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KANSAS CITY — Vinnie Pasquantino doubled, homered and drove in five runs Tuesday night as the Kansas City Royals topped the Washington Nationals 8-5 to reach the .500 mark for the third time since mid-June.<\/p>\n
After a two-out, third-inning walk by Maikel Garcia and Bobby Witt Jr.\u2019s infield hit, Pasquantino hit Mitchell Parker\u2019s first-pitch fastball into the second row of the right-field stands — a few feet inside the foul pole — to expand Kansas City\u2019s lead to 4-0.<\/p>\n
Pasquantino opened the scoring with a first-inning sacrifice fly and capped the Royals scoring with an RBI double in the seventh.<\/p>\n
On Witt\u2019s soft groundout between the plate and the mound, Garcia hustled from first to third base before scoring on Pasquantino\u2019s sacrifice fly as Kansas City took a 1-0 lead in a hitless first inning.<\/p>\n
Pasquantino leads the Royals 32 two-out RBI and ranks second in the majors with 23 go-ahead RBI.<\/p>\n
Jonathan India\u2019s two-run homer extended Kansas City\u2019s lead to 7-2 in the sixth.<\/p>\n
Michael Wacha (7-9) allowed two runs on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts in 5\u2154 innings, his sixth consecutive start permitting fewer than three runs.<\/p>\n
Lucas Erceg earned his second save with a hitless ninth.<\/p>\n
In 5\u2153 innings, Parker (7-13) allowed five runs on two hits with three walks and three strikeouts. In his past three starts — all losses — Parker has allowed 17 runs in 14\u2153 innings.<\/p>\n
Leaping at the center field wall, Robert Hassell III robbed Randal Grichuk of a solo home run in the fifth.<\/p>\n
In the sixth, CJ Abrams scored when Witt misplayed Paul DeJong\u2019s deep fly ball, cutting the Royals lead to 4-2.<\/p>\n
Abrams and James Wood collected two-out RBI in the seventh. Wood recorded his fourth straight multihit game.<\/p>\n
Nationals RHP Jake Irvin (8-7, 4.90 ERA) opposes Royals RHP Seth Lugo (8-6, 3.46) in this afternoon\u2019s series finale.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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