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KANSAS CITY \u2014 Luinder Avila allowed a run across five solid innings, while Bobby Witt Jr. posted two hits with two runs and Salvador Perez delivered a late two-run double as the Kansas City Royals evened their three-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies with a 5-2 victory Sunday at Kauffman Stadium.<\/p>\n
Pressed into service for an injury-plagued rotation since early June, Avila (4-3) didn\u2019t give up that run until the fifth inning, and allowed three hits with a walk while striking out four for the Royals, who snapped a four-game skid.<\/p>\n
Ex-Phillie Matt Strahm, John Schreiber, Daniel Lynch IV and Alex Lange (eight saves) combined to allow two hits and an unearned run.<\/p>\n
Kansas City led 3-2 in the eighth inning when Witt and Lane Thomas each walked, then both scored on Perez\u2019s two-out double to the left-field wall.<\/p>\n
Philadelphia\u2019s Aaron Nola (3-6) overcame a rocky beginning to last a season-high seven innings, giving up three runs and seven hits, while striking out seven without a walk. Bryson Stott had two of the five hits for Philadelphia, which recorded 12 during a 6-1 win Saturday.<\/p>\n
Kansas City wasted no time getting to Nola in the first inning. Witt, who recorded a 30th stolen base for the fifth straight season, laced a one-out single to center field and scored on Thomas\u2019 two-out double. Michael Massey followed with an RBI single.<\/p>\n
Philadelphia\u2019s Gabriel Rincones doubled to lead off the third inning, but was stranded at third base by Avila, who yielded a triple off the right-center-field wall from Stott in the fifth. Rincones followed with a sacrifice fly to make it 2-1.<\/p>\n
Kansas City regained its two-run lead in the bottom of the fifth. After successfully challenging a second called third strike of the day against him, Isaac Collins doubled to left-center field and eventually scored on Jac Caglianone\u2019s sacrifice fly to center field.<\/p>\n
In the seventh inning, Stott singled, then reached third via third baseman Josh Rojas\u2019 throwing error on a forceout attempt at second base. Stott scored when Garrett Stubbs beat out a double-play attempt at first base.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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