer in the sixth inning, added an insurance run with a sacrifice fly to center in the seventh. The Mariners needed that extra run as the Royals closed within a run in the eighth inning on an RBI single from Salvador Perez.

Mariners reliever Carlos Vargas (3-5) struck out two in one inning of relieft and closer Andres Munoz picked up his 19th save.

Key moment With runners on first and third in the top of the first inning, Royals rookie right fielder Jac Caglianone lined out sharply to right. Kansas City scored just one run in the inning, but could have scored more had Caglianone's ball fallen for a hit.

Key stat Arozarena has homered in three consecutive regular-season games for the first time in his major league career. He also homered in three straight American League Division Series games with the Tampa Bay Rays from Oct. 5-7 in 2020.

Up next Seattle RHP Bryan Woo (7-4, 2.93 ERA) goes against Kansas City RHP Seth Lugo (5-5, 2.74) in the finale of the four-game set.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	India struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Isbel flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Fermin flied out to second.
	9th Inning	Muñoz relieved Brash
	8th Inning	Canzone grounded out to first.
	8th Inning	Garver struck out swinging.

Statistics

KC		SEA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	15
14	Strikeouts	7
2	Runs Batted In	3
1	Sacrifice Hit	1
6	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
32	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
10	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
166	Pitches	127
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
6	Total Bases	13
37	Plate Appearances	34
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
0	Extra Base Hits	3
1.9	Runs Created	3.8
.188	Batting Average	.258
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.188	Slugging Percentage	.419
.156	Secondary Average	.194
.278	On Base Percentage	.273
.465	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.692
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.4
1.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.1
15.0	Batter Rating	27.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.49	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.74
.000	Isolated Power	.161
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.14
.108	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
-.031	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
66.5	MLB Rating	79.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0