Kansas City Royals at Los Angeles Dodgers

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Kansas City Royals

49-72, 20-42 Away

Final
4 - 5

Los Angeles Dodgers

72-48, 35-23 Home

Max Muncy’s 10th-inning single lifts the Dodgers past the Royals 5-4

Kansas City Royals vs. Los Angeles Dodgers: Game Highlights

Muncy belted the ball to the gap in right-center off Lucas Erceg (4-4), scoring Ohtani, who started as the automatic runner at second. Ohtani went 0 for 5 at the plate, with two strikeouts.

The Dodgers tied it 4-4 on Mookie Betts’ RBI single off reliever Steven Cruz in the eighth.

Seth Halvorsen (1-1) got the win with one inning of relief in his Dodgers debut.

Carter Jensen's flyout to center gave the Royals a 4-3 lead after Andy Pages' fielding error in the eighth.

The Royals scored three runs in the inning off reliever Evan Phillips. Pages caught Jensen's liner, but dropped it on the exchange and the ball went to the base of the wall, allowing Jac Caglianone to score from second for a 4-3 lead.

Caglianone's RBI single drew the Royals to 3-2 and they tied it 3-3 on Salvador Perez's RBI single.

Dodgers starter Blake Snell tossed three-hit ball over six innings in his return to the mound after missing three months while recovering from elbow surgery.

The Royals tied the game 3-3 in the eighth with two runs off reliever Evan Phillips. He walked Nick Loftin before giving up three consecutive singles to Bobby Witt Jr., Jac Caglianone and Salvador Perez.

Alex Call poked a 3-2 pitch from Royals starter Michael Wacha down the right-field line with first baseman Caglianone playing off the bag against the right-handed hitter. Betts, who doubled and took third on Tommy Edman's flyout, scored for a 2-1 lead.

Pinch-hitter Teoscar Hernández's RBI double made it 3-1.

Snell struck out seven of the first 10 batters he faced before giving up back-to-back singles in the fourth. Perez followed with a sacrifice fly that tied the game 1-1.

Wacha gave up three runs and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings. The right-hander struck out five.

Up next Royals LHP Daniel Lynch IV (4-3, 2.45 ERA) starts the series finale Wednesday against Dodgers LHP Eric Lauer (6-6, 4.89).

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Scoring Summary

	10th Inning	Muncy singled to center, Ohtani scored, Tucker to second, Freeman to third.
	10th Inning	Tucker intentionally walked.
	10th Inning	Pages grounded out to pitcher, Freeman to second, Ohtani to third.
	10th Inning	Freeman intentionally walked.
	10th Inning	Erceg relieved Pearson
	10th Inning	Perez grounded out to second.

Statistics

KC		LAD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
7	Ground Balls	13
14	Strikeouts	8
3	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	9
2	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	37
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
1	Intentional Walks	2
1	Doubles	3
15	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
161	Pitches	138
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
7	Total Bases	15
40	Plate Appearances	41
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
2.1	Runs Created	5.0
.171	Batting Average	.243
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.200	Slugging Percentage	.405
.200	Secondary Average	.243
.250	On Base Percentage	.317
.450	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.722
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
1.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.8
24.0	Batter Rating	38.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	37.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.03	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.37
.029	Isolated Power	.162
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.100	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.073
.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
7.0	Runs Produced	10.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
70.0	MLB Rating	85.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0