Washington Nationals at Kansas City Royals

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Washington Nationals

47-71, 25-35 Away

Final
4 - 7

Kansas City Royals

59-60, 29-28 Home

Perez and Isbel 2-run homers in the 6th inning power the Royals to a 7-4 win over the Nationals

Perez homered off rookie Cade Cavalli after Maikel Garcia drew a leadoff walk, tying the game at 4. Adam Frazier singled, chasing Cavalli, and Jackson Rutledge (1-2) entered and retired Randal Grichuk on a double-play grounder. Nick Loftin had a two-out single before scoring on Isbel's fourth homer. Perez's homer was his 21st.

James Wood walked leading off the first against Bailey Falter in his home debut for the Royals after being acquired from the Pirates at the trade deadline. Josh Bell hit his 15th homer — a 422-foot, two-out shot to left-center — to give the Nationals a 2-0 lead.

Garcia, Perez and Frazier had consecutive singles to start the second for the Royals' first run. Loftin's sacrifice fly tied it 2-all.

Falter left a tie game after four innings and 76 pitches. Wood singled off Daniel Lynch IV (4-2) leading off the fifth and Paul DeJong hit his fourth homer one out later to put the Nationals up 4-2.

Mike Yastrzemski added a run in the eighth with a sac fly. Frazier finished 3 for 4 and Carlos Estévez pitched the ninth for his 30th save.

Bobby Witt Jr. went 2 for 5 in his return to the Royals lineup after back tightness forced him to miss his second game of the season on Sunday.

Kansas City won the opener of a 10-game homestand and moved to 59-60 on the season.

Key moment Isbel's go-ahead shot came after he popped out in foul territory on a 3-1 pitch with one out and runners on second and third in a tie game in the second inning.

Key stat The Royals have scored 441 runs, fewest in the AL.

Up next Nationals LHP Mitchell Parker (7-12, 5.43 ERA) will start Tuesday opposite Royals RHP Michael Wacha (6-9, 3.36).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Bell grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	DeJong to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	DeJong walked.
	9th Inning	Abrams flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Wood grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Estévez relieved Zerpa

Statistics

WSH		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	9
9	Strikeouts	6
4	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	7
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	2
36	At Bats	30
2	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
21	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
16	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
149	Pitches	152
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
17	Total Bases	16
40	Plate Appearances	38
324.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
4	Extra Base Hits	2
5.7	Runs Created	6.5
.250	Batting Average	.333
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.472	Slugging Percentage	.533
.333	Secondary Average	.400
.325	On Base Percentage	.421
.797	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.954
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
5.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.4
35.0	Batter Rating	44.0
18.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.73	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.222	Isolated Power	.200
0.44	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.100	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.158
.083	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.067
8.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
85.0	MLB Rating	94.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0