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Lane Thomas hit the go-ahead RBI single in the eighth, Vinnie Pasquantino homered in his return to the starting lineup, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Seattle Mariners 7-6<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n SEATTLE — <\/span>Lane Thomas hit the go-ahead RBI single in the eighth, Vinnie Pasquantino homered in his return to the starting lineup, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Seattle Mariners 7-6 on Friday night.<\/p>\n Salvador Perez had two doubles with two RBIs, and Jac Caglianone hit his third homer of the season for the Royals. Lucas Erceg worked a scoreless ninth for his eighth save of the season. <\/p>\n Julio Rodr\u00edguez knocked in four runs with two of Seattle’s four home runs. He tied the game at 6-6 in the sixth with a 416-foot homer off Dylan Lynch (1-0). <\/p>\n Kansas City scored four runs in the first including four straight hits off starter Bryan Woo. Pasquantino and Isaac Collins each drove in a run, and Perez scored two with a double down the left-field line.<\/p>\n Cole Ragans allowed four runs on four hits in 5 1\/3 innings while striking out eight.<\/p>\n After allowing four early runs, Woo proceeded to retire 13 straight before surrendering back-to-back homers to Pasquantino and Caglianone. Woo pitched six innings, yielding six runs on seven hits.<\/p>\n After Perez led off the eighth with a double to left, Thomas, pinch hitting for Caglianone, hit a soft single into center off Jose Ferrer (0-1) to regain the lead.<\/p>\n Connor Joe and Randy Arozarena each hit solo home runs for Seattle. <\/p>\n RHP Emerson Hancock (2-1, 2.86) starts for Seattle on Randy Johnson\u2019s jersey retirement Saturday, and RHP Seth Lugo (1-1, 2.63) pitches for Kansas City.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n