San Diego Padres at Kansas City Royals

· Major League Baseball

San Diego Padres

48-50, 21-26 Away

Final
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Kansas City Royals

40-59, 23-26 Home

Salvador Perez and Lane Thomas hit 2-run HRs, Royals beat Padres 6-1

San Diego Padres vs. Kansas City Royals: Game Highlights

Thomas hit a 421-foot two-run home run to left field off Griffin Canning in the first and Perez added a two-run shot, his 12th this season, to center field that capped the scoring in the sixth.

Perez, a 36-year-old catcher, has 315 career home runs, two shy of the franchise record held by Hall of Famer George Brett.

Jac Caglianone's run-scoring double in the third extended his hit streak to nine games. Isaac Collins added an RBI single in the fourth and Vinnie Pasquantino singled to extend an on-base streak to 14 games.

Randy Dobnak allowed one run and four hits in 4 1/3 innings for the Royals. Daniel Lynch IV (3-2) pitched two scoreless innings to earn the win.

Canning (1-8) allowed four runs and five hits with four strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings.

Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a solo shot to left field in the third, walked twice and had a stolen base. Tatis has reached safely in 33 of his last 36 games.

Ty France and Jake Cronenworth each had two hits.

San Diego had six hits, went 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position and hit into three double plays.

The Royals clinched their 10th series win of the season. Kansas City won a series against the Padres for the first time since 2023 and took a set from San Diego at Kauffman Stadium for the first time since 2002.

Up next Padres RHP Germán Márquez (4-2, 5.18 ERA) starts Sunday in the series finale opposite LHP Noah Cameron (5-7, 4.89).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Andujar grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, France out at second.
	9th Inning	Cronenworth popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	France walked.
	9th Inning	Morgan relieved Way
	8th Inning	Massey flied out to left.
	8th Inning	Perez struck out swinging.

Statistics

SD		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	11
5	Strikeouts	8
1	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	6
3	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	3
12	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	1
150	Pitches	116
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
13	Total Bases	18
35	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
5	Extra Base Hits	5
3.5	Runs Created	5.4
.200	Batting Average	.281
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.433	Slugging Percentage	.563
.433	Secondary Average	.313
.314	On Base Percentage	.324
.748	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.886
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
3.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.1
22.0	Batter Rating	45.0
30.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.29	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.41
.233	Isolated Power	.281
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.143	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.059
.233	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.031
2.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
74.3	MLB Rating	90.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0