Bobby Witt Jr. smashed a home run and scored three times, leading the Kansas City Royals to a 6-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday.
Both starting pitchers had a rough start but managed to settle down and minimize the damage. Brady Singer of the Royals allowed one run on five hits over 5 1/3 innings, while Joe Ross of the Brewers surrendered three runs on three hits in five-plus innings.
Singer commented on his performance, saying, “I think the sinker had a lot of action on it. I was able to locate that pretty well, get it in on the lefthanders. I wanted to go deeper in the game, but the first two innings the pitch count was pretty high.”
James McArthur secured his eighth save after facing some challenges in his previous outings. Royals manager Matt Quatraro praised McArthur’s execution, stating,
“We thought we had a chance to not have to bring him in, but clearly we needed to. He came in and executed right off the bat. He only had to throw three pitches.”
The Brewers took an early lead in the first inning with back-to-back doubles by Brice Turang and William Contreras. However, the Royals quickly responded with consecutive doubles by Maikel Garcia and Witt, eventually taking a 2-1 lead after Vinnie Pasquantino’s sacrifice fly.
Despite the mistakes, Brewers manager Pat Murphy remained positive, noting, “They’re all winnable… But we had a couple of things happen to us early. But there were a lot of good things today, too. Gary Sanchez continues to have great at-bats. Joe Ross pitched good.”
