The Royals walked off the Padres 6-5 on Thursday. Batter’s box: Luis Arraez was 2-for-3 with a triple and two RBIs. He has six hits in his past 12 at-bats. … Jason Heyward hit his first double of the spring.

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King got the start for the Padres in their 17th game of Spring Training action. He earned the loss in San Diego’s 9-3 defeat to the Reds. The 29-year-old earned a 5.79 ERA on the affair. King walked three batters, got hit with three earned runs, and gave up a home run on his watch in 2.2 innings of play.