San Diego Padres at Kansas City Royals

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San Diego Padres

32-29, 19-10 Away

Final
7 - 3

Kansas City Royals

35-25, 21-10 Home

Kim's 3-run double helps lead Padres past Royals 7-3

Randy Vásquez (1-3) started after Joe Musgrove was scratched hours before the first pitch with right elbow inflammation and went five innings, allowing three runs and four hits with five strikeouts and one walk.

“I'm very happy and grateful to the organization that I get this opportunity to help out,” said Vásquez, who was recalled from Triple-A El Paso to make the start. “Everything worked out good for us. I do feel a lot more in the loop with my arsenal and grateful for these good results.”

With the Padres trailing 3-2 in the fourth inning, Kim cleared cleared the bases with a double to left field off Royals starter Alec Marsh (4-3).

“It's true that I didn't have the greatest start that I liked, but I felt like I've been hitting the ball really hard but unfortunately a lot of them have been outs lately,” said Kim, who also had a triple. “I did feel myself getting better and now is just the beginning of the summer and I have good memories of the summer, so hopefully I can carry this momentum forward.”

Marsh gave up five earned runs and seven hits in five innings. He walked three and struck out three.

Tatis Jr. hit a solo homer in the top of the first to give the Padres a 1-0 lead. But Vinnie Pasquantino, who went 3 for 4 with three RBI, hit a two-run shot in the bottom of the inning to put the Royals ahead.

Pasquantino had another chance to get Kansas City closer in the seventh when he came up with two outs and the bases loaded, but Jeremiah Estrada struck him out.

“There are always opportunities,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “Any time you have the bat in your hand, you have an opportunity. I thought we competed well at the plate we just weren’t able to extend the lead when we had it and weren’t able to come back when we were behind.”

Higashioka homered in the top of the ninth for his second of the season.

“That was a great team win,” Padres manager Mike Shildt said. “We had contributions from a lot of people and that typically starts on the mound and our man Randy battled through five. He did his part and the bullpen did a really good job.”

The Padres will look for their first sweep of the season Sunday, while the Royals will try to avoid being swept for the first time this year.

ROSTER MOVES

Padres: Placed RHPs Musgrove and Yu Darvish (left groin strain) on the 15-day injured list and recalled Vásquez and RHP Logan Gillaspie from Triple-A El Paso.

The Padres will send RHP Michael King (4-4, 4.09 ERA) to the mound against LHP Cole Ragans (4-4, 3.36) for the Royals on Sunday.

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Matchup Prediction

Royals: 53.3%

Padres: 46.7%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Pasquantino grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Witt Jr. flied out to right, Frazier to third.
	9th Inning	Garcia grounded out to shortstop, Frazier to second.
	9th Inning	Frazier walked.
	9th Inning	Suarez relieved W. Peralta
	9th Inning	Frazier hit for Blanco

Statistics

SD		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	12
5	Strikeouts	8
7	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	2
4	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	3
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
2	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	36
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	19
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
18	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
136	Pitches	156
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
21	Total Bases	13
40	Plate Appearances	39
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
5	Extra Base Hits	3
7.8	Runs Created	4.2
.333	Batting Average	.222
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.636	Slugging Percentage	.361
.424	Secondary Average	.278
.400	On Base Percentage	.282
1.036	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.643
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
8.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.0
51.5	Batter Rating	29.0
16.5	At Bats Per Home Run	36.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.40	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.303	Isolated Power	.139
0.80	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.100	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.077
.091	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.056
14.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
100.0	MLB Rating	78.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0