Kansas City Royals at Pittsburgh Pirates

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Kansas City Royals

67-88, 28-52 Away

Final
5 - 6

Pittsburgh Pirates

78-77, 41-36 Home

Brandon Lowe's go-ahead homer in the 8th lifts the Pirates past the Royals, 6-5

Kansas City Royals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates: Game Highlights

Lowe jumped on a pitch from Steven Cruz (2-4) and sent it into the seats in right field for his 33rd homer of the season, the second-most by a player in their first year with the Pirates. The two-time All-Star was acquired by Pittsburgh last winter.

The home run was also the 96th at PNC Park this year for the Pirates, a club record for most homers at home in a season. The 1947 club hit 95 round-trippers when the team called Forbes Field home.

Pittsburgh rookie outfielder Ronnie Simon hit his first career homer. Jake Mangum added his fifth of the season as the Pirates won their third straight to improve to 78-77. The franchise is seeking its first winning season since 2018.

Lowe, Rafael Flores and Oneil Cruz had two hits each for the Pirates. Luke Weaver (3-1) picked up the win by pitching a scoreless eighth. Mason Montgomery worked the ninth for his 15th save. Montgomery hasn't allowed a run in 22 2/3 innings, the second-longest streak ever by a Pittsburgh reliever.

Nick Loftin had four hits for the Royals. Bobby Witt Jr. added three and Carter Jensen slugged his 25th of the season but it wasn't enough to prevent the Royals from losing for the sixth time in seven games.

Pirates starting pitcher Bubba Chandler needed 90 pitches to get through four innings. The 24-year-old right-hander allowed three runs with a walk and six strikeouts.

Up next The series wraps up Sunday. Michael Wacha (9-9, 3.34 ERA) was set to start for the Royals. The Pirates had not announced a starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Loftin fouled out to catcher.
	9th Inning	Garcia flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Garcia hit for Massey
	9th Inning	Perez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Tolbert stole second.
	9th Inning	Perez hit for Pasquantino

Statistics

KC		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
10	Ground Balls	10
12	Strikeouts	7
5	Runs Batted In	6
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
13	Hits	9
3	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
38	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
20	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
17	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	1
175	Pitches	120
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
16	Total Bases	20
42	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
1	Extra Base Hits	5
6.6	Runs Created	6.6
.342	Batting Average	.281
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.421	Slugging Percentage	.625
.211	Secondary Average	.406
.390	On Base Percentage	.343
.811	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.968
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
6.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.4
39.0	Batter Rating	47.0
38.0	At Bats Per Home Run	10.7
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
4.17	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.43
.079	Isolated Power	.344
0.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.29
.048	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.057
-.132	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.125
10.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.5	Balls In Play Average	0.3
90.5	MLB Rating	93.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0