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Royals' Bobby Witt: Reaches 20-homer mark
Witt went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, a walk, two runs and two RBI in Thursday's 7-1 victory over Detroit.
Witt did most of his damage late in the contest, belting a solo homer in the eighth inning and adding a run-scoring double in the ninth. The long ball was Witt's 20th of the campaign, a mark he's now reached in each of his first three big-league seasons. Witt also has 24 thefts, making him one of four major-leaguers to reach the 20-20 mark thus far.
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Royals' Maikel Garcia: Notches two thefts in victory
Garcia went 1-for-5 with a run and two stolen bases in a 7-1 win against the Tigers on Thursday.
Garcia made the most of his lone trip on the basepaths, following his first-inning single with a pair of thefts before coming home to score. The infielder is up to 27 stolen bases on the campaign, sixth-most in the majors. Garcia is batting just .237 this season, but he's been much better than that for nearly a month, hitting .302 over 63 at-bats since July 7.
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Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino: Slugs two homers Thursday
Pasquantino went 2-for-5 with a pair of home runs and four RBI in a 7-1 win against the Tigers on Thursday.
Pasquantino drove in more than half of the Royals' runs in the victory, belting a three-run shot in the first inning and a solo blast in the eighth. The first baseman had gone 17 contests without homering before he went deep Wednesday, and he's now swatted three long balls over his past two games. Pasquantino also has seven multi-hit performance over his past 11 contests and is slashing .413/.438/.652 with 13 RBI during that span.
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Royals' Seth Lugo: Excellent in 13th victory
Lugo (13-5) earned the win over Detroit on Thursday, allowing one run on four hits and one walk while striking out three batters over eight innings.
Lugo didn't allow any extra-base hits and gave up just a fourth-inning run en route to his 13th victory of the campaign. He's now tied with Atlanta's Chris Sale and Baltimore's Grayson Rodriguez for the league lead in that category. Lugo has alternated good and poor starts of late -- he yielded five runs over five frames July 13 and six runs over 6.1 innings July 27, but in between was a one-run complete-game performance versus the White Sox on July 21.
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Royals' MJ Melendez: Resting Thursday
Melendez isn't in the Royals' lineup for Thursday's game versus Detroit.
Melendez has gone 2-for-18 with two RBI in four games since returning from the injured list, and he'll get a chance to regroup Thursday while Garrett Hampson starts in left field.
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Royals' Paul DeJong: Sitting Thursday
DeJong isn't in the Royals' lineup for Thursday's game against the Tigers.
DeJong went 1-for-3 with a walk and scored a run during his Royals debut Wednesday, and he'll now take a seat for Thursday's series opener. Maikel Garcia will slide to third base while Michael Massey starts at second, opening up the DH spot for Freddy Fermin.
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Royals' Jonathan Bowlan: Dispatched to Triple-A
The Royals optioned Bowlan to Triple-A Omaha on Wednesday.
Bowlan was part of the roster maneuvering as Kansas City officially added its trade-deadline acquisitions to the roster. The righty's latest stint in the majors lasted just one day, and he didn't make an appearance.
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Royals' Bobby Witt: Scores three times in win
Witt went 2-for-3 with two walks, a stolen base and three runs scored in Wednesday's 10-3 win over the White Sox.
Witt has a strong case to be the AL Player of the Month after batting .489 (44-for-90) with seven home runs, 22 RBI, 26 runs scored and two stolen bases over his last 23 games. He was held hitless just once in July. His fantastic month has him batting .349 on the year, 17 points ahead of Cleveland's Steven Kwan for the best average in the majors. Witt has added a stellar .992 OPS, 19 home runs, 24 steals, 76 RBI, 91 runs scored, 30 doubles and 10 triples across 109 contests this season.
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Royals' Salvador Perez: Three hits, two RBI in win
Perez went 3-for-4 with a double, a walk and two RBI in Wednesday's 10-3 win over the White Sox.
Perez put the Royals ahead for good with an RBI single in the third inning, and he knocked in another run with a double in the fifth. The catcher hit .267 (24-for-90) with five home runs and 21 RBI over 23 contests in July. He's up to a .278/.336/.467 slash line, 19 home runs, 73 RBI, 43 runs scored and 17 doubles across 106 contests this year, and he's successfully bounced back from his June swoon.
