Glendinning's Walk-Off Clinches Series Win
August 3, 2025 - American Association (AA)
Kansas City Monarchs News Release
Robbie Glendinning of the Kansas City Monarchs gets a Gatorade shower
(Kansas City Monarchs)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Robbie Glendinning gave a playoff-like contest the finish it deserved.
Glendinning's walk-off single in the ninth inning clinched a 5-4 series-clinching victory for the Kansas City Monarchs over the Sioux Falls Canaries Sunday afternoon at Legends Field.
The win moves Kansas City (43-32) into second place in the West Division and five games back of first.
Glendinning came up with Micah Pries at second and two outs. The slugger ripped a 101-mph base hit to score the winning run, his team-leading 47th RBI of the season.
"It feels good to get the series," Glendinning said. "We've been playing a lot of close games recently." The contest turned into a mini home run derby early.
Jorge Bonifacio launched his 12th round-tripper of the season to tie the game at one in the third inning. The bomb was Bonifacio's ninth homer at Legends Field.
Blake Rutherford tagged a two-run blast to left field in the fifth inning. His fifth home run of the season lifted Kansas City to a 3-1 lead.
Right-hander Ashton Goudeau excelled on Sunday. The former major leaguer punched out 10, his most strikeouts as a Kansas City Monarch in his three seasons with the team.
Sioux Falls (42-32) flipped the script in the sixth inning. Back-to-back home runs on consecutive pitches by Calvin Estrada and Jordan Barth gave the Canaries a 4-3 advantage.
"They're a good team with a great lineup," Glendinning said. "We knew they were going to fire back and give our pitchers a chance."
Bonifacio did just that in the bottom of the sixth. The former Kansas City Royal rifled an RBI single to right-center field to equalize at 4.
Bonifacio finished 2-for-5 with the two RBIs on Sunday.
The Monarchs bullpen dominated to keep the game tied. Patrick Pridgen worked out of a bases- loaded jam in the seventh inning. Leam Mendez delivered a 1-2-3 eighth inning.
Hunter McMahon (2-1) set the Canaries down in the top of the ninth with two strikeouts.
Pries leveled a leadoff single in the ninth and advanced to second on a productive groundout by Bonifacio.
Glendinning smacked in the series-clinching run off Canaries' closer Charlie Hasty (0-1).
UP NEXT
The Monarchs prepare for a 2023 Miles Wolff Cup rematch against the Chicago Dogs on Tuesday night. First pitch for a three-game series is 6:35 pm.
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