Kansas City Royals at Seattle Mariners

· Major League Baseball

Kansas City Royals

41-47, 21-23 Away

Final
3 - 2

Seattle Mariners

45-42, 22-21 Home

Pasquantino hits two-run single in 7th inning as Royals beat Mariners 3-2

Kansas City Royals vs. Seattle Mariners: Game Highlights

Bobby Witt Jr. tied the score 1-1 with a single to center field with one out and then stole second base to put two runners in scoring position. Pasquantino grounded a single to right field drive in both runners, with Witt scoring after Cal Raleigh to give the Royals a two-run lead.

Seth Lugo (6-5) allowed just one run on six hits in 6 1/3 innings. He walked two and struck out seven.

Lucas Erceg and Taylor Clarke got two outs each, and Carlos Estévez pitched 1 1/3 innings to get his 24th save. Estévez gave up a leadoff homer to Dominic Canzone in the ninth and had runners on second and third after a wild pitch with one out, but struck out Julio Rodríguez and got Raleigh to ground out to end the game.

Jorge Polanco homered in the fourth inning to put the Mariners up 1-0, and also had two doubles,.

Logan Evans, recalled from Triple-A Tacoma, made his first big league start since May 10 and gave up three hits in 5 2/3 scoreless innings. He walked one and struck out three.

Casey Legumina (4-4) walked the first two batters to begin the seventh inning and was replaced by Carlos Vargas, who gave up the run-scoring hits to Witt and Pasquantino.

Key moment The Royals capitalized on consecutive walks by Kyle Isbel and Jonathan India against Legumijna to start the seventh, setting the stage for Witt and Pasquantino.

Key stat Witt has now hit safely in his last 23 road games, breaking Hal McRae's 42-year-old Kansas City record.

Up next

Royals LHP Kris Bubic (6-6, 2.25 ERA) opens a three-game series at Arizona against Diamondbacks LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (3-4, 5.13). Mariners RHP Bryan Woo (7-4, 2.93 ERA) faces Pirates LHP Bailey Falter (7-4, 2.93).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Raleigh grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Rodríguez struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Crawford to second on wild pitch by Estévez, Mastrobuoni to third on wild pitch by Estévez.
	9th Inning	Crawford singled to left, Mastrobuoni to second.
	9th Inning	Young struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Mastrobuoni singled to right.

Statistics

KC		SEA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
5	Strikeouts	11
3	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	10
1	Stolen Bases	1
5	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	37
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	24
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	3
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
155	Pitches	156
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
6	Total Bases	19
39	Plate Appearances	39
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	5
2.6	Runs Created	6.1
.156	Batting Average	.270
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.188	Slugging Percentage	.514
.219	Secondary Average	.324
.308	On Base Percentage	.308
.495	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.821
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
2.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.1
20.0	Batter Rating	31.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	18.5
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.97	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.031	Isolated Power	.243
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.18
.128	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.051
.063	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.054
6.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
70.0	MLB Rating	83.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0