San Diego Padres at Kansas City Royals

· Major League Baseball

San Diego Padres

31-29, 18-10 Away

Final
11 - 8

Kansas City Royals

35-24, 21-9 Home

Jake Cronenworth drives in 3 runs in 9-run 8th, Padres beat Royals 11-8

Cronenworth hit a two-run single in the eighth to give the Padres a 4-3 lead and added an RBI double to make it 11-3. He leads San Diego with 38 RBI. Luis Arraez had his fifth four-hit game of the season.

“That was amazing,” Arraez said. “When we put the ball in play, good things happen, so we just need to continue to do that so we can win a lot of games."

San Diego took command in the eighth inning, getting seven straight singles before the Royals recorded an out. The Padres totaled 18 hits in the game and had 10 singles and 11 total hits in the eighth inning, a club record for an inning.

“That eighth inning was pretty special and you don’t see many of them,” Padres manager Mike Shildt said. “We just put together professional at-bats throughout, so it was pretty exciting. The approach was good we were just taking what the game gave us. It was a great inning and we got contributions from all.”

Yuki Matsui (3-0) got the victory with a scoreless seventh.

Dylan Cease gave up three runs on five hits in 5 1/3 innings with five strikeouts and one walk. Cease made his 16th career start against the Royals, which is his most against any club in his career. He also added to his strikeout total against Kansas City, eclipsing 104 strikeouts, the most against one opponent.

“I think my outing was good enough to keep us in it, but it wasn’t very dominant," Cease said. “I am not thrilled with it, but I am happy we got the win, and the offense picked it up.”

Michael Wacha pitched 5 1/3 innings and gave up two runs on five hits with two strikeouts and one walk. It was his lowest strikeout total of the season and the fewest since June 19, 2023, while with San Diego. John Schreiber (3-1) gave up three runs in the eighth.

Nelson Velázquez hit a solo home run in Kansas City's five-run ninth.

“That’s the nature of baseball," Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “I wish we could explain the ins and outs of why, but a lot of it has to do with these guys never quitting. When their back is against the wall they know they have to go and keep fighting.”

K STREAK ENDS

San Diego reliever Jeremiah Estrada entered the game in the sixth inning, holding a major league record of 13 straight consecutive strikeouts, which came to an end on an intentional walk to Salvador Perez. The record dated to the Expansion Era in 1961 when play-by-play data was available and was broken by Jose Alvarado with 11 straight in 2023.

ROSTER MOVES

Royals: LHP Daniel Lynch IV was optioned to Triple-A Omaha after the game on Thursday. In the corresponding move, the Royals recalled RHP Will Klein.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Padres: RHP Yu Darvish (left hamstring tightness) remained in San Diego to receive treatment after an early exit in his last start due to the hamstring tightness on Wednesday against Miami. No move has been made.

Joe Musgrove (3-4, 5.66 ERA) was set to start for San Diego on Saturday against Alec Marsh (4-2, 3.24 ERA).

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Matchup Prediction

Royals: 51.7%

Padres: 48.3%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Velázquez flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Fermin singled to center, Garcia scored and Witt Jr. scored, Pasquantino to second.
	9th Inning	Suarez relieved Kolek
	9th Inning	Pasquantino singled to left, Witt Jr. to second, Garcia to third.
	9th Inning	Witt Jr. singled to right, Isbel scored, Garcia to second.
	9th Inning	Garcia singled to center, Hampson scored, Isbel to second.

Statistics

SD		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
16	Ground Balls	11
5	Strikeouts	7
11	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
18	Hits	13
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
11	Runs	8
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
42	At Bats	38
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	1
2	Doubles	3
21	Fly Balls	21
1	Caught Stealing	0
156	Pitches	161
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
20	Total Bases	19
44	Plate Appearances	41
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	4
8.0	Runs Created	7.0
.429	Batting Average	.342
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.476	Slugging Percentage	.500
.071	Secondary Average	.211
.455	On Base Percentage	.366
.931	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.866
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
8.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.3
66.0	Batter Rating	54.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	38.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.55	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.93
.048	Isolated Power	.158
0.40	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.29
.045	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.049
-.357	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.132
22.0	Runs Produced	16.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.5	Balls In Play Average	0.4
112.0	MLB Rating	99.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0