Santiago outdueled Royals right-hander Ian Kennedy, who also went five frames, surrendering three runs on three hits and five walks. Walks were an issue again for the Royals, as they issued nine free pases with five of those coming around to score.
Kennedy ran into trouble in the second after issuing a pair of one-out walks to Sano and Jason Castro. Escobar followed with an RBI single up the middle on an 0-2 curveball before Eddie Rosario hit a 3-2 fastball to center to bring home another run. Brian Dozier plated the third run with an RBI groundout after another walk to Robbie Grossman.