Seattle Mariners at Kansas City Royals

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Seattle Mariners

64-55, 30-27 Away

Final
10 - 8

Kansas City Royals

39-82, 23-38 Home

France's 10th-inning single lifts Mariners over Royals 10-8 after blown 7-run lead

Eugenio Suárez, France, Teoscar Hernández and Josh Rojas homered in a seven-run fourth inning off Jordan Lyles, the Mariners' first four-homer inning since May 2, 2002 at the Chicago White Sox. Suárez and France combined for Seattle's sixth back-to-back homers this year as the Mariners took a 7-0 lead.

Hernández tied his career high with five hits and had three RBI.

“I definitely felt good today,” Hernández said. “My swing and my timing is fine right now. For me, the most important thing is I'm making a lot of contact right now.”

France had four hits and three RBI. Kansas City outhit the Mariners 15-14, and the Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. sparked the comeback in a five-run fifth with his second grand slam in an 18-day span.

“We felt like we were in control of the ballgame, but we opened the door for them,” Seattle manager Scott Servais said. “They got some big hits. We couldn't put them away.”

Kansas City (39-82) clinched its seventh straight losing season since winning the 2015 World Series. The Royals have had just five winning seasons in the last 30 years.

Seattle, which had lost three straight games in which it led or was tied in the ninth, was ahead 8-5 after eight innings.

Nelson Velázquez grounded to Rojas leading off and reached when the second baseman threw wide of first for an error. That led to three unearned runs against Andrés Muñoz (3-5), who in a 42-pitch outing blew a save for the second time in eight chances. Michael Massey hit a two-run single and Salvador Perez had an RBI single.

"These guys, they don't quit," Kansas City manager Matt Quatraro said. “Those are good arms they battled back against. The ninth inning was exciting.”

France’s single off Tucker Davidson (1-2) lifted his average at Kauffman Stadium to .532 (17 for 32).

“I was looking for a slider,” France said. “I had done my homework on how he attacked guys in that inning. I figured I’d get one and I didn’t want to miss it.”

Tayler Saucedo got three straight outs for his first major league save.

Lyles allowed seven runs — six earned — and nine hits in five innings, while Seattle's Emerson Hancock gave up five runs and nine hits in five innings in his second career start.

Maikel Garcia extended his Royals' rookie-record hitting streak to 17 games with a bloop single leading off the first.

Seattle RHP Luis Castillo (8-7, 3.14 ERA) starts Wednesday night.

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Matchup Prediction

Royals: 39.2%

Mariners: 60.8%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	10th Inning	Velázquez grounded out to shortstop.
	10th Inning	Fermin grounded out to shortstop.
	10th Inning	Melendez flied out to center.
	10th Inning	Saucedo relieved Muñoz
	10th Inning	Haggerty at second base.
	10th Inning	Raleigh grounded out to shortstop.

Statistics

SEA		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	16
9	Strikeouts	4
10	Runs Batted In	8
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
14	Hits	15
1	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
10	Runs	8
1	Ground Into Double Play	3
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
42	At Bats	41
4	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	1
27	Runners Left On Base	20
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	0
22	Fly Balls	21
1	Caught Stealing	1
193	Pitches	160
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
30	Total Bases	18
49	Plate Appearances	43
648.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
8	Extra Base Hits	1
11.1	Runs Created	5.6
.333	Batting Average	.366
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.714	Slugging Percentage	.439
.476	Secondary Average	.098
.417	On Base Percentage	.395
1.131	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.834
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
9.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.0
75.0	Batter Rating	50.0
10.5	At Bats Per Home Run	41.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.94	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.72
.381	Isolated Power	.073
0.44	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.082	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.047
.143	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.268
20.0	Runs Produced	16.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.8	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
115.5	MLB Rating	100.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0