This one hurts. San Diego actually rallied three times in Monday night’s game, using the long ball and late inning heroics to send the Royals to their fifth straight loss, a 6-5 final at Petco Park.
Jedd Gyorko, who is hitting.164, hit a solo homer with one out in the ninth inning off Royals closer Greg Holland to tie the game at 4-4 and send it to extras. It was Holland’s first blown save in eight chances this season. Earlier, after the Royals jumped out to a 3-0 lead, Yasmani Grandal hit a three-run shot off rookie Yordano Ventura in the sixth to tie the score 3-3.
In the 12th, the Royals when Mike Moustakas hit an RBI single to score Salvador Perez off Tim Stauffer. In the bottom half, Chris Denorfia led off with a single off Louis Coleman before Ned Yost went to Tim Collins. After a sacrifice, Yonder Alonso reached on a bloop double. Will Venable then delivered a two run single giving the Padres their second, walk-off win in back to back days.
Eric Hosmer homered and drove in three runs for the Royals and Lorenzo Cain, just off the DL had four hits. Â The Royals had a season high 16 hits.