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Stephen Kolek delivered a masterful complete-game shutout performance, guiding the Kansas City Royals to a convincing 5-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners at home on Saturday.<\/p>

The right-hander improved to 3-0 on the season, allowing just four hits and one walk while striking out two batters. This marked Kolek’s second career complete-game shutout, with his previous one coming last May while playing for the San Diego Padres. The achievement represented Kansas City’s first complete-game shutout since September 13, 2020, and became the fourth such performance across all of baseball this 2026 season.<\/p>

Offensively, Bobby Witt Jr. paced the Royals with two hits and scored twice, while Michael Massey also collected two hits. Carter Jensen contributed significantly despite going 1-for-2, crossing the plate once and driving in two runs. The victory marked Kansas City’s first win during their current nine-game homestand, which had begun with four consecutive defeats.<\/p>

Seattle’s Luke Raley provided the lone bright spot for the visitors, going 3-for-3 and recording a double. Mariners starting pitcher George Kirby took the loss, falling to 5-4 after surrendering five runs (three earned) on nine hits across six innings of work.<\/p>

In other MLB action, the Los Angeles Dodgers dominated the Milwaukee Brewers 11-3, with Teoscar Hernandez driving in six runs to match his career high. The Dodgers’ bullpen extended their franchise-record scoreless streak to 36 innings, surpassing the previous team record of 33 innings set in 1998.<\/p>

St. Louis and Cincinnati split their doubleheader, with the Cardinals taking the opener 8-1 behind Bryan Torres’ two-run homer in his major league debut. The Reds bounced back to win the nightcap 7-6 in 11 innings on Blake Dunn’s game-winning infield grounder.<\/p>

Philadelphia ended Cleveland’s seven-game winning streak with a 3-0 shutout victory, as Zack Wheeler pitched six strong innings and Bryson Stott knocked in two runs for the Phillies.<\/p>

Houston defeated Chicago 3-0 as Christian Walker homered twice and Kai-Wai Teng threw six innings to send the Cubs to their seventh straight loss.<\/p>

Other notable results included San Diego’s 2-0 victory over Oakland, Toronto’s 5-2 win against Pittsburgh, San Francisco’s 10-3 rout of the White Sox, Minnesota’s 4-2 triumph over Boston, Washington’s 2-0 shutout of Atlanta featuring a combined one-hitter, Miami’s 4-1 victory over the Mets, Arizona’s 5-4 win against Colorado, and Los Angeles Angels’ 5-2 defeat of Texas behind Mike Trout’s 417th career home run.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stephen Kolek pitched a complete-game shutout as Kansas City defeated Seattle 5-0, snapping a four-game losing streak. 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