Dairon Blanco’s squeeze bunt gives the Royals a wild 7-6 win over the Mariners

By DAVID SMALE
Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Dairon Blanco executed a suicide squeeze bunt in the ninth inning to score pinch-runner Samad Taylor, and the Kansas City Royals rallied after blowing a 5-0 lead to hand the playoff-contending Seattle Mariners their third straight loss, 7-6 on Monday night. Brady Singer took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, Bobby Witt Jr. hit an inside-the-park homer and Salvador Perez hit a three-run shot to build the Royals’ big lead. But it all came undone in the final two innings. Julio Rodríguez drove in four runs for the Mariners, including the go-ahead single in the ninth. But the Royals won it in the bottom half against Matt Brash.