Hayes gets 4 hits, Royals set team record with 23rd spring training win, 9-6 over Mariners

Published March 26, 2013

Associated Press

PEORIA, Ariz. –  The Kansas City Royals set a team record for spring training wins with their 23rd victory, beating the Seattle Mariners 9-6 Tuesday behind Brett Hayes' four hits.

Hayes tripled and drove in two runs.The Royals had 18 hits, including seven doubles.

Lorenzo Cain, Jarrod Dyson and Miguel Tejada added two hits for Kansas City. The Mariners took a 4-1 lead before a six-run seventh for Kansas City.

Mariners starter Jeremy Bonderman gave up seven runs and 11 hits in 5 1-3 innings.

Franklin Gutierrez and Michael Morse homered for Seattle in the seventh.

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