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Michael Massey greeted reliever Aaron Bummer
with an RBI single to left, and Jackie Bradley Jr. followed with
a two-run double to make it 7-4.
Massey and Bradley scored on Melendez's single as Kansas City
broke the game open. Nick Pratto added a bases-clearing double
to cap the Royals' biggest inning of the year.
Cease went five-plus innings, allowing seven runs on nine hits
while walking one and striking out six. He is winless since
beating the Minnesota Twins on April 10, posting an 8.25 ERA in
five starts since then.
Andrew Vaughn delivered a two-run double in the third and Gavin
Sheets hit a solo homer in the sixth to forge a 4-4 tie, one out
before Zack Greinke was knocked from the game. Greinke allowed
four runs (three earned) on six hits and a walk, striking out
two.
The Royals got an early run as leadoff hitter Bobby Witt Jr.
singled, stole second and later scored on Salvador Perez's
sacrifice fly.
Melendez's fourth homer of the season, a two-run blast, tied the
game at 3-3 in the fourth.
Bradley doubled leading off the fifth and scored on Vinnie
Pasquantino's one-out double. Bradley collected three hits on
the night, while four other Royals contributed two to the 14-hit
attack.
Jose Cuas (2-0), recalled from Triple-A Omaha before the game,
earned the win by getting the final out of the sixth.
Kansas City reliever Amir Garrett fell ill on the mound and left
the game after striking out Elvis Andrus to start the seventh.
-- Field Level Media
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