Nick Loftin singles in tying run and scores in 7th, Royals rally for 4-3 win over Guardians

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• Nick Loftin singles in tying run and scores in 7th, Royals rally for 4-3 win over Guardians</p>

<p>BRIAN DULIK September 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM</p>

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<p>1 / 5Royals Guardians BaseballKansas City Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. celebrates after scoring a run on an RBI single by Vinnie Pasquantino during the third inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)</p>

<p>CLEVELAND (AP) — Nick Loftin singled in the tying run and scored on Maikel Garcia's double in the seventh inning, sending the Kansas City Royals to a 4-3 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday night.</p>

<p>Kansas City snapped a three-game losing streak and moved within 3 1/2 games of Seattle, which holds the third and final American League wild-card position. The Guardians are three behind the Mariners.</p>

<p>Cleveland led 3-2 after six before Loftin drove in Tyler Tolbert, then came around on Garcia's liner off the wall in left against Hunter Gaddis. Tim Herrin (5-4) was charged with both runs.</p>

<p>Luinder Avila (1-0) worked two scoreless innings for his first career win and Carlos Estévez pitched the ninth for his major league-leading 39th save.</p>

<p>Kyle Manzardo hit a two-run homer in the first and Bo Naylor had an RBI single in the fourth for Cleveland, which had won five straight. Manzardo's 432-foot shot off Jonathan Bowlan was the longest of his career and his 26th homer of the season.</p>

<p>Vinnie Pasquantino and Jonathan India both singled in runs for Kansas City. Pasquantino reached 100 RBIs for the first time.</p>

<p>Guardians starter Logan Allen gave up two runs in five innings, remaining winless in seven outings since July 29.</p>

<p>Key moment</p>

<p>Jac Caglianone walked with one out in the seventh and was replaced by pinch-runner Tolbert, who scored on Loftin's pinch-hit single off Herrin. Gaddis entered and gave up Garcia's RBI double.</p>

<p>Key stat</p>

<p>Kansas City used six pitchers with Bowlan logging the first two innings. Michael Wacha was slated to start before suffering a concussion as a result of what manager Matt Quatraro termed "an off-field accident."</p>

<p>Up next</p>

<p>Royals RHP Stephen Kolek (5-5, 3.88 ERA) faces Guardians RHP Gavin Williams (10-5, 3.17 ERA) in the four-game series finale on Thursday.</p>

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<p>AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb</p>

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