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The Kansas City Royals have built some momentum since returning from the All- Star break, while the San Francisco Giants continue to struggle.<\/p>\n
After opening their three-game series against the Giants with a dramatic victory on Monday, the\u00a0Royals\u00a0can secure their third straight winning home series by handing the Giants a fourth straight loss on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
American League Central cellar-dwelling Kansas City improved to 3-1 on its post-All-Star break homestand despite squandering a 3-1 lead with two outs in the ninth inning on Monday, courtesy of Willy Adames’ two-run homer.<\/p>\n
However, Nick Loftin brought home the winning run in the bottom of the ninth with a squeeze bunt for the\u00a0Royals’ second walk-off win of the homestand.<\/p>\n
“We’re a very relentless team,” Loftin told\u00a0Royals.TV. “We’re just all clicking together.”<\/p>\n
Loftin entered the game after All-Star shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. exited with lingering lower back tightness.<\/p>\n
The status of Witt, who was rested during the\u00a0Royals’ 19-2 loss to San Diego on Sunday, is uncertain for Tuesday’s game.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, fellow star teammate Salvador Perez is batting .300 in his last 11 games. He moved within one home run of tying George Brett’s all-time franchise mark of 317 after hitting a two-run shot Monday.<\/p>\n
“Just trying to do my job. … Help my team to win,” Perez said.<\/p>\n
Perez has five home runs in 19 career games vs. San Francisco, which is 1-3 on its six-game trip since coming out of the break. He’s 2-for-6 with a homer against scheduled Giants starter Tyler Mahle (2-8, 5.31 ERA), who will look to build on one of his better outings of the season.<\/p>\n
The right-hander yielded three walks and five hits, but only one run, over seven innings of San Francisco’s 4-2 victory over Colorado on July 11.<\/p>\n
“I’m a big believer that preparation pays off. If he has (more performances like his last), eventually he’s going to get wins under his belt,” Giants manager Tony Vitello said of Mahle.<\/p>\n
That solid effort came at home, where Mahle is 2-3 with a 3.00 ERA in eight starts this season. However, in seven road starts, he is 0-5 with a hefty 8.45 ERA.<\/p>\n
Mahle is 1-0 with an 0.73 ERA in three career starts against the\u00a0Royals, allowing only a Vinnie Pasquantino solo homer over 12 2\/3 innings. The most recent came in 2023 while pitching for Minnesota.<\/p>\n
The Giants showed some mettle Monday before losing for the 10th time in 13 road games.<\/p>\n
“A loss is gonna be the same way, regardless,” Vitello said. “No matter how it goes down, you don’t like it.”<\/p>\n
San Francisco’s Heliot Ramos hit his ninth home run of the season Monday. Two homers have come during his current 10-game road hitting streak.<\/p>\n
Kansas City is slated to counter Tuesday with right-hander Luinder Avila (4-3, 5.08 ERA), who will face the Giants for the first time as he remains in a\u00a0Royals\u00a0rotation that’s been ravaged by injuries,<\/p>\n
Avila is 4-2 with a 5.87 ERA in nine starts this season. He most recently allowed three runs, three walks and seven hits over five innings in his team’s 5-3 loss at Baltimore on July 10.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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