Salvador Perez homered and Brady Singer took a no-hitter into the fifth inning because the Kansas Metropolis Royals beat the visiting Chicago Cubs 6-0 on Friday night.
Singer (7-6) retired the primary 11 batters earlier than strolling Seiya Suzuki with two out within the fourth.
Dansby Swanson’s broken-bat single within the fifth broke up the no-hitter however Kyle Isbel stored the sport scoreless, throwing out Mike Tauchman attempting to attain on Miguel Amaya’s fly to shallow middle to finish the inning.
Singer allowed two singles and two walks and in addition hit a batter whereas putting out 5 in seven innings. He escaped jams within the fifth and seventh innings with inning-ending double performs and has thrown 14 straight scoreless innings.
Kyle Hendricks matched Singer with 4 scoreless frames earlier than the Royals collected six straight two-out hits within the fifth, taking a 6-0 lead.
Isbel’s completely positioned hit-and-run single and stolen base set the stage for Adam Frazier’s two-run bloop hit, breaking the scoreless tie.
Vinnie Pasquantino drilled an RBI single earlier than Perez lined a three-run homer to left, his team-leading nineteenth.
Hendricks (2-9) allowed six runs on eight hits in 5 innings, putting out 4.
Frazier was hit by a pitch main off the primary, however house plate umpire Junior Valentine dominated that he moved his proper elbow into the pitch, denying him a free cross. Frazier subsequently lined out as second baseman Nico Hoerner made a highlight-reel play, diving to his proper.
Relievers Will Smith and Chris Stratton allowed two hits whereas finishing Kansas Metropolis’s fifth shutout.
Pasquantino and Nick Loftin every had two singles for the Royals, who’ve received 5 of seven for the reason that All-Star break.
The group of 36,351 was Kansas Metropolis’s largest since opening day.
Suzuki had two of the Cubs’ 4 hits. Chicago suffered its tenth shutout — third in its final six video games. The Cubs have scored 9 runs whereas dropping 5 of seven for the reason that break.
The Cubs’ loss snapped their four-game win streak in interleague play.
–Discipline Stage Media