View More<\/button><\/p>\nVideo Transcript<\/h3>\n Two down here in the first with Jensen at first and Lane Thomas standing in.<\/p>\n
Eight homers and 32 runs batted in.<\/p>\n
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Good ball.<\/p>\n
Lane Thomas sends one deep to left.<\/p>\n
Thomas.<\/p>\n
Did he do it for a second straight day?<\/p>\n
You bet.<\/p>\n
Another home run for Lane Thomas.<\/p>\n
All aboard the Lane Train.<\/p>\n
Ninth home run.<\/p>\n
Lane Thomas is driving the bus, no question about it.<\/p>\n
Please welcome back to Kauffman Stadium, The Terminater, catcher Freddy Fermin.<\/p>\n
Yeah, how about that?<\/p>\n
Shot to right center and Lane Thomas runs it down.<\/p>\n
Loud contact but no hit for Freddy Fermin.<\/p>\n
Top of the order, Fernando leads off.<\/p>\n
Tatis drew a six-pitch walk to open the game.<\/p>\n
He did not swing the bat.<\/p>\n
In the air to left field.<\/p>\n
Struck pretty well.<\/p>\n
Collins going back at the wall.<\/p>\n
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It’s gone.<\/p>\n
Home run Fernando.<\/p>\n
His sixth home run of the year and the Padres get on the board.<\/p>\n
They cut the Royals’ lead in half.<\/p>\n
It’s two to one.<\/p>\n
Hot shot to short.<\/p>\n
Bobby Witt Jr. Makes the diving stop and he throws Machado out at first.<\/p>\n
And Bobby goes into Superman mode, diving to his left, robbing Machado.<\/p>\n
So Jensen’s on base for a second time in as many trips.<\/p>\n
Cag Leone now lined out to third base sharply to Manny Machado.<\/p>\n
And there’s a line drive the other way toward the alley in left center.<\/p>\n
That’s gonna be down off the warning track, bouncing up against the fence.<\/p>\n
Here comes Jensen around third.<\/p>\n
Here he comes home to score.<\/p>\n
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It’s an opposite field RBI double for Cag Leone and the Royals have their two-run lead back.<\/p>\n
Royals have a man in scoring position with two down.<\/p>\n
Collins has reached in 20 of 23 hits and 12 of 15 he’s been red hot.<\/p>\n
Lined to center, down in front of Merrill, a base hit.<\/p>\n
Massey’s around third and he comes in to score.<\/p>\n
Two out RBI single for Isan Collins.<\/p>\n
It’s four to one.<\/p>\n
And Isaac drives in his 30th run of the year.<\/p>\n
And they have the bases loaded with one out.<\/p>\n
This is a situation where they must at least get one or two runs.<\/p>\n
The situation right before their very eyes, they need that big hit.<\/p>\n
Now a shot to Witt, one hop to second for one, to first for two.<\/p>\n
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Double play in a big spot and Manny Machado grounds into it.<\/p>\n
And that’ll bring up Salvy, who’s oh for two.<\/p>\n
He has struck out and he has grounded out.<\/p>\n
If the Royals can put up a little more insurance.<\/p>\n
Swing and a ball well hit to center.<\/p>\n
Merrill going back.<\/p>\n
Merrill to the fence.<\/p>\n
It’s gone.<\/p>\n
Oh, a long home run for Salvador Perez.<\/p>\n
A monster shot to center from the captain, his 12th of the year and number 315 in his Major League career.<\/p>\n
And now he’s just two home runs away from tying George Brett for the franchise record.<\/p>\n
And now it’s up to Eli Morgan to get the final few outs.<\/p>\n
Here’s the chopper.<\/p>\n
Why not?<\/p>\n
Gonna be tricky.<\/p>\n
Massey’s got the turn.<\/p>\n
There’s the double play.<\/p>\n
And the third inning-ending double play of this game turned by the Royals defensively<\/p>\n
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