The Blue Jays were giving the Royals every chance to take the game early, but despite all the free passes the Royals couldn’t do anything with them. They didn’t even get a hit until the 5th inning, despite scoring a run in the 4th.
Seth Lugo didn’t have his best stuff or control but battled against a tough offense. The two runs he surrendered reached via a walk and came around to score on two out singles.
Lugo’s final line was 4 2⁄3 innings pitched, 4 hits, 2 runs, both earned, walked four and struck out three.
Two quick outs in the top of the 8th and the Royals trailing 2-1, things looked over, but Bobby Witt Jr. laced a 113-mph double to left, his league leading 37th on the season, on the next pitch Vinnie Pasquantino muscled one out to center to tie the game at 2.
In the top of the 10th, the Royals had Randal Grichuk start on second base, with Kyle Isbel, Jonathan India and Witt coming up. With the corners in, expecting Isbel to bunt, Kyle would get a grounder between the bag and first baseman for a go-ahead RBI double. India would get hit by a pitch, Witt walked, leading to pinch runner in the 8th, Tyler Tolbert to the plate. Tolbert would lace a single into the right center field gap, scoring 2, putting the Royals up 5-2.
After a throwing error, which allowed Witt to score, Maikel Garcia would hit an RBI sacrifice fly to give the Royals a 7-2 advantage.
Carlos Estevez would get the 10th, he would give up an RBI single, before getting a strikeout and foulout. But with two outs, a 4 pitch walk and RBI single made it a 7-4 game with the tying run coming to the plate. But a grounder to shortstop ended the threat and the Royals comeback was complete.
The Royals have won 4 straight series now, and it might’ve been the biggest series win of the year so far, beating the hottest team in baseball in their own building 2 of 3. They are 56-56 on the season now, and off the Boston, a team ahead of them in the wild card race. They sit 3 games out of the final wild card spot. Hunter Harvey got the win, his first as a Royal.
