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05/24 16:05 CDT Salvador Perez jump-starts KC offense, Royals pull away from
the Mariners for 8-6 win
Salvador Perez jump-starts KC offense, Royals pull away from the Mariners for
8-6 win
By DAVE SKRETTA
AP Sports Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) --- Salvador Perez made Seattle pitcher Bryan Woo pay for
intentionally walking the bases loaded ahead of him, delivering the go-ahead,
two-out single Sunday that ignited the Kansas City offense and propelled the
Royals to an 8-6 win over the Mariners.
Seth Lugo (2-4) allowed a first-inning homer by Julio Rodriguez before pitching
into the seventh for Kansas City. The former Cy Young runner-up allowed three
runs and six hits and two walks in winning for the first time since his March
29 season debut.
Carter Jensen and Maikel Garcia also had two RBIs apiece as the Royals won
consecutive games for the first time since May 9-10.
Lucas Erceg allowed three runs in the ninth in a non-save situation before
finishing out the game.
Woo (4-3) allowed four runs and six hits and two walks in 4 2/3 innings. He'd
allowed just two runs over his previous 18 innings.
Royals starters came into the game on a 19-inning scoreless streak, and Lugo
promptly retired leadoff man J.P. Crawford. But on his second pitch to
Rodriguez, the Mariners slugger sent an 89-mph sinker into the left-field
bullpen to give Seattle a 1-0 lead.
It was still that way until the fifth inning, when Woo walked Michael Massey
and gave up a two-strike bunt single to Kyle Isbel. Woo bounced back to retire
the next two batters, then chose to intentionally walk Vinnie Pasquantino and
load the bases.
Perez, who has been struggling throughout the season, slapped a two-run single
through the left side of the infield to give Kansas City the lead. Jensen
followed with a two-run double to make it 4-1 and knock Woo from the game.
The Royals added a run apiece in the sixth and seventh innings and two more in
the eighth to put the game away.
Up next
The Mariners head to California to face the A's on Monday night with RHP
Emerson Hancock (3-2, 3.07 ERA) getting the start. The Royals welcome the
Yankees for a Memorial Day matinee with RHP Michael Wacha (4-2, 2.70) on the
mound.
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