Kansas City Royals at Seattle Mariners
Final
Recap
SEATTLE -- Michael Massey scored on Maikel Garcia's sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, and the Kansas City Royals overcame a dominant 14-strikeout performance from Seattle starter Emerson Hancock to beat the Mariners 3-2 on Saturday night. Massey began the inning as the automatic runner at second base, stole third, and then scored on Garcia’s flyball to center field off Cooper Criswell (1-1). The Royals tied the game in the ninth against Mariners closer Andrés Muñoz, as Salvador Perez led off with a single. Pinch-runner Lane Thomas advanced to second on a balk, and scored on Jac Caglianone's single to center that got by Julio Rodriguez and went all the way to the wall.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteSEA -143 · 56% to win
UpsetRun LineSEA -1.5
KCR coveredTotalO/U 8 · 5 scored
UnderAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
8Hits8
0Home runs0
0Walks2
17Strikeouts9
1Stolen bases0
151Pitches thrown139
9Pitching strikeouts17
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinnie Pasquantino1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Isaac CollinsLF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jac CaglianoneRF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr.SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey2B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Lane ThomasPR-DH-PR-DH-PR-DH-PR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter JensenC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kyle IsbelCF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Salvador PerezDH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 37 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth LugoP | 6.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Lucas ErcegP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Luinder AvilaP | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt StrahmP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |