Kansas City Royals at San Diego Padres

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Kansas City Royals

38-39, 19-20 Away

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San Diego Padres

41-35, 22-13 Home

Fernando Tatis Jr. hits 3-run homer to lead Padres past Royals

Fernando Tatis Jr. goes deep for a home run

Luis Arraez gave San Diego a 2-1 lead with an RBI single in the third, and the Padres won for the third time in 10 games.

The loss halted Kansas City’s four-game winning streak.

With the Padres ahead by one in the seventh, Jose Iglesias and Bryce Johnson hit consecutive singles. Tatis followed by smashing a 96 mph sinker from reliever Taylor Clarke into the left-field bleachers for his 14th homer this season and first since May 27.

Cease (3-6) effectively mixed his four-seam fastball and slider to keep the Royals from mounting much offense. He gave up one run and struck out four in 6 2/3 innings.

Adrian Morejon retired all five batters he faced to seal it for San Diego.

Royals starter Noah Cameron (2-3) permitted two runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Jake Cronenworth had an RBI groundout for the Padres in the second. John Rave tied it 1-all with a run-scoring double in the third.

Key moment With a runner on second in the eighth and the Royals trying to mount a comeback, Iglesias made a spectacular play at third base to rob Vinnie Pasquantino of a hit.

Key stat Padres shortstop Xander Bogaerts continued his torrid hitting with two more singles. He has hits in 10 of his last 13 at-bats spanning three-plus games. During that stretch, Bogaerts has a home run, two doubles and seven singles.

Up next Royals RHP Seth Lugo (4-5, 3.05 ERA) starts the finale of the three-game series Sunday against RHP Randy Vasquez (3-4, 3.70).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Loftin grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Loftin hit for Waters
	9th Inning	Canha popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Caglianone grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Lockridge in left field.
	8th Inning	Cronenworth struck out swinging.

Statistics

KC		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	8
6	Strikeouts	5
1	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	29
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
138	Pitches	123
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
6	Total Bases	12
35	Plate Appearances	33
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
1.4	Runs Created	3.9
.129	Batting Average	.276
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.194	Slugging Percentage	.414
.194	Secondary Average	.276
.229	On Base Percentage	.364
.422	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.777
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
1.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.6
13.0	Batter Rating	33.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	29.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.94	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.73
.065	Isolated Power	.138
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.80
.086	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.121
.065	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
2.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
64.0	MLB Rating	83.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0