Philadelphia Phillies at Kansas City Royals

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Philadelphia Phillies

50-40, 25-19 Away

Final
2 - 5

Kansas City Royals

36-54, 20-26 Home

Perez drives in 2 as the Royals beat the Phillies 5-2 to end a 4-game losing streak

Avila (4-3) held Philadelphia to one run in five innings. He had four strikeouts and one walk. Alex Lange pitched the ninth for this eighth save.

The Royals scored a pair of runs in the first inning when Lane Thomas knocked a two-out double to right-center field. Michael Massey followed with an RBI single.

Philadelphia’s Bryson Stott extended his on-base streak to 12 games with a triple in the fifth inning and scored on a sacrifice fly from Gabriel Rincones Jr.

Avila left after the next out.

Kansas City's Isaac Collins led off the fifth with a double after successfully challenging a third-strike call for the second time in the game. He scored on a sacrifice fly to center from Jac Caglianone.

Stott struck again in the seventh with a leadoff single. He advanced on a fielder’s choice and throwing error, then scored on another force out.

Phillies starter Aaron Nola (3-6) struck out seven across seven innings, including the last three batters he faced.

Perez sealed the game for the Royals with a two-run double in the eighth inning that scored Bobby Witt Jr. and Thomas.

With a walk in the sixth, Kyle Schwarber has reached base in 11 consecutive games.

Before the game, the Royals inducted former player, coach and manager John Wathan into the organization’s Hall of Fame. He played 10 seasons in the majors and won the 1985 World Series with Kansas City.

Up Next Phillies LHP Christopher Sánchez (10-3, 2.00 ERA) faces Royals LHP Noah Cameron (4-6, 4.95).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Rincones Jr. grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Stott flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Bohm lined out to first.
	9th Inning	Lange relieved Lynch IV
	9th Inning	Loftin at second base.
	8th Inning	Rojas grounded out to second.

Statistics

PHI		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	9
7	Strikeouts	8
2	Runs Batted In	5
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	2
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
30	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	10
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	3
12	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
128	Pitches	124
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
8	Total Bases	11
34	Plate Appearances	34
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
1.3	Runs Created	3.9
.167	Batting Average	.258
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.267	Slugging Percentage	.355
.167	Secondary Average	.226
.212	On Base Percentage	.294
.479	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.649
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
1.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.3
17.5	Batter Rating	36.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.76	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.65
.100	Isolated Power	.097
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.059	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.059
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.032
4.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
69.0	MLB Rating	81.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0