Los Angeles Dodgers at Kansas City Royals

· Major League Baseball

Los Angeles Dodgers

53-32, 23-18 Away

Final
5 - 1

Kansas City Royals

39-45, 20-24 Home

Dodgers' Hernández and Smith homer, Wrobleski pitches 6 innings of 3-hit ball in 5-1 win over Royals

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Kansas City Royals: Game Highlights

Wrobleski (4-2) pitched six innings of three-hit ball in place of opener Lou Trivino, Kirby Yates worked a perfect eighth and Jack Dreyer handled the ninth, helping Los Angeles win for the sixth time in seven games.

Max Muncy and Miguel Rojas also drove in runs for the Dodgers, who have won six consecutive series.

Kris Bubic (6-6) allowed Hernández's two-run shot in the second inning among his three hits and two walks in five innings. The left-hander struck out five but still took his fourth loss in his last five starts, despite maintaining a 2.25 ERA.

Bobby Witt Jr. doubled in the first to score the only run for the Royals, who have lost seven of their last eight games.

Both of the teams paid homage to the Negro Leagues, whose museum is less than 10 miles from Kauffman Stadium. The Dodgers wore hats from their Brooklyn days out of respect for Jackie Robinson, who played for the Kansas City Monarchs before breaking the color barrier, and the Royals wore the interlocking “KC” hats of the 1945 Monarchs.

Key moment The Dodgers were leading 2-1 in the fifth when Freddy Fermin led off with a bunt single for Kansas City. Drew Waters worked a 3-0 count before failing to get down a sacrifice bunt, striking out instead. Wrobleski proceeded to get Jonathan India to pop out and struck out Witt to end the threat.

Key stat The Royals went 6 for 12 with runners in scoring position in their 9-5 win Saturday. They were 1 for 5 on Sunday.

Up next The Dodgers have Monday off before starting a six-game homestand with RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (7-6, 2.61 ERA) on the mound Tuesday night against the White Sox. Kansas City begins a seven-game trip Monday night in Seattle with RHP Michael Wacha (4-7, 3.33) starting the opener of a four-game series.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Perez fouled out to third.
	9th Inning	Pasquantino struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Garcia struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Dreyer relieved Yates
	9th Inning	E. Hernández flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Muncy struck out swinging.

Statistics

LAD		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	10
7	Strikeouts	10
5	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	31
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
17	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
148	Pitches	135
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
15	Total Bases	6
35	Plate Appearances	32
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	1
4.1	Runs Created	0.2
.219	Batting Average	.161
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.469	Slugging Percentage	.194
.344	Secondary Average	.065
.286	On Base Percentage	.188
.754	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.381
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
4.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.2
37.0	Batter Rating	11.0
16.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.23	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.22
.250	Isolated Power	.032
0.43	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.10
.086	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.031
.125	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.097
10.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
83.8	MLB Rating	63.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0