KC Erases Three-Run Deficit in Seventh, Holds Off SF 5-4

Kansas City scored five runs in the seventh inning to erase a 3-0 deficit and beat San Francisco 5-4 on Wednesday. Lane Thomas's two-run single was the decisive blow, swinging KC's win probability from 61% to 89% in a single at-bat.

For six innings, this looked like San Francisco's game to lose — and then they lost it anyway. Landen Roupp was sharp through his six innings, allowing just 4 hits, 2 earned runs, and striking out 7 without issuing a walk. The Giants built their lead methodically: a sacrifice fly from Arraez in the sixth plated Adames for the first run, then the seventh opened up in a hurry. Jung Hoo Lee tripled to right to score Devers, and Willy Adames followed with a ground rule double to score Lee. Just like that, SF led 3-0 heading into the bottom of the seventh.

Then Kansas City happened. Salvador Perez launched a 437-foot home run to center, scoring Pasquantino and cutting the deficit to 3-2. One batter later, Nick Loftin singled to left to score Massey and tie the game at three. The inning wasn't done. Thomas singled to right, scoring both Loftin and Marte — the win probability swung from 61% to 89% on that single swing of the bat. Five runs, one inning, a 3-0 lead completely erased and flipped into a 5-3 Kansas City advantage. That's the story of the night, and it's a brutal one for San Francisco.

Seth Lugo was efficient enough for KC, going 7.0 innings and allowing 3 earned runs on 3 hits with 5 strikeouts, though he needed the offense to bail him out. The Giants made it interesting in the ninth when Casey Schmitt hit a 376-foot solo shot to left to pull SF within one at 5-4, but that's as close as they'd get. Daniel Lynch IV worked a clean ninth — no hits, no runs — to close it out. The final: KC 5, SF 4. San Francisco appears to have handed this one away, squandering a dominant pitching performance from Roupp and a three-run cushion with three outs to go in the game.