Kansas City’s losing skid reaches eight despite Merrifield’s 30-game hit streak

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April 10, 2019 - 9:08 AM

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Dee Gordon helped Seattle with his bat and his glove.

The Mariners are rolling along quite nicely at the moment.

Gordon got three hits and drove in two runs as high-scoring Seattle extended baseball’s best record with a 6-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.

Jay Bruce hit his AL-leading seventh homer in the first inning, extending the Mariners’ string to 13 games at the start of the season with at least one home run, matching the Detroit Tigers in 2017. The 2002 Cleveland Indians (14 games) are the only team since 1908 to open the season with more games with home runs.

Seattle also matched the 2000 St. Louis Cardinals with the most home runs (33) through their first 13 games.

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