Royals bounce back against Brewers
This team can flush it quickly.
Following last night’s UGLY loss, the Royals bounced back with a 6-4 win over the Brewers on Wednesday afternoon — completing a .500 home stand.
The man on the bump with a huge responsibility of flushing last night’s defeat was Brady Singer. Two batters into the game, Milwaukee tagged him for a run — bringing back the negativity that washed over Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday.
On the bright side, the offense didn’t waste time in giving him a lead to work with. After a lead-off double from Maikel Garcia and sun-aided double from Bobby Witt Jr, Vinnie Pasquantino and Michael Massey produced back-to-back sacrifice flies.
Singer took that one-run cushion and ran with it. He didn’t allow another run for the rest of the afternoon despite failing to generate a ton of swing and miss. In total, he tossed 5 1⁄3 of one-run ball.
The bullpen, similar to last night, wasn’t perfect. Nick Anderson was tagged for a run and almost gave up the lead. However, the cannon of MJ Melendez kept things where they were at.
Merv! pic.twitter.com/PTE6PiGyNI
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In the bottom of the eighth, the Royals gave the bullpen the support they’d been needing for the final inning. Bobby Witt Jr homered for the first time since April 11th and Adam Frazier/Freddy Fermin poked RBI-singles to center field — making it 6-2.
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That breathing room still wasn’t enough to finish off the game without some sweating. Tyler Duffey walked the first two hitters and gave up an RBI-double before he was removed for James McArthur. Unlike Tuesday, McArthur came up big when it mattered most.
The Royals, 22-16, will head west to take on the Los Angeles Angels for a four-game series. Michael Wacha toes the slab tomorrow night. First pitch is set for 8:38 p.m. CT.