![]() ![]() ![]() The Padres scored twice in the sixth to pull to 4-3 but Tatis, moved down to third in the lineup, popped out weakly with the bases loaded to end the inning. ![]() San Diego's offensive woes continued despite Kansas City needing a bullpen day. The Padres went 2 for 9 with runners in scoring position and stranded 12 overall. His homer to right field, his eighth, and Maikel Garcia's RBI double gave Kansas City a 4-1 lead in the sixth inning. Vinnie Pasquantino hit a tiebreaking two-run homer off Yu Darvish for the Royals. Now there's an ugly skid that includes five losses in six games to the Dodgers, beaten by San Diego in four games during their Division Series last October. The season opened with World Series aspirations after the Padres made a stirring run to the NL Championship Series last fall. Things really aren’t really rolling our way right now, at all.” I think collectively as a group we’ve got to go out there and be better as a group. "There’s an expectation that we had coming into the season and they expect us to go out there and win every single game. We’re not playing well right now," said Machado, who was hurt when he was hit by a pitch Monday night and doesn't know if he'll need to go on the injured list. Machado, sidelined indefinitely after finding out he has a fractured bone in his left hand, agreed. The way that we finished the game, I would boo ourselves, too," Tatis said. Yet they dropped two of three to the Royals, who are last in the AL Central, and have lost nine of 11 overall to tumble to fourth place in the NL West, eight games behind the rival Los Angeles Dodgers and four games under. The Padres were supposed to be so much better this year, with baseball's third-highest payroll and a quartet of superstars in Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr., Xander Bogaerts and Juan Soto. It wasn't the first time Wednesday frustrated fans let the high-priced Padres have it as they continued to flounder with runners in scoring position and make baserunning blunders. The Royals were 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position and struck out three times while stranding a runner at third base to end an inning.SAN DIEGO (AP) - What was left of the crowd of 32,416 at Petco Park on a gloomy afternoon loudly booed the San Diego Padres after Ha-Seong Kim made the last out of a dismal 4-3 loss to the lowly Kansas City Royals. Perez also doubled among his three hits off Giolito, against whom he is a career. smashed the first pitch of the game through the mound for a leadoff single.Īfter a double play, Salvador Perez put Kansas City on the scoreboard with a solo shot that barely cleared the left-field wall, his team-leading 10th, and his fifth career homer off Giolito. Lyles' 7.15 ERA is the highest in the majors among starters.įour White Sox relievers closed out the Royals on one hit over the final three innings.Īfter managing just one hit in Friday's 2-0 loss, the Royals wasted no time getting in the hit column as Bobby Witt Jr. Over 10 starts, Lyles has a career-worst eight consecutive losses. Lyles went five innings, allowing five runs (four earned) on four hits and three walks, striking out five. Moncada walked in the sixth, loading the bases and chasing Royals starter Jordan Lyles (0-8) from the game before Burger greeted reliever Jose Cuas with his three-run double. doubled in the inning - tying for the team lead with 13 - and is tied for the major-league lead with 25 extra-base hits. Jake Burger provided the big hit, a bases-clearing double to the wall in right center, expanding the White Sox lead to 5-1 in the sixth.Ĭhicago collected three consecutive hits with one out in the first inning, capped by Yoan Moncada's two-run single, for a 2-1 lead. Giolito (3-3) turned in his eighth consecutive start of at least six innings, surrendering a run on six hits and a walk, fanning four. Lucas Giolito pitched six strong innings to lead the host Chicago White Sox to a 5-1 win over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday afternoon. ![]()
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