ST. LOUIS (AP) \u2014 Nick Loftin homered to start a six-run fifth inning, Bobby Witt Jr. also homered and the Kansas City Royals erased a five-run deficit to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-7 on Tuesday night in the major league debut of top Royals’ prospect Jac Caglianone.<\/p>\n
Caglianone, recalled from Triple-A Omaha on Monday, went hitless in five at bats.<\/p>\n
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Daniel Lynch IV, Steven Cruz (2-0), Angel Zerpa, John Schreiber and Taylor Clarke combined to pitch 5 1\/3 innings of scoreless relief before Carlos Est\u00e9vez pitched a scoreless ninth for his 17th save.<\/p>\n
Vinnie Pasquantino hit a game-tying two-run double off Cardinals reliever Steven Matz (3-2), and Salvador Perez followed with an RBI single to give Kansas City an 8-7 fifth inning lead.<\/p>\n
Loftin hit his first home run since last June 18 to start the rally. After Drew Waters, Kyle Isbel and Jonathan India singled, Witt hit a two-run single to right field to cut Kansas City\u2019s deficit to 7-5 ending Cardinals starter Andre Pallante\u2019s night.<\/p>\n
Pallante allowed a career high-tying seven runs on seven hits in 4 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n
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Alec Burleson hit a two-run home run to center field to cap off a five-run third inning and chase Michael Lorenzen (3-7) from the game after allowing seven runs on seven hits in 2 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n
Witt hit his seventh home run of the season to give Kansas City a 2-0 first inning lead.<\/p>\n
Key moment<\/p>\n
Caglianone stepped up to the plate for the first time to lead off the top of the second inning. He lined a 2-2 pitch to the warning track in right-center field where Victor Scott II ran 92 feet to rob him of his first career hit.<\/p>\n
Key stat<\/p>\n
St. Louis lost for the first time in eight games when scoring at least four runs in Pallante’s starts.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Royals LHP Noah Cameron (2-1, 1.05 ERA) will face Cardinals RHP Miles Mikolas (4-2, 3.90) Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
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