Seattle Mariners vs Kansas City Royals Match Player Stats On Aug 06, 2017 Game 2

The Sports Xchange
Aug 6, 2017

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Melky Cabrera and Eric Hosmer were a combined 6-for-9 with seven RBIs, and each hit a home run as the Kansas City Royals routed the Seattle Mariners 9-1 in the second game of a doubleheader Sunday.

Cabrera hit a three-run homer in the third inning, and his double in a four-run seventh scored Hosmer.

Hosmer homered in the fifth and had a two-run single in the four-run seventh when the Royals batted around.

Jake Junis (4-2) picked up the victory, holding the Mariners to one run and four hits over eight innings. He retired the final 19 batters he faced, and his seven strikeouts are a career high. Junis didn't issue a walk.

Erasmo Ramirez (4-4) took the loss and is winless since June 21. He surrendered five runs on eight hits, including three home runs, in five-plus innings.

Nelson Cruz hit two home runs and drove in four runs as the Mariners won the first game 8-7. Danny Valencia and Kyle Seager also homered as Seattle jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the second inning.

Danny Espinosa's two-out double in the second off the right field wall scored Leonys Martin, who had singled, giving the Mariners a 1-0 advantage.

Whit Merrifield, who homered in the first game, homered in the bottom of the third. Merrifield deposited a 2-1 Ramirez pitch into the Royals' bullpen.

Kansas City was not through scoring in the third. Lorenzo Cain, who had three hits in the first game, and Hosmer, who snapped a 0-for-14, singled.

Cabrera, whom the Royals picked up at the trade deadline from the Chicago White Sox, homered with Cain and Hosmer along for the ride in the third. It was his first home run since joining the Royals and his 14th of the season.

Junis, the Royals' 26th man for the doubleheader, made his first big league start since June 29, a loss to the Detroit Tigers. He did pick up a victory in relief on July 24 at Detroit.

NOTES: Seattle RHP David Phelps left with elbow discomfort after facing one batter in the seventh. ... The Mariners obtained All-Star 1B Yoder Alonso from the Athletics for minor league OF Boog Powell. Alonso is scheduled to join the Mariners on Tuesday in Oakland. ... The Royals put C Salvador Perez on the 10-day disabled list with a right intercostal strain. They recalled C Cameron Gallagher from Triple-A Omaha, and he went 1-for-3 in the nightcap in his big league debut. ... The Mariners promoted RHP Cody Martin as the designated 26th man for the second game. ... Mariners C Mike Zunino went 0-for-11 and struck out seven times in the series, failing to get the ball out of the infield. ... LHP Ariel Miranda will start for the Mariners in the opener at Oakland on Tuesday, while the Athletics will start RHP Kendall Graveman. ... Royals RHP Ian Kennedy and St. Louis RHP Carlos Martinez are the probables for Tuesday in Kansas City.