KANSAS CITY, Mo. — — Blake Snell struck out nine in six strong innings and the San Francisco Giants completed a three-game series sweep with a 2-0 win over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday.
Kansas City was shut out for the second straight game and lost its seventh straight.
Snell (5-3) allowed two singles and a walk and didn’t allow a runner past first base. In his last 14 starts, he is 5-0 with a 1.23 ERA and 114 strikeouts.
Royals’ batters were 1 for 13 when Snell threw a first-pitch strike.
Kansas City’s Seth Lugo finished with five strikeouts and two runs allowed through seven innings.
LHP Cole Ragans (11-9, 3.24) opposes Nationals LHP Mitchell Parker (7-10, 4.44) in Washington on Tuesday.