The Royals allowed six runs in the first six innings and then gave up a nine-run ninth in a 15-2 Cactus League road loss to the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday at Scottsdale Stadium.
Kelvin Gutierrez walked with the bases loaded in the sixth inning, forcing in the Royals’ first run, and Frank Schwindel’s ninth-inning home run accounted for the team’s other run. Erick Mejia also had a triple off the bench.
Scott Ellis, who the Royals acquired in the Rule 5 draft, bounced back from allowing two runs on three extra-base hits in the first inning and pitched a scoreless second.