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Mariners Suffer Disappointing Loss to Struggling Royals
Perez drove in the go-ahead run as Kansas City finished 5-1 against Seattle and won consecutive games for the first time since May 8-9.
On Sunday, the Kansas City Royals defeated the visiting Seattle Mariners 8-6, securing a 5-1 season series victory and winning back-to-back games for the first time since May 8-9.
Pitcher Bryan Woo took responsibility for the fifth inning collapse, when manager Dan Wilson intentionally walked Vinnie Pasquantino to face Salvador Perez, who laced a two-run single through the left side.
Colt Emerson went 4-for-4 with three doubles for the Mariners, while Julio Rodriguez homered; Kansas City's Seth Lugo pitched 6 1/3 quality innings, allowing three runs on six hits.
Seattle scored three runs in the ninth to narrow the final margin, leading manager Dan Wilson to say his guys "battled," though he acknowledged, "It's not how we wanted it to go at all."
With a 25-29 record, the Mariners will travel to Sacramento, Calif., to face the American League West-leading Athletics, seeking improvement after an underachieving performance over the first 54 games.
Salvador Perez punished Seattle pitcher Bryan Woo for issuing an intentional walk to load the bases before facing him, hitting a go-ahead single with two outs on Sunday that ignited Kansas' offense…
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, USA (AP) — Venezuelan Salvador Perez made Seattle pitcher Bryan Woo pay for giving an intentional ticket to fill the bases before he faced it and connected a two-out single he put in...