The Kansas City Royals (40-47) and Seattle Mariners (45-41) will battle on Thursday at T-Mobile Park, starting at 10:10 p.m. ET. The Royals (+104 underdog moneyline odds) visit the Mariners (-124). The scheduled starters are Logan Evans (3-2) for the Seattle Mariners, and Seth Lugo (5-5) for the Kansas City Royals.

S EATTLE — In an all-too-common occurrence this season, the Seattle Mariners were unable to capitalize on several opportunities in a 3-2 defeat at the hands of the Kansas City Royals on Thursday at T-Mobile Park. The M's split the four-game series against the Royals with the loss.

After splitting the first 2 games of the series, the Mariners beat the Royals 3-2 Wednesday, cashing as -158 home favorites with the Under (7) hitting. CF Julio Rodríguez gave Seattle the lead with an RBI single in the seventh,

Evans was one out away from finishing a sixth inning of work before he got stung by Salvador Perez, who got his barrel on a sweeper off the plate and knocked it for a double. Casey Legumina came in and struggled to find the zone, walking his first hitter, but was able to get John Rave first-pitch swinging to end the threat.

Vinnie Pasquantino had a two-run single in the seventh inning and the Kansas City Royals beat the Seattle Mariners 3-2 on Thursday night.

Vinnie Pasquantino's two-run single broke a tie in the seventh inning as the Kansas City Royals defeated the host Seattle Mariners 3-2 Thursday night to earn a split of a four-game series.