Sublime Saturday Night | Junior Jolts Royals Over Tigers

Sublime Saturday Night | Junior Jolts Royals Over Tigers

The thing about Riley Green, since they drafted him, they said this guy can be a middle of the order bopper for us. And there you see a first Tiger since 2017 with 100 RBS, 32 home runs, just an outstanding player. And the best part, Jason, as you know, since you are a Tigers homer, he’s only 24 years old. Stephen kick was traded over from the Padres in the freddie Fermin deal and he has struggled a little bit four and five but he started off 2 to 0 with a zero. A went down to AAA. It wasn’t very much better. He’s got to be able to throw a sinker over the plate. He’s got to be able to mix in a slider. The key for him is his changeup against lefties in this Tiger lineup that’s fisted to second base on to the grass. Michael Massey handles out number one tonight at Kopman Stadium since 1973. The home of the Royals check swings, strike three. He is down on a two seam fastball from Kolak and two away up the middle to shortstop. Wit, knocks it down and plays it on the first. What an effort from Bobby Witt Junior on a ball that was skewered by carpenter Jack Flaherty who saw the Royals in his last start and gave up six hits on his fastball out of 10 total. One of the worst Jack Fs career came against these Royals just a few days ago. And here comes Bobby Witt Junior who’s on that 17 game hit streak. The longest active streak in all of major league baseball flaherty deals ground ball headed to right field and that’s another hit. So with extends his hitting streak, it’s at 18 now. And Vinny Pasquin who’s geared to hit fly ball stands in with runs and that throw won’t matter. It’s ball four. It is a walk for Pas Quintino went to second base and two on with one out for Kansas City one and two on the ground to shortstop Sweeney for Torres. The turn is a double play beautifully turned 643 and we head to the second inning no score here in Kansas City Riley. Good day at the plate yesterday. Three for five drove in a pair set the target ground ball and a diving stop to his left Massey throw to first in time and gets another ground ball and he gets a very nice defensive play by Michael Massey 32, strike three inning over. So second strikeout for kick space six retired off 62 out of four, a double included for Adam Frazier in the game last night in a line drive to left center field and it’s gonna drop for a hit. So Frazier collects another hit. The Royals have their second hit. Both have as Michael Massey waves and misses at a curveball and Flaherty’s got his first strikeout. That’s the good Jack Flaherty. That’s the one that they want to see one pitch hit in the air to center Perez, ranging to his left, he’s there. He makes the catch and the side is retired. Flaherty works around a one out single, has a single to lead off the third for the Tigers stretching for the first time today in the 10 pitch. This one rope to right base hit for Trey Sweeney Dingler rounding second heading to third throw to third from Yr is not in time. It trickles away. Dingler going first to third of the Tigers in business here in the third inning with men at the corners and nobody out as the 10 is chopped to third Garcia Zigs and throws home and really nice effort from Michael garcia who has been outstanding at third base this year for Kansas City Dingler the first out of the inning, two down men at the corners now for glaber torrent to short and through the Tigers are on the board first, just get some runners on dodged a couple of bullets there had a runner thrown out and Then gets the professional hitter and Glaver Torres up there. He got the slider on the inner third of the plate hits a shot good inning for the Tigers. A lot of traffic behind kick. There’s been a lot of hard contact off of the Royals starter Kreski and Witt Junior to follow. Here’s the 12 from Flaherty got him swinging strike three, climb the ladder chase the high fastball second strikeout for Jack and Flaherty has his 1st 123 inning of the day. And now it’s garcia who grounded into an inning ending double play in the first inning this evening, garcia hit his 14th homer last night. That is back. Michael Garcia lays into one and ties the game. How about Michael garcia? My goodness, he clobbered another baseball. Garcia goes deep number 15 and the Royals have tied it 11. Here are two men out and dingler at second for Colt Keith. Here’s the final chance for the Tigers here and he swings at the first pitch to pop it up garcia in foul territory, makes the catch and the Royals are out of the fifth. The Tigers did nothing with Dangler’s leadoff hit. Let’s see if the Royals can manufacture something and take advantage of Massey’s leadoff. Single up comes Richard Grandal hit a fly ball to center his first time up. One two that is strike three, a fastball at the bottom rung good fastball, bottom rail. Third strike out of the night for Flaherty pitches swung on and missed runner was going throw down from D got him. Boy, Dylan Dingler is on fire throwing that baseball. He gets a slider down and in, catches the ball first. It’s a one hopper to Trece Swinney. But it’s got Massey beat by the length of his body. A dart from Dylan Dingler to cut down Massey and it ends up being a 123 inning for Jack Flaherty. So torres retired now. It’s Kerry Carpenter. He’s zero for two tonight. He’s grounded out twice against Cole Carpenter. Stands in nobody on. Oh, Bobby Witt Junior. What an effort. An absolute missile to first base there is the arm gleaming in Kansas City. Oh, doctor. What a play. What a play by Bobby Wood Junior. Robbie Carpenter of a base hit. So now Torkelson with nobody on and two down. Strike three. Cole 01236. And Flaherty has retired the leadoff man in five of the first six innings tonight. 12 swing and a miss strike three. That slider was filthy from Flaherty. He’s got his fourth strikeout as Vinny Pasquin takes a walk. Tigers will go to the bullpen first tonight after pitch one on one for Flaherty, he will give one inherited runner to Tommy Kinley and his change up to face Michael Garcia one and two swing and a miss strike three. That changeup was dazzling. Gets the Tigers out of the inning with no damage since this game to the seventh Tigers and Royals tied 11 allowing to get to second means that the groundball double play does not get Schreiber out of the inning and that gives you a couple of opportunities now to go ahead and plate the go ahead run. Here’s Trey Sweeney who’s one for two. Schreiber from the belt delivers in a swing and a high fly ball shallow right coming in Jastremski, he’s under it. Runner tags. Will he come? He will not. Jastremski was too shallow. The throw gets by Salvi, the pitcher Schreiber was there to back him up and the runner at third, Perez was dancing off at third when that throw got by Salvador Perez. He decided not to run as Yaz was so shallow and he caught it in right, but a big second out, it’s a ground ball to second base. It’s Massey and the Royals are out of it. Three and two. It’s a walk for Tolbert. Exactly what Matt Frero wanted out of that pitch hitter and now the start. So now it’s with Bobby one out of three singled way back in the first inning high fly ball, center field, Perez back at the track. It’s gone. Junior comes through one of the shining stars in this game gives Kansas City a 31 lead in the eighth. Bobby Witt 20th home run puts the Royals in front 3 to 1. So Estévez makes appearance number 60 picked up his 35th save on Tuesday night in Chicago on the bat of Dylan Dingler. He’s the tying run at the plate with a man on third here in the ninth dingler, fly ball right center field and playable for Kansas City on the wit junior home run takes a 31 victory over Detroit but a big win for the Royals pick up a game on the team. They’re chasing in the central and in the wild card. Bobby Witt continues to shine.

Bobby Witt Jr. blasted a dramatic 8th inning 2-run blast to lift the Royals over the Tigers in a thriller and even the series!
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