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Kansas City Royals 6 Washington Nationals 2
Status: Final
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Royals 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 12 0
Nationals 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 6 0
B6 WSH 6- 2 Crews singled to right, Abrams scored, Crews
out stretching at second. Washington Nationals
challenged call on the field was upheld
B6 WSH 6- 1 Abrams doubled to center, Mead scored.
T6 KC 6- 0 Witt Jr. singled to center, Collins scored,
Jensen to third.
T6 KC 5- 0 Collins hit sacrifice bunt, Rave scored.
T3 KC 4- 0 Massey homered to center (430 feet).
T3 KC 3- 0 Thomas homered to center (411 feet).
T2 KC 2- 0 Rave homered to center (402 feet).
T1 KC 1- 0 Jensen homered to right (366 feet).
Avila rebounds, taking a shutout into the 6th as the Royals beat Washington 6-2 to avoid a sweep
WASHINGTON -- Luinder Avila took a shutout into the sixth, and the Kansas City Royals hit four solo homers in the first three innings of a 6-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday.
Carter Jensen led off the game with a home run, and John Rave , Lane Thomas and Michael Massey also went deep as the Royals avoided a three-game sweep in Washington. Avila (2-3) allowed a run and three hits with a walk and five strikeouts.
Jensen's drive to right off Zack Littell (6-6) his first of four hits opened the scoring. Rave added a home run in the second. Then Thomas and Massey hit back-to-back homers in the third.
Rave tripled to lead off the sixth and scored on Isaac Collins ' squeeze bunt. Bobby Witt Jr . added an RBI single later that inning.
Avila rebounded nicely after allowing eight runs in 2/3 of an inning in his previous start, a 10-8 loss to the Houston Astros . He was pulled Wednesday with two outs in the sixth and a runner on first. CJ Abrams greeted reliever Matt Strahm with an RBI double, then came home on Dylan Crews ' single to make it 6-2.
The Royals won for just the second time in eight games.
Littell allowed four runs and seven hits in five innings. He has lost back-to-back starts after going seven in a row without a defeat.
Kansas City returns home to face St. Louis on Thursday night. Noah Cameron (3-4) starts for the Royals against Matthew Liberatore (3-3).
The Nationals are off Thursday before a series at Tampa Bay. Cade Cavalli (4-4) takes the mound for Washington on Friday night.
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