Michael Wacha gave the Royals another solid start on Friday.
“When we see Wacha was going to pitch, we feel like we’re going to win every single game,” Garcia said. He shows up every night. He throws a lot of pitches and he executes every pitch — changeups, sinkers, cutters. And that’s great to have Wacha here. He did a great job today and all season long.”
Bobby Witt Jr. exited last night’s game early with back spasms
.It was not immediately clear when Witt felt the spasms during the game. He took
an at-bat in the bottom of the fifth inning and struck out against Twins starter Pablo López, swinging at a changeup that dove below the zone. Witt jogged out to shortstop like normal for the top of the sixth and helped record two outs, first ranging to his left on Luke Keaschall’s grounder slightly up the middle to begin the frame and then fielding Matt Wallner’s chopper near second base to get the Royals out of a jam and keep their one-run lead intact.
Cole Ragans will begin a rehab assignment on Sunday.
Ragans could potentially return to the Majors built up to three or four innings or on a specific pitch count, with the Royals making sure their bullpen is ready to cover the innings after he exits.
“We know we don’t have the time to get him built up to five or six innings,” Quatraro said. “So when he feels well, we’re hopeful to get him back.”
David Lesky writes about the comeback win on Thursday.
I don’t think anyone can pretend like the offense is fixed in a game where they only got five hits, but they did show the power of both the long ball and the main character in this one. They’re now 29-6 when they hit multiple home runs in a game. They’re 13-0 when they hit three or more. They’re 6-0 when they hit four or more. You don’t have to get many hits when you hit the ball over the wall. It’s the ultimate cheat code for a team struggling to get hits. And when they can do it, great. The question is if it’ll propel them into something bigger. We’ve seen Pasquantino and Perez get on a roll and get going, so maybe that happens. Maybe Witt finally gets Bobby Hot.
Craig Brown writes about how Bobby rose to meet the moment.
In the aftermath of the Royals 4-3 loss on Wednesday, Bobby Witt Jr. stood at his locker and took the blame. It was his inability to make a defensive play in the eighth that proved decisive. It’s the standup thing to do in that moment, but to point the finger at Witt in a loss is a bit extreme. Yes, that was a big moment in the race to the playoffs, but when we’re settling up accounts at the end of the season, Witt will have provided much more winning moments than the one that happened at shortstop in the second game of this series.
Witt is a superstar. He does superstar things.
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