Arráez, who had a streak of 141 plate appearances without a strikeout last year, saw his current streak snapped Sunday by Royals pitcher Seth Lugo. Lugo got the strikeout on a pitch so nasty it literally made Arráez say wow. This pitch moved nearly 1 1/2 feet and cameras caught Arráez’s reaction.

The Royals stumbled down the stretch in a walk-off loss to the Padres to drop the series on Sunday afternoon. They got another stout outing from Seth Lugo (4-5), who went 6.1 innings with two hits, one run,

Jose Iglesias tied the game with two-run, two-out, bases-loaded pinch-hit single in the seventh inning and then drove in the winning run with a grounder in the ninth for the San Diego Padres, who beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 to take two of three.

Jose Iglesias' RBI infield single in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday lifted the San Diego Padres to a 3-2 win over the visiting Kansas City Royals. Luis Arraez started the winning rally with a leadoff single off Daniel Lynch IV (3-2) and Xander Bogaerts lined a one-out double to left-center to push Arraez to third.

Merrill returned from his stint on the 7-day Concussion IL and Padres Manager Mike Shildt took the opportunity to shake up the lineup. Merrill was penciled into the second spot and Arraez moved into the fourth spot. It appeared to be a positive change as Merrill and Arraez each recorded a hit and scored a run in the game.