Royals’ season-ending skid reaches 5 with 2-1 loss to Giants, who get 3 hits from Ramos

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals’ season-ending losing streak extended to five Friday night with a 2-1 loss to the San Francisco Giants, who got three hits from Heliot Ramos.

Kansas City fell four games behind Baltimore for the AL’s first wild card spot and saw its lead cut to one game over Minnesota for the second of three wild cards.

Mason Black (1-4) threw shutout ball over a record 5 2/3 innings for already eliminated San Francisco, limiting the Royals to four hits. Camilo Doval allowed Garrett Hampson’s sacrifice fly before striking out Tommy Pham with runners on second and third for his 23rd save in 28 chances.

Kansas City went 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position and stranded nine runners.

Michael Wacha (13-8) gave up two runs on six hits in 5 2/3 innings, falling to 9-2 in 15 starts since June 22.

Mike Yastrzemski led off the first with a bloop single, advanced to second on a walk and third on a flyout, then scored on Ramos’ infield hit.

Ramos hit a two-out double to the wall in right-center in the sixth and scored on Patrick Bailey’s single for a 2-0 lead.

Giants right-hander Jordan Hicks was placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactively Tuesday with right shoulder inflammation, and right-hander Austin Warren was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento.

NEXT

In a game moved to 4:10 PM CDT due to a bad weather forecast, San Francisco RHP Landen Roupp (0-1, 3.02 ERA) will start Saturday against Kansas City RHP Brady Singer (9-11, 3.53 ERA) .

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