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Royals blast four homers to take opener

Kansas City - The Royals hit four home runs, including back to back to back shots in the fourth inning to gain the lead for good as the Mariners fell 7-2 in the series opener. Yovani Gallardo was the one roughed up in this one as Kansas City had the power bats gonig. Mike Zunino and Jean Segura provided the only RBI's for the Mariners. Seattle will look to turn it around tomorrow when they send Felix Hernandez (11-6, 3.36 ERA) to the mound to face Jason Vargas (6-8, 3.08 ERA). First pitch is at 5:15 pm.

Seattle Mariners at Kansas City Royals
Aug 3, 2017	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle (71-39)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0
Kansas City (58-50)	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	X	7	11	1
W: Travis Wood (13-5) L: Yovani Gallardo (8-7) S: Mike Minor - 2

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			SEA	KAN
SEA	2	Mike Zunino singled to left, Nelson Cruz scores, Leonys Martin advances to 2nd	1	0
SEA	2	Jean Segura hit an infield single, Leonys Martin scores, Mike Zunino advances to 3rd, Jarrod Dyson advances to 2nd	2	0
KAN	4	Eric Hosmer homered to right, Paulo Orlando scores	2	2
KAN	4	Salvador Perez homered to center	2	3
KAN	4	Mike Moustakas homered to right	2	4
KAN	7	Paulo Orlando hit a sacrifice fly to right (SF9), Alcides Escobar scores, Raul Mondesi advances to 3rd	2	5
KAN	7	Eric Hosmer singled to left, Raul Mondesi scores, Lorenzo Cain advances to 2nd	2	6
KAN	8	Alex Gordon homered to center	2	7

Seattle Mariners
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Segura, SS	5	0	1	1	0	3	.254
Haniger, RF	3	0	2	0	0	0	.277
Cano, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.301
Cruz, DH	4	1	1	0	0	1	.303
Seager, 3B	3	0	0	0	1	0	.271
Motter, 1B	4	0	2	0	0	0	.237
Martin, CF	3	1	0	0	1	1	.250
Zunino, C	4	0	2	1	0	0	.209
Dyson, CF	3	0	0	0	1	0	.265
TOTALS	33	2	8	2	3	5
BATTING 2B: N. Cruz (14), T. Motter (8) RBI: J. Segura (33), M. Zunino (29) HBP: M. Haniger GIDP: R. Cano 2
BASERUNNING SB: J. Dyson (39)

Seattle Mariners
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Gallardo (L, 8-7)	6.1	8	6	6	2	0	3.85
Cook	1.2	3	1	1	1	2	2.41
TOTALS	8.0	11	7	7	3	2

Kansas City Royals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Cain, CF	3	0	1	0	1	0	.319
Orlando, DH	3	1	1	1	0	0	.269
Hosmer, 1B	4	1	2	3	0	0	.245
Perez, C	3	1	1	1	1	0	.253
Moustakas, 3B	4	1	2	1	0	0	.301
Soler, RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.211
Gordon, LF	3	1	1	1	1	0	.263
Escobar, SS	4	1	2	0	0	0	.263
Mondesi, 2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	.225
TOTALS	32	7	11	7	3	2
BATTING 2B: L. Cain (27), P. Orlando (25) HR: E. Hosmer (19), S. Perez (20), M. Moustakas (17), A. Gordon (17) RBI: E. Hosmer 3 (54), S. Perez (42), M. Moustakas (52), A. Gordon (48), P. Orlando (51) SF: P. Orlando GIDP: A. Escobar
FIELDING E: E. Hosmer (8)

Kansas City Royals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Wood (W, 13-5)	5.1	7	2	2	3	2	5.22
Minor (S, 2)	3.2	1	0	0	0	3	3.30
TOTALS	9.0	8	2	2	3	5
PITCHING WP: T. Wood (3)

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