By MATT PIKE
A day after seeing their offense come to life to back a strong start by Seth Lugo, the Kansas City Royals failed to see the same support behind Kris Bubic, falling 5-1 to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Sunday’s series finale at Kauffman Stadium.
The Royals took the lead in the first inning, scoring their lone run on an RBI double by Bobby Witt Jr, driving in Jonathan India who led off the game with a single. But in the second inning, the Dodgers took the lead with a two run home run by Enrique Hernández, scoring Andy Pages who singled earlier in the inning.
A solo home run by Will Smith in the sixth inning extended the Dodgers lead, before Los Angeles added their final two runs in the seventh inning. Max Muncy doubled driving in Pages who led off the seventh with a double, before Muncy came home to score on a single by Miguel Rojas for the final run.
Bubic took the loss, falling to 6-6 on the year, pitching five innings and giving up two runs on three hits, striking out five and walking two. At the plate, Maikel Garcia was 2-for-4, while Witt Jr was 1-for-4 with the double and an RBI, striking out three times.
Kansas City now travels to Seattle on Monday. Michael Wacha (4-7, 3.33 ERA) takes the mound for the Royals against George Kirby (1-4, 5.40 ERA) for the Mariners. First pitch is at 8:40pm, pregame begins at 8 on KFEQ (680AM/95.3FM).
