KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The squeeze play executed by Nicky Lopez and Kye Isbel broke the ice for the Kansas City Royals, then rookies MJ Melendez and Bobby Witt Jr. punched through in a big way as a five-run inning swung the night in a completely different direction.
Royals starting pitcher Brady Singer turned in a stellar outing, having made one mistake that he paid for on the scoreboard. Thanks to a pitching matchup against Arizona Diamondbacks lights-out right-hander Zack Gallen, Singer seemed destined for a tough-luck loss.
Instead, Singer tossed the last of his seven innings and the Royals burst onto the scoreboard with a five-run inning on their way to a 5-3 win over the Diamondbacks in front of an announced 10,531 at Kauffman Stadium on Wednesday night.
