Dodgers win sixth straight series, extend Royals' misery
Justin Wrobleski threw six shutout innings in a bulk role out of the bullpen, while Enrique Hernandez and Will Smith each homered as the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Kansas City Royals 5-1 on Sunday.
After opener Lou Trivino allowed a run on the first two Kansas City batters of the game, Wrobleski (4-2) came on in the second inning and yielded three hits with a walk and struck out six until Kirby Yates took over in the eighth.
Hernandez's two-run homer in the second put the Dodgers ahead for good and paved the way for a sixth consecutive winning series.
After pounding out 14 hits during Saturday's 9-5 win that snapped their 11-game home losing streak, the Royals wasted no time staying hot at the plate. Jonathan India opened the bottom of the first with a single off Trivino, then went to second on a wild pitch. Shortly after, Bobby Witt Jr. doubled off the left field wall for a 1-0 Kansas City lead.
However, that was all the offense the Royals could muster while totaling just five hits and striking out 10 times against four Dodgers pitchers Sunday.
Kris Bubic (6-6) allowed two runs, two walks and three hits and fanned five while laboring through 90 pitches over five innings for Kansas City, which has dropped seven of the last eight overall and went 1-12 at home in the month of June.
The Dodgers made Bubic work early on, as he threw 56 pitches through the first two innings. In the second, Andy Pages (two hits) singled and eventually scored on Hernandez's homer over the left-center-field wall that put Los Angeles ahead 2-1.
The visitors added another run when Smith barely cleared the center field wall against Steven Cruz in the sixth. Los Angeles plated two more in the seventh via an RBI double from Max Muncy and Miguel Rojas' run-scoring single.
Los Angeles has won 12 of the last 15.
The start of this contest was delayed a little more than an hour due to rain.
--Field Level Media
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Hindustan Times
8 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
Luis Castillo, two relievers combine for 2-hitter as M's blank Pirates
Luis Castillo pitched seven scoreless innings and struck out a season-high eight batters as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0 on Saturday evening. Luis Castillo, two relievers combine for 2-hitter as M's blank Pirates It was the second consecutive shutout for the Mariners, who improved to 4-2 on their seven-game homestand. The Pirates have lost two straight after a six- game winning streak. The Mariners broke a scoreless tie in the sixth inning off reliever Caleb Ferguson . Jorge Polanco led off with a double down the left-field line and took third on Luke Raley's groundout to the right side of the infield. Ferguson then got pinch-hitter Donovan Solano to ground out to drawn-in third baseman Ke'Bryan Hayes, keeping Polanco at third, before rookie Ben Williamson hit an RBI double into the gap in right-center. After Cole Young was hit by a pitch and J.P. Crawford walked to load the bases, Isaac Mattson replaced Ferguson and struck out Julio Rodriguez to end the inning. Castillo allowed just two hits both to leadoff hitter Spencer Horwitz and didn't walk a batter. Of his 99 pitches, 67 were strikes. Mariners reliever Matt Brash pitched a scoreless eighth despite a one-out walk and Andres Munoz struck out two in the ninth for his 20th save of the season. Castillo, a right-hander, retired the first nine batters he faced before Horwitz lined a single to right field leading off the fourth. Castillo then struck out Andrew McCutchen and Brian Reynolds before getting Nick Gonzales to ground out to second to end the inning. Horwitz singled to right with two outs in the sixth before McCutchen lined out to left. McCutchen hit a deep drive to center in the first inning, but Rodriguez made a leaping catch before crashing into the wall. Pirates starter Mike Burrows stranded seven runners over five scoreless innings. The right-hander allowed three hits, walked four and fanned six. Seattle's Cal Raleigh, who leads the major leagues with 35 home runs, was walked three times, once intentionally. Raleigh struck out in his other plate appearance. Field Level Media This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
India Gazette
11 hours ago
- India Gazette
Ryne Nelson retires 16 straight as Diamondbacks knock off Royals
Field Level Media 06 Jul 2025, 04:49 GMT+10 (Photo credit: Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images) Ryne Nelson retired the first 16 batters he faced, Randal Grichuk homered and the host Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Kansas City Royals 7-1 on Saturday. The Diamondbacks snapped a three-game losing streak and evened the three-game series. The Royals had won three of their last four. Nelson (5-2) allowed a run and four hits over seven innings. He did not walk a batter and struck out five. Freddy Fermin's looping single to right center broke the spell of 16 consecutive batters retired with one out in the sixth. Jonathan India lined a single to center one out later to send Fermin to third. Bobby Witt Jr. followed with a run-scoring single to right to put the Royals on the board and make the score 4-1. Nelson got help in preventing further damage in the inning when centerfielder Alek Thomas made a sliding catch coming in on Vinnie Pasquantino's liner with two out and runners on first and third. Kansas City starter and loser Michael Wacha (4-9) gave up four runs and four hits in four-plus innings with four walks and four strikeouts. Arizona took a 2-0 lead in the third on RBI singles by Josh Naylor and Eugenio Suarez. Lourdes Gurriel's two-run double in the fifth doubled the lead to 4-0 and James McCann's RBI double in the seventh made it 5-1. Grichuk added his two-run homer in the seventh. The drive to right-centerfield was originally called an inside the park home run. But replays showed the ball actually went over the fence, hit a chair and ricocheted back onto the field. It was Grichuk's fifth home run. Diamondbacks right fielder and leadoff man Corbin Carroll returned after being out since June 18, when he suffered a chip fracture of his left wrist. He went hitless in five at-bats. --Field Level Media
Hindustan Times
11 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
Nelson retires first 16 Royals, Carroll returns in Diamondbacks' 7-1 victory
PHOENIX — Ryne Nelson retired the first 16 Kansas City batters and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Royals 7-1 on Saturday to end a three-game losing streak. Nelson retires first 16 Royals, Carroll returns in Diamondbacks' 7-1 victory Nelson , who moved into the rotation full-time when Corbin Burnes was sidelined for the season by elbow surgery, gave up four hits and one run over seven innings. The right-hander threw 86 pitches, walked none and struck out five. Freddy Fermin's sharp single to center with one out in the sixth ended Nelson's perfect-game bid. Fermin scored on Bobby Witt Jr.'s two-out single. Josh Naylor and Eugenio Suárez had RBI singles in the third off Michael Wacha , and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. doubled in two runs in the fifth for Arizona. Gurriel also tripled in the seventh off Taylor Clarke and scored on James McCann's double. Wacha lasted four-plus innings, giving up four hits and four runs. He threw 97 pitches, walking four and striking out four. Randal Grichuk hit an inside-the-park homer in the eighth. With a man on base, he hit a long fly to right-center that bounced away from outfielders Jac Caglianone and Kyle Isbel and into center field as Grichuk scored standing up for his fifth homer of the season. Before the game, the Diamondbacks activated outfielder Corbin Carroll from the injured list. The 2023 National League Rookie of the Year, who has 20 homers and a major league-leading nine triples, was 0 for 5 in his return. He had been sidelined since June 18, when he sustained a chip fracture in his left wrist when he was hit by a pitch in Toronto. Utilityman Tim Tawa was optioned to Triple-A Reno in a corresponding move. Gurriel's two-out, two-run double off reliever John Schreiber made it 4-0 in the fifth. Nelson is 3-0 with a 2.01 ERA in his last five starts. Royals RHP Michael Lorenzen opposes Diamondbacks RHP Anthony DeSclafani on Sunday the series finale. MLB: /hub/ml This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
