Royals vs. Padres Game Highlights (5/17/23) | MLB Highlights

Padres need you Darvish on the hill today to take the rubber game Bobby Witt Jr. leading off once again Bobby Witt weekly on the ground rolls it right on out to Rugnett Odor one away for you Darvish now Vinnie Pasquantino steps in. That is a fair ball handled adeptly by Jake Cronenworth and a couple of ground ball outs for Darvish to get his afternoon started a couple of cutters to Perez he's fallen behind to an O and now ball cut at third base by Hassan Kim and a one two three top of the first in Carlos Hernandez as the opener. The Royals are hopeful that he'll be able to go to innings. This is an opportunity for Zander to lead things off for the Friars. So you get on base for Jake who had an extra base hit yesterday and you get on for Fernando and then once out of the top four as Jesse was just talking about that's up the middle and into center field a base hit. Go guards on base again and a lead off single here in the bottom of the first inning. And now Fernando Tatis Jr. comes to the plate hitting in the number three spot today for Bob Melvin. Tatis hits it a mile high. The wind will keep it in. And it's going to be Bobby Wood Jr. taking charge and Hernandez will play it and he gets around the Bogaerts lead off single. And here comes another lefty in Trent Grisham. Here's the one to swing and a miss strike three a fastball at one oh one Carlos Hernandez is rearing back and letting it fly. And now it's Massey Eaton and JP Jay do a bottom third of the order. He's lights out splitter to Massey and that will be the second strikeout of the day for Darvish. You Darvish is a student of the game just two for forty five at the plate this year and now two for forty six as the slow curve results in the third strikeout of the day for you Darvish way out in front of that one one two pitch strike three call got him looking you Darvish strikes out the side for strikeouts on the afternoon. Oh he makes sense though because they're at the plate to get where the helmet and the Padres are batting where the helmet go. I black is Nick going to go I black. That's got to be next right. Right hander Mike Myers is on the mound making his Royals debut and that'll bring up the leadoff man for the Padres and the Bogaerts three to Xander misses outside ball for nobody knows what a check swing is or not pitch down and in back to back walks issued by Meyers and two men aboard with Fernando Tatis Jr. coming up. This is where the Padres have to do some damage Tatis hits on the ground a shortstop could be two Witts got it over to Massey and second for one on the first double play. Exactly what Mike Myers and the Royals were looking for Bobby Witt Jr. He grounded out to second base to open the game tied him up going to be a tough play with junior speed and Kim is not able to grab it with his fingers and Bobby Witt will be on with an infield single. You know Kim he might as well just pick it up put in his pocket. He has been running early. And did he get back he did. Looks like Bobby did a little swim move there the ball beat him clearly to the base. Bobby so athletic on the ground up the middle. Bogaerts going to have to go himself and in time it's second it's a double play and the Royals will challenge on a first play. He is not required to stay on the bag the whole time. He just has to make contact to review the called second base will be overturned. The runner is safe two down runner at second base that'll bring MJ Melendez to the plate. Lined up the left field line MJ Melendez with two outs and two strikes will drive in Bobby Witt Junior MJ Melendez with an opposite field RBI double in the Royals take a one nothing lead one down that'll bring a Matt Carpenter. Carpenter with a well struck ball into right field his first hit of the day and now he's walked to in this inning bases are now loaded for Trent Grisham with one out in the bottom of the fourth and he is two for his last thirty two fastball right by him for his second strikeout and the second out of the inning. Austin Oehler career to forty average with the bases loaded and a payoff pitch swing and a miss. He struck him out and the Padres leave the bases loaded runner at second one down now for Nate Eaton. Slowly towards third nice shortstop play by Kim and he came off the bat. Pato overslew it at third base and that is a big big mistake on the base pass for Kansas City Jake Cronenworth to bat twenty fourteen. Come on. The last time really played a series in which there were no homerun Jake trying to change that with one big swing Melendez back to the corner home run for Jake Cronenworth to tie this ball game up one to one fourth home run of the season for Jake and a much needed run is going to cost the plate for the Padres to tie this one up in the fifth. He's in scoring position with nobody out in the past Quintino the batter the pitch swing and a high fly ball deep right field Tatis is back and that ball is long gone. He passed Quintino a two run homer and the Royals take a three to one lead here in the sixth inning. Boy Vinny crushed that ball. He was overdue. MJ hits it into the left field corner and that is fair. And MJ has his second double today just about four feet from going over. He's at second with one out in the batter will be Mikel Garcia and that's lined in the right center field. So here's Melendez to score. Now Garcia is headed for second and he drives in the Royals fourth run is for one KC as Mikel Garcia drives in his eighth run of the year first and second Padres in action or door gets an opportunity for one first pitch swing ground ball pass the guy in the first baseman but the second baseman gets it but it's going to go as an infield single Padres have bases loaded for the second time today for Trent Grisham once again. That'll do. Garbinder scores and it's a two run game. He's already on the loop. Yeah you know not before he stepped off. He meant to step up before he moved. He tried to disguise it second out of the inning and it'll be up to the leadoff man Zander Bogart and Bogart's bounces that one over. It'd be tricky and it gets through. Kim has scored O'Doar will stay at third base. It's a one run game and another iffy moment defensively for KC. It was always going to be tough bases loaded for the Padres on three walks issued by a role this Chapman third time today that the Friars have had the bases juiced and the third time today that Trent Grisham comes up to the plate slider in there called strike three. Oh that was nasty left up to Sullivan all the way back to the screen. Good Ricochet and Soto is out. The Royals catch a lead to down here in the bottom of the ninth inning. Scott Barlow has gotten two outs on four pitches Hassan Kim will try to keep their hopes alive. Kim hits on the ground softly to shortstop Witts there scoops it up slings to first in time. Very frustrating afternoon for the Padres. They had plenty of opportunities to score the Royals take down the Padres four to three.