Pittsburgh Pirates at Kansas City Royals

· Major League Baseball

Pittsburgh Pirates

38-55, 12-34 Away

Final
3 - 4

Kansas City Royals

45-48, 22-24 Home

Nick Loftin hits 2-run homer in 7th, walk-off single in 9th as Royals beat Pirates 4-3

Rookie Jac Caglianone homered for the Royals, a 421-foot drive leading off the second inning that was his first extra-base hit in 14 games at Kauffman Stadium. He had been 5 for 46 at home before Tuesday.

Pittsburgh's Oneil Cruz tied it in the fourth with a 458-foot shot over the fountains in right field on the day he was announced as a participant in next-week's Home Run Derby.

Nick Gonzales put the Pirates ahead with a homer in the top of the seventh before Loftin's drive made it 3-2.

Bryan Reynolds tied it with an RBI grounder in the eighth.

Maikel Garcia singled leading off the ninth against Dennis Santana (2-2) and Salvador Perez followed with a base hit. With one out, Isaac Mattson came in and gave up Loftin's game-ending hit on a 1-0 fastball.

The Pirates fell to 0-5 to start their nine-game trip ahead of the All-Star Break. Kansas City has won five of six.

Carlos Estevez (3-2) worked a scoreless ninth for Kansas City.

The Pirates' Mitch Keller and the Royals' Seth Lugo, both rumored to be trade candidates before the July 31 deadline, were nearly identical through six innings. Each allowed one run on three hits with five strikeouts.

Key moment The Pirates loaded the bases with one out in the eighth against Lucas Erceg, who gave up Reynolds' tying fielder's-choice grounder and then retired Gonzales on another groundball.

Key stat The Royals had their second straight multi-homer game after not having done that all season.

Up next The teams complete their three-game series Wednesday night with Pittsburgh's Bailey Falter (6-4, 3.69 ERA) facing Kris Bubic (7-6, 2.36).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Loftin singled to center, Garcia scored, Perez to second.
	9th Inning	Mattson relieved Santana
	9th Inning	Caglianone flied out to right, Garcia to third.
	9th Inning	Perez singled to left, Garcia to second.
	9th Inning	Garcia singled to left.
	9th Inning	Bart catching.

Statistics

PIT		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	8
7	Strikeouts	6
3	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	1
3	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	32
2	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	8
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
18	Fly Balls	18
1	Caught Stealing	0
128	Pitches	121
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
15	Total Bases	13
35	Plate Appearances	34
324.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
5	Extra Base Hits	2
3.7	Runs Created	3.2
.188	Batting Average	.219
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.469	Slugging Percentage	.406
.344	Secondary Average	.219
.257	On Base Percentage	.242
.726	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.649
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
3.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.5
30.0	Batter Rating	29.0
16.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.66	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.56
.281	Isolated Power	.188
0.43	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.17
.086	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
.156	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
6.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
78.3	MLB Rating	79.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0