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Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino: Ends homer drought
Pasquantino went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run and an additional RBI in Wednesday's 10-3 win over the White Sox.
Pasquantino hit an RBI single in the first inning before adding a two-run homer in the ninth. The long ball was his first since July 6, though the first baseman was still productive by batting .309 with 10 RBI over the 17 contests between homers. For the season, he's up to a .262/.320/.429 slash line with 12 homers, 72 RBI, 46 runs scored, 24 doubles and no stolen bases across 105 games.
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Royals' Freddy Fermin: Four hits in big win
Fermin went 4-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in Wednesday's 10-3 win over the White Sox.
Fermin launched a two-run shot off Drew Thorpe in the second inning, giving the Royals an early 3-0 lead. The 29-year-old backstop continues to see a nearly full-time role as Salvador Perez slides out from behind the plate and gets work at DH and first base as well, and over 18 games in July, Fermin is batting .345 (19-for-55) with two homers, eight runs and eight RBI.
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Royals' Maikel Garcia: Swipes 25th bag
Garcia went 2-for-6 with two runs scored and a stolen base in Wednesday's 10-3 win over the White Sox.
The 24-year-old wasted no time in making an impact, singling, stealing second and scoring in the first inning. Garcia has been heating up to close the books on July, batting .302 (13-for-43) over his last 11 games with 13 runs and four of his 25 stolen bases on the season.
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Royals' Brady Singer: Sharp in eighth win
Singer (8-6) picked up the win Wednesday, giving up three runs on six hits over seven innings in a 10-3 rout of the White Sox. He struck out four without walking a batter.
The right-hander gave up three straight hits to lead off the bottom of the second inning, with all three Chicago runners eventually coming around to score, but otherwise Singer held the opposition in check as he collected his third straight win and fourth in his last five outings. The 27-year-old has allowed three runs or fewer in eight of his last nine starts, posting a 2.33 ERA, 1.07 WHIP and 43:15 K:BB through 54 innings over that stretch. Singer will look to extend his win streak in his next trip to the mound, which lines up to come early next week at home against the Red Sox.
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Royals' Michael Lorenzen: Joining rotation Saturday
Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Wednesday that Lorenzen will start Saturday's game in Detroit, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.
After acquiring Lorenzen from the Rangers on Monday, the Royals didn't immediately decide whether the right-hander would slot into the rotation or fill a versatile multi-inning role out of the bullpen. Two days later, the team has made its intentions known with Lorenzen, who will step in as the Royals' new No. 5 starter in place of Alec Marsh, who was optioned to Triple-A Omaha on Wednesday. Lorenzen had started in all but one of his 19 appearances with the Rangers prior to the trade, logging a 3.81 ERA, 1.28 WHIP and 75:48 K:BB in 101.2 innings.
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Royals' Alec Marsh: Moved down to minors
The Royals optioned Marsh to Triple-A Omaha on Wednesday.
Marsh will lose his spot in the rotation and on the 26-man active roster after the Royals acquired Michael Lorenzen from the Rangers earlier this week and settled on him as their new No. 5 starter. The Royals have a doubleheader on Aug. 26 in Cleveland, so Marsh will be a candidate to return that day, if he's not needed before then. While Marsh is down in the minors, Royals manager Matt Quatraro said that the right-hander will scale back his workload and throw around 40-to-60 pitches in his outings at Omaha, per Anne Rogers of MLB.com.
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Royals' Michael Massey: Not in Wednesday's lineup
Massey is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's game versus the White Sox.
The White Sox have a right-hander in Drew Thorpe on the rubber, but the left-handed-hitting Massey will nonetheless begin the contest on the bench. With Massey out of the lineup, Freddy Fermin will serve as the Royals' designated hitter, while Maikel Garcia starts at second base.
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Team Statistical Rankings
| Avg | R | HR | ERA | |
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| Team |
.252 (8th) |
519 (8th) |
117 (17th) |
3.78 (8th) |
Injuries
| Player | Injury |
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| J. Schreiber RP John Schreiber RP | Knee |
| K. Wright SP Kyle Wright SP | Shoulder |
| J. Taylor RP Josh Taylor RP | Biceps |
| D. Altavilla RP Dan Altavilla RP | Oblique |
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