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San Francisco Giants at Kansas City Royals

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San Francisco Giants
75-79, 34-42 Away
Final
2 - 1
Kansas City Royals
82-72, 45-34 Home

Royals' late-season skid reaches 5 with 2-1 loss to Giants, who get 3 hits from Ramos

Kansas City dropped four games behind Baltimore for the first AL wild card spot and saw its lead cut to one game over Minnesota for the second of the three wild cards.

“You've got to make your own breaks,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “We had every opportunity to hit a ball in the gap or a line drive through the middle. We've got to keep putting ourselves in the opportunities to get guys on base and force the action. Hopefully we break through.”

Mason Black (1-4) pitched shutout ball over a career-high 5 2/3 innings for already eliminated San Francisco, limiting the Royals to four hits.

“He pitched great,” San Francisco manager Bob Melvin said. “He seems like the last few times he's been a little bit more comfortable and confident with what he's doing out there.”

Camilo Doval allowed Garrett Hampson's sacrifice fly before striking out Tommy Pham with runners on second and third to get his 23rd save in 28 chances.

"That was a little stressful, but he got out of it," Melvin said.

Hampson came close to a bases-clearing double down the left-field line that would have won the game with one out in the ninth, but the ball was ruled foul. Quatraro asked to challenge the ruling but was denied.

“I was surprised it was called foul,” Quatraro said. “I didn't have a great angle from where I was sitting, but they called it foul and it's not reviewable.”

Quatraro felt like the ball was behind third-base umpire John Bacon, but he was told that the replay umpire in New York said it wasn't.

“I've argued that one a million times,” Melvin said. “You can't review it unless it's behind him.”

Kansas City went 0 for 6 with runners in scoring position and stranded nine runners, including three runners in scoring position in the first two innings.

“You want to score every time you get those opportunities,” Quatraro said. "It just didn't go our way.”

“We hit the ball hard but didn't have anything to show for it,” Adam Frazier said. “We just need a timely hit or two. The pitchers kept us in the game.”

Michael Wacha (13-8) gave up two runs on six hits in 5 2/3 innings, dropping to 9-2 in 15 starts since June 22.

“I feel like they made me work, especially in the first,” Wacha said. “I feel like I was able to settle in there, but the sixth was frustrating."

Mike Yastrzemski led off the first with a bloop single, advanced to second on a walk and to third on a flyout, then scored on Ramos' infield hit.

Ramos hit a two-out double to the wall in right-center in the sixth and scored on Patrick Bailey's single for a 2-0 lead.

Giants right-hander Jordan Hicks was placed on the 15-day injured list retroactive to Tuesday with right-shoulder inflammation and right-hander Austin Warren was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento.

UP NEXT

In a game moved up to 4:10 p.m. CDT because of a forecast of bad weather, San Francisco RHP Landen Roupp (0-1, 3.02 ERA) is to start Saturday against Kansas CIty RHP Brady Singer (9-11, 3.53 ERA).

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Matchup Prediction

Royals: 67.9%
Giants: 32.1%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Pham struck out swinging.
9th Inning Garcia stole second.
9th Inning Hampson hit sacrifice fly to right, Gurriel scored, Blanco to third.
9th Inning Garcia grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Blanco to second, Gurriel to third.
9th Inning Frazier struck out swinging.
9th Inning Blanco ran for Grossman

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
11 Ground Balls 11
11 Strikeouts 8
2 Runs Batted In 1
0 Sacrifice Hit 1
8 Hits 5
0 Stolen Bases 1
1 Walks 4
0 Catcher Interference 0
2 Runs 1
1 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 1
34 At Bats 31
0 Home Runs 0
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
15 Runners Left On Base 21
1 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
1 Doubles 0
12 Fly Balls 14
0 Caught Stealing 0
157 Pitches 147
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 2
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 1
11 Total Bases 5
35 Plate Appearances 37
0.0 Projected Home Runs 0.0
2 Extra Base Hits 0
2.4 Runs Created 1.5
.235 Batting Average .161
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.324 Slugging Percentage .161
.118 Secondary Average .161
.257 On Base Percentage .250
.581 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .411
0.9 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.8
2.4 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 1.4
20.5 Batter Rating 10.0
0.0 At Bats Per Home Run 0.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
4.49 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.97
.088 Isolated Power .000
0.09 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.50
.029 Walks Per Plate Appearance .108
-.118 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .000
4.0 Runs Produced 2.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.3 Patience Ratio 0.3
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.2
73.0 MLB Rating 64.3
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Kauffman Stadium

Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 22,117 | Capacity:

2024 National League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Los Angeles 98 64 .605 - W5
San Diego 93 69 .574 5 L1
Arizona 89 73 .549 9 W1
San Francisco 80 82 .494 18 L1
Colorado 61 101 .377 37 L3

2024 American League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Cleveland 92 69 .571 - L2
Kansas City 86 76 .531 6.5 W1
Detroit 86 76 .531 6.5 L2
Minnesota 82 80 .506 10.5 L4
Chicago 41 121 .253 51.5 W2
Full Standings