Jesse Winker provided the capper to a terrific homestand for the Mariners, finishing an 11-pitch at-bat with a broken-bat single into right field as Seattle Swept the Kansas City Royals 5-4.
Salvador Perez tied Johnny Bench’s record for homers in a season by a catcher with his 45th, as the Oakland Athletics held off the Kansas City Royals 7-2.
Matt Olson hit a two-run homer, Josh Harrison drove in three runs and Elvis Andrus had four hits as the Oakland Athletics beat the Kansas City Royals 12-10.
Though they have the longest current playoff drought of all of the major sports in America, there are reasons to be optimistic that this year the Seattle Mariners will break their decades-long dry spell.
Salvador Perez homered for the fifth consecutive game, but Kyle Seager connected for a two-run drive to help the Seattle Mariners beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3.
Salvador Perez hit his fourth career grand slam and the Kansas City Royals beat the Seattle Mariners 6-4. Perez’s 35th home run fueled a five-run sixth inning.
Alex Bregman had two hits and an RBI in his first action in more than two months, and he scored the winning run to lift the Houston Astros to a 6-5 win over the Kansas City Royals.
Luis Garcia pitched into the seventh inning and two relievers completed a four-hitter to lead the Houston Astros to a 4-0 win over the Kansas City Royals.