KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Interstat) — The Kansas City Royals defeated the San Diego Padres 6-1 on Saturday evening at Kauffman Stadium. Lane Thomas hit a two-run homer in the first inning and Salvador Perez added a two-run homer in the sixth as Kansas City built a 6-1 lead. The Padres scored their lone run in the third on a solo homer by Fernando Tatis Jr. Kansas City added runs in the third on an RBI double from Jac Caglianone and in the fourth on an RBI single by Isaac Collins. The Royals finished with nine hits, San Diego had six. Randy Dobnak starred for Kansas City, allowing one earned run on four hits over 4.1 innings with three strikeouts. Daniel Lynch IV earned the win with two scoreless innings, allowing two hits. Beck Way struck out two in a perfect ninth. Griffin Canning took the loss for San Diego, falling to 1-8. The Royals improved to 40-59, while the Padres dropped to 48-50. Attendance was 23,347, and the game lasted 2 hours, 29 minutes.