Jul 27, 2024; Kansas Metropolis, Missouri, USA; Kansas Metropolis Royals first baseman Salvador Perez (13) dives to first base to drive out Chicago Cubs left fielder Ian Happ (8), as pitcher Seth Lugo (67) leaps over him within the first inning at Kauffman Stadium. Obligatory Credit score: Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports activities Patrick Knowledge’s pinch-hit grand slam rallied the Chicago Cubs previous the host Kansas Metropolis Royals 9-4 on Saturday night time to even the three-game collection.
With the Cubs trailing 4-3 within the seventh, Knowledge hit reliever Sam Lengthy’s 2-1 fastball 430 ft to left-center.
Knowledge’s fifth homer was Chicago’s fourth slam of the season and first pinch-hit slam since David Bote hit one in opposition to Washington on Aug. 12, 2018.
The Cubs loaded the bases with no outs in opposition to Seth Lugo, who exited after getting a shallow flyout by Miguel Amaya.
Lugo (12-5) allowed a season-high six runs on 5 hits and two walks with two strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.
Chicago constructed a 3-1 lead on Seiya Suzuki’s fifteenth homer — a two-run shot within the first — and an RBI grounder by Nico Hoerner within the third, scoring Pete Crow-Armstrong, who snapped an 0-for-21 hunch with a leadoff triple.
The Royals rallied within the sixth, scoring three runs on 5 hits in opposition to Cubs starter Shota Imanaga and reliever Julian Merryweather.
Bobby Witt Jr. doubled in a single run and Hunter Renfroe added a two-out, two-run single for a 4-3 lead.
Imanaga allowed three runs on six hits in 5 2/3 innings, hanging out three.
Merryweather (1-0) retired three of six batters confronted for the win and Porter Hodge retired all 4 batters confronted within the seventh and eighth.
Within the ninth, Bote added a pinch-hit RBI single and Hoerner introduced within the sport’s closing run with one other grounder.
Suzuki and Mike Tauchman every had two of Chicago’s 9 hits.
The Cubs snapped a three-game dropping streak with their highest offensive output since a 9-2 win at Baltimore on July 9.
Kansas Metropolis’s bullpen allowed three runs on 4 hits and a stroll in 2 2/3 innings.
Renfroe’s tenth residence run opened the Royals scoring within the second inning. He had three of Kansas Metropolis’s 9 hits.
The Royals have misplaced three of 4 following a four-game profitable streak.
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