Kolek throws complete-game shutout and Royals top Mariners to end 4-game skid

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Stephen Kolek threw a complete-game shutout and Carter Jensen had two RBIs and the Kansas City Royals shut out the Seattle Mariners 5-0 on Saturday to end a four-game losing streak.

Kolek (3-0) allowed a walk, four hits and struck out two. He only needed 108 pitches to go all nine innings in a game that lasted only 2:06. The 108 pitches were four more than his previous career high.

It was Kolek's second career shutout in 23 starts and the seventh complete game and fourth shutout in the major leagues this season. Kolek’s other shutout was a five-hitter in a 21-0 win at Colorado on May 10 of last season while pitching for San Diego.

Kolek joined Chris Archer and Mike Montgomery as the only pitchers to debut since 2010 with two shutouts in their first 23 career starts.

The Royals took a 3-0 lead in the first inning. Maikel Garcia led off with a double and scored on a fielder's choice grounder by Vinnie Pasquantino. Jensen had a RBI grounder and Pasquantino later scored on Jac Caglianone's single.

Jensen added a sacrifice fly in the third inning that scored Bobby Witt Jr., who went 2 for 4 and scored twice.

Kansas City added a run in the sixth on Isaac Collins' RBI single that scored Jensen.

George Kirby (5-4) went six innings and gave up all five runs, three earned, and nine hits and struck out three.

The Mariners will send RHP Bryan Woo (4-2, 3.51 ERA) to the mound and the Royals will start RHP Seth Lugo (1-4, 3.68) in the series finale on Sunday.

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Seattle Mariners center fielder Julio Rodriguez catches a fly ball for the out on Kansas City Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. during the fifth inning of a baseball game Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Kansas City Royals' Carter Jensen slides home to score on a single by Isaac Collins during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Stephen Kolek (32) celebrates with catcher Carter Jensen after throwing a complete game shutout baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Kansas City Royals' Carter Jensen watches his RBI single during the first inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Stephen Kolek throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Teoscar Hernández homered and matched a career high with six RBIs, and Los Angeles’ bullpen extended its streak of scoreless innings to 36 in the Dodgers’ 11-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night.

It's the longest shutout streak for a Dodgers bullpen since at least 1901. According to Sportradar, it’s the longest by any major league bullpen since September 2017, when Cleveland relievers threw 39 straight scoreless innings.

Alex Vesia, Kyle Hurt, Tanner Scott and Jonathan Hernández each pitched an inning in relief of starter Roki Sasaki (3-3). Only one of Milwaukee's five hits came in the final seven innings.

The last time the Dodgers bullpen allowed a run was in a 6-2 loss to the San Francisco Giants on May 12.

Los Angeles snapped Milwaukee’s four-game winning streak and beat the Brewers in the regular season for the first time since a 7-2 triumph on Aug. 13, 2024. Milwaukee had won nine straight regular-season matchups with the Dodgers, who swept the Brewers in last year’s National League Championship Series.

Hernández hit a three-run homer in the fourth to put Los Angeles ahead for good. He singled home a run in the eighth and had a two-run single in the ninth.

The Dodgers trailed 3-0 before scoring four runs off Robert Gasser (0-1) in the fourth.

Freddie Freeman and Andy Pages started the rally with consecutive doubles. One out later, Kyle Tucker walked. Hernández then sent an 0-2 pitch off the left-field foul pole.

Milwaukee starting pitchers hadn’t allowed any runs in three straight games before the Dodgers broke through against Gasser.

The Dodgers added three runs off DL Hall in the eighth inning and four off Jake Woodford in the ninth.

Brewers pitchers issued a season-high 11 walks, including four to Freeman. It also marked the most runs the Brewers have allowed in a game this year.

Milwaukee’s Jackson Chourio hit two doubles. Jake Bauers went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts, ending his 12-game hitting streak. Bauers had reached base safely in 22 straight games.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto (3-4, 3.32 ERA) pitches for Los Angeles and Brandon Sproat (1-2, 5.75) starts for Milwaukee on Sunday afternoon.

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Milwaukee Brewers' Sal Frelick hits a run-scoring single during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Robert Gasser throws to the Los Angeles Dodgers during the first inning of a baseball game Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki throws to the Milwaukee Brewers during the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Teoscar Hernández reacts after hitting a three-run home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Teoscar Hernández watches his three-run home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Saturday, May 23, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)