Seth Lugo's quality start and an MJ Melendez grand slam led the way for the Royals in Saturday's win.
Saturday's game between the Royals and the Los Angeles Dodgers had the makings of a pitcher's duel on paper. Kansas City starting pitcher Seth Lugo upheld his end, but triceps tightness ended Yoshinobu Yamamoto's night early, and the Royal bats took advantage to even the series with a 7-2 win.
Kansas City plated the game's first run in the fourth inning with an RBI groundout by second baseman Nick Loftin. First baseman Vinnie Pasquantino, who reached base three times at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, scored the run. In the home half of the inning, the Dodgers bats shook Lugo for the first time, loading the bases with one out and getting two runs out of the deal courtesy of a single by Loftin's second base counterpart, Gavin Lux.
In Yamamoto's absence, Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts sent out a number of arms to make up for the blow of losing the starter early in an important game of a weekend series. Among them were a former Royals starter and a 2018 All-Star. It was the All-Star, Blake Treinen, whom Kansas City got to during that sixth inning. Prior to Melendez's slam, his eighth big fly of the season, Treinen issued three consecutive one-out walks to load the bases.
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