Arráez, who had a streak of 141 plate appearances without a strikeout last year, saw his current streak snapped Sunday by Royals pitcher Seth Lugo. Lugo got the strikeout on a pitch so nasty it literally made Arráez say wow. This pitch moved nearly 1 1/2 feet and cameras caught Arráez’s reaction.

The Royals stumbled down the stretch in a walk-off loss to the Padres to drop the series on Sunday afternoon. They got another stout outing from Seth Lugo (4-5), who went 6.1 innings with two hits, one run,

The Padres signed Jose Iglesias precisely for a day like this one. The veteran infielder played only three innings on Sunday afternoon. But did he ever make those three innings count?

Jose Iglesias tied the game with two-run, two-out, bases-loaded pinch-hit single in the seventh inning and then drove in the winning run with a grounder in the ninth for the San Diego Padres, who beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 to take two of three.

Jose Iglesias' RBI infield single in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday lifted the San Diego Padres to a 3-2 win over the visiting Kansas City Royals.