The Royals' runs in the opener came on Whit Merrifield's sacrifice fly and an infield single by Bobby Witt Jr., when the ball caromed off the glove of San Francisco left-hander Alex Wood. The Royals had at least 10 hits in each of those games. The struggles came after Kansas City scored 34 runs over the previous five games. "We went from the third to the eighth before we had a guy on base again." 500.Īfter scoring twice in the third inning on Monday, the Royals went down in order in four consecutive innings. Kansas City has lost three straight games and is already a whopping 20 games below. They did it twice in April and again in May when they put together a season-best six-game winning streak. On Tuesday, the Giants will look to win a fifth straight game for the fourth time this season. The victory was just San Francisco's fifth in 17 all-time regular-season meetings with the Royals. Salvador Perez of the Royals served as the designated hitter and went 1-for-4 on Monday. "I think there were some easier takes for us but I thought we did a nice job of sticking with our game plan and our approach."Ĭrawford, who was 1-for-3, was one of two players in the starting lineup who played in the 2014 World Series when the Giants beat Kansas City in seven games. "When we're at our best offensively, we're seeing a lot of pitches," Kapler said. Giants manager Gabe Kapler was pleased with his club's patience. "That's too many free bases," Royals manager Mike Matheny said. But Kansas City pitchers walked nine and hit another to give the Giants ample scoring opportunities. "We really tightened it up against the Dodgers, pitched really well and played defense well and (Monday) night we played some really good defense, too."Ĭrawford had a two-run double on a night in which San Francisco had just five hits. "You see somebody make a great play and you want to go out there and make a great play yourself," Crawford said after Monday's triumph. Shortstop Brandon Crawford said good fielding is contagious. The fielding wasn't pretty in their last loss as four errors helped the Colorado Rockies post a 4-2 victory on Thursday. The Giants also have played strong defensively during the four-game stretch, committing just one error. San Francisco gave up just four runs during a three-game weekend sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers and again got good pitching during Monday's 6-2 win over the Royals. The Giants will look to be stingy once again on Tuesday when they host the Kansas City Royals in the middle contest of a three-game set. The San Francisco Giants have allowed just six runs during a four-game winning streak.
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