SEA 8, KC 7 | Mar 6, 2024 | The Best Box Score

Wednesday, March 6, 2024•Surprise Stadium•71°F, Overcast

SEA

Mariners

Royals

Final

WIN

Tayler Saucedo

LOSS

Jake Brentz

SAVE

Trevor Kelley

The Mariners edged the Royals 8-7 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Michael Massey3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 2: Michael Massey homers (1) on a fly ball to right field.

Weather: 71°F, OvercastWind: 5 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 8:05 PM UTCT: 2:42Att: 5,495Venue: Surprise Stadium

Win Probability

KC WinSEA Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SEA	0	0	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	8	8	0
KC	1	1	3	0	0	2	0

Game 748083 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Seattle Mariners

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Colt EmersonSS	1	0	0	0	1	1	.000/.400/.000
Tai PeeteDH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000
Tyler Locklear1B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.353/.421/.471
Jonatan ClaseCF	2	1	1	0	0	1	.375/.353/.438
Spencer PackardRF	2	1	0	0	0	0	.231/.231/.308
Cole Tucker3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167/.500/.167
Cole Young2B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333/.313/.600
Cade MarloweLF	1	0	0	0	0	1	.313/.313/.563
Jake AnchiaC	1	0	0	0	0	1	.200/.200/.300
Bench
Dylan MooreSS	3	0	0	0	0	2	.364/.500/.364
Cal RaleighDH	3	0	0	0	0	2	.300/.417/.600
George FelizDH
Totals	35	8	8	6	4	15	-

HR:Taylor (3rd off Zerpa, 0 on, 1 out)

2B:France

TB:12

RBI:Rojas 2; Taylor 2; Bliss 2

Team LOB:6

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Joe Gray Jr.CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333/.400/.333
Brett Squires1B	1	0

Pitching

Seattle Mariners

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Bryce Miller	2.1	3	2	2	1	2	2	23-18	6.23
Blas Castaño	0.1	3	3	3	2	0	0	13-4	10.13
Luis Curvelo	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0.00
Trent Thornton	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	11-3	3.38
Tayler SaucedoW	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5-4	0.00
Jhonathan DíazH	2.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	8-7	3.00
Ty ButtreyH	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6-6	3.00
Trevor KelleyS	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5-5	27.00
Totals	9.0	10	7	7	5	4	2	72-48	-

HBP:Brosseau (by Castaño); Brosseau (by Saucedo); Eaton (by Díaz)

Inherited runners-scored:Curvelo 3-0

Pitches-strikes:Miller 23-18; Castaño 13-4; Curvelo 1-1; Thornton 11-3; Saucedo 5-4; Díaz 8-7; Buttrey 6-6; Kelley 5-5

Groundouts-flyouts:Miller 3-2; Castaño 1-0; Curvelo 0-1; Thornton 2-1; Saucedo 3-0; Díaz 4-1; Buttrey 0-2; Kelley 1-1

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Angel Zerpa	3.0	2	1	1	0	5	1	25-23	4.50
Chris Stratton

Bot 1 • KC

0-1

Salvador Perez homers (2) on a line drive to center field.

Bot 2 • KC

0-2

Michael Massey homers (1) on a fly ball to right field.

Top 3 • SEA

1-2

Samad Taylor homers (2) on a fly ball to center field.

Bot 3 • KC

1-4

Michael Massey doubles (1) on a fly ball to center fielder Luke Raley. Salvador Perez scores. MJ Melendez scores. Nick Loftin to 3rd.

1-5

Nick Pratto grounds out to first baseman Ty France. Nick Loftin scores. Michael Massey to 3rd. Mike Brosseau to 2nd.

Top 4 • SEA

3-5

Ryan Bliss singles on a ground ball to second baseman Michael Massey. Brian Anderson scores. Josh Rojas to 2nd.

2-5

Josh Rojas singles on a ground ball to right fielder Hunter Renfroe. Ty France scores. Brian Anderson to 3rd.

Top 6 • SEA

8-5

Samad Taylor singles on a line drive to right fielder Nate Eaton. Josh Rojas scores. Ryan Bliss scores. Samad Taylor to 2nd. Fielding error by right fielder Nate Eaton.

6-5

Ryan Bliss reaches on a throwing error by pitcher Jake Brentz. Jonatan Clase scores. Spencer Packard scores. Josh Rojas to 3rd. Ryan Bliss to 2nd.

4-5

Josh Rojas walks. Ty France scores. Jonatan Clase to 3rd. Spencer Packard to 2nd.

Bot 6 • KC

8-7

CJ Alexander singles on a line drive to right fielder Spencer Packard. Tyler Cropley scores. Nate Eaton scores.

HR:Perez (1st off Miller, 0 on, 2 out); Massey (2nd off Miller, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Melendez; Cropley; Massey

TB:19

RBI:Alexander 2; Perez; Pratto; Massey 3

SB:Hampson; Melendez

Team LOB:10

HBP:Anderson (by Stratton); Locklear (by McMillon)

Inherited runners-scored:Sisk 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Zerpa 25-23; Stratton 11-10; Taylor 5-5; Brentz 15-3; Sisk 11-7; McArthur 14-14; McMillon 7-6

Groundouts-flyouts:Zerpa 3-0; Stratton 0-1; Taylor 1-1; Brentz 1-0; Sisk 0-1; McArthur 2-0; McMillon 0-2

Bench
Kyle IsbelCF	4	0	1	0	0	0	.294/.333/.529
Hunter RenfroeRF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.100/.000
Salvador PerezC	3	2	2	1	0	0	.333/.333/.667
MJ MelendezLF	1	1	1	0	2	0	.400/.526/.733
Nick Loftin3B	1	1	0	0	2	1	.308/.500/.615
Michael Massey2B	3	1	2	3	0	0	.294/.294/.647
Mike BrosseauDH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.154/.267/.154
Nick Pratto1B	3	0	0	1	0	1	.353/.389/.529
Garrett HampsonSS	2	0	1	0	1	0	.176/.263/.294
Angel ZerpaP							.000/.000/.000
Chris StrattonP							.000/.000/.000
Josh TaylorP							.000/.000/.000
Jake BrentzP							.000/.000/.000
Evan SiskP							.000/.000/.000
James McArthurP							.000/.000/.000
John McMillonP							.000/.000/.000

Win Probability

Batting

Seattle Mariners

Kansas City Royals

Pitching

Seattle Mariners

Kansas City Royals

Game Notes