SEATTLE (Interstat) — The Kansas City Royals built an early lead and held on for a 7-6 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday, May 1, 2026, at T-Mobile Park. Attendance was 36,384, and the game lasted 2:45.

Kansas City jumped ahead with four runs in the first inning. Vinnie Pasquantino singled in the game’s first run and Salvador Perez followed with a two-run double. Isaac Collins added an RBI double. The Royals added two runs in the sixth and one in the eighth. Seattle answered with two runs in the first on Julio Rodríguez’s three-run homer. Rodríguez later homered again in the seventh, a two-run shot that cut the lead to 7-6, but the Mariners could not tie it. Lane Thomas’s RBI single in the eighth proved decisive.

Daniel Lynch IV (1-0) earned the win. Jose A. Ferrer (0-1) took the loss. Lucas Erceg recorded his eighth save. Kansas City improved to 13-19; Seattle fell to 16-17. The two teams continue their series Saturday.