Vargas made his first start since July 21, 2015, working his way back from Tommy John surgery. Vargas was on a pitch count and exited after 52 pitches, yielding one run on two hits, while striking out one and walking one.
Miguel Gonzalez suffered the loss, although he pitched well enough to win. The right-hander gave up three runs on six hits over seven innings, striking out two and not issuing a walk. The Royals scored the two go-ahead runs in the fifth on run-scoring singles from Hunter Dozier and Eric Hosmer.