Seattle 4, Kansas City 0
When: 10:10 PM ET, Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Where: Safeco Field, Seattle, Washington
Temperature:
58°
Umpires:
Home -
Bill Miller, 1B -
Gary Cederstrom, 2B -
Kerwin Danley, 3B -
Victor Carapazza
Attendance:
12528
By SportsDirect Inc.
Mariners 4, Royals 0: James Paxton struck out 10 in seven shutout innings and Justin Smoak smacked a three-run homer as host Seattle dealt a blow to Kansas City’s playoff hopes.
Paxton (3-0) gave up four hits and didn’t issue a walk in his fourth consecutive stellar start since reaching the majors. Yoervis Medina pitched a flawless eighth and Danny Farquhar allowed a ninth-inning single in a non-save situation.
The Royals dropped four games behind Cleveland for the American League’s second wild-card spot with five games to play. Kansas City and Seattle wrap up the three-game set on Wednesday before the Royals close the campaign with four road games against the Chicago White Sox.
Kendrys Morales went 3-for-4 and delivered a run-scoring single in the first inning for Seattle. In the fifth, Morales hit a two-out double and Franklin Gutierrez walked before Smoak sent a blast off Bruce Chen (8-4) over the left-field fence to increase the lead to four.
Chen allowed four runs and seven hits in five innings.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Paxton has struck out 21 and allowed only 15 hits in 24 major-league innings. … Royals DH Billy Butler was hitless in four at-bats and has gone 26 consecutive games without a homer. … Seattle 2B Nick Franklin went 1-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to eight games.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Kansas City |
|
Seattle |
|
Bruce Chen
|
Player |
James Paxton
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
5.0 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
5 |
Strikeouts |
10 |
|
7 |
Hits |
4 |
|
7.20 |
ERA |
0.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Kansas City
|
5 |
0 |
7 |
.161 |
5 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Seattle
|
9 |
1 |
13 |
.281 |
21 |
9 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
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