Kansas City Royals at Pittsburgh Pirates

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Kansas City Royals

67-89, 28-53 Away

Final
3 - 4

Pittsburgh Pirates

79-77, 42-36 Home

Flores Jr. hits go-ahead, 2-run homer in 8th as Pirates rally for 4-3 win and series sweep of Royals

After Ryan O’Hearn led off with a single to center, Flores sent a slider from Nate Pearson (2-3) into the left-field bleachers for his 10th homer this season.

Pittsburgh rallied with a two-run homer in the eighth for a second straight day. Brandon Lowe had his 33rd of the season in a 6-5 win Saturday.

Carmen Mlodzinki (8-7) got the win. He allowed two runs and three hits in three innings. The reliever gave up a pinch-hit, two-run home run to Vinnie Pasquantino that gave Kansas City a 3-2 lead with two outs in the seventh.

Mason Montgomery earned his 16th save. He retired the first two batters in the ninth before Luke Maile hit a double and took third on a fielding error by Jake Mangum. Montgomery got Isaac Collins to fly out to right to strand Maile.

The Royals went ahead 1-0 in the first inning with three straight singles off Lake Bachar. Bobby Witt Jr. beat out a groundball to second baseman Lowe. He moved to third on a single to right from Jac Caglianone and scored when Perez shot one through the middle of the infield.

Oneil Cruz tied it on his 20th home run of the season, starting the fourth inning with a drive to center field off a curveball left hanging in the middle of the zone by Wacha.

Spencer Horwitz put the Pirates up 2-1 with a bloop single to center off Michael Wacha that drove in O’Hearn with two outs in the sixth.

Up next Royals: LHP Daniel Lynch IV (6-5, 3.29 ERA) is in line to start Tuesday to open a three-game home series against the White Sox. LHP Anthony Kay (9-9, 4.41 ERA) is the probable starter for Chicago.

Pirates: RHP Jared Jones (4-6, 4.17 ERA) is expected to start Tuesday in the first of a three-game series against the Cardinals. RHP Andre Pallante (12-7, 3.70 ERA) will take the mound for St. Louis.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Collins flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Collins hit for Isbel
	9th Inning	Maile doubled to right, Maile safe at third on fielding error by right fielder Mangum.
	9th Inning	Rave struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Loftin grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Montgomery relieved Mlodzinski

Statistics

KC		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
18	Ground Balls	6
8	Strikeouts	9
3	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
9	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
138	Pitches	182
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
13	Total Bases	16
36	Plate Appearances	38
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	4
3.4	Runs Created	5.7
.257	Batting Average	.242
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.371	Slugging Percentage	.485
.171	Secondary Average	.394
.278	On Base Percentage	.342
.649	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.827
2.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
3.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.2
27.0	Batter Rating	34.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.5
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.83	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.79
.114	Isolated Power	.242
0.13	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.56
.028	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.132
-.086	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.152
6.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
79.0	MLB Rating	83.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0