The Royals looked to cap a successful road trip with one more win in Detroit and Michael Wacha on the mound. Wacha turned in another quality start, tossing 6.0 innings allowing just a pair of runs and notching a pair of strikeouts. Will Smith and Chris Stratton held the Tigers with scoreless innings but the Royals bats remained silent. The Royals offense was held off the scoreboard down to their final out when MJ Melendez stepped in to pinch-hit and delivered a go-ahead three-run home run to put the Royals on top. Hunter Harvey tossed a scoreless 9th inning to secure the win and his first Royals save, giving the Royals a 6-1 road trip.
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19 Comments
What a clutch hit for MJ!
I’ve always believed in MJ, need to see more of him
Great call by the boys in the booth!
why did the tigers take their sp out of the game in the second inning?
This is the kind of road baseball we needed to be playing at the start
As a lifelong Royals fan, I can still honestly say…I like the Detroit Tigers old-school uniforms.
Something about them are just classy.
I think Kirk Gibson or Alan Trammel when I see them.
I love you Melendez!!!! 🎉🎉
MJ chooses some crazy spots to hit nukes.
“see yall after these next 3 outs” dumb ahh tigers
LOL at the Tigers broadcasters before the top of the 9th inning.
Rex and Ryan did great on the call of Melendez
Deeeee-livered! 😂 right over the sign! Melendez delivered alright!
Now that was a quality win
Man I love this team
The boys are playing some ball! 👑
Nice jimmy jack😂
for those bashing on MJ, don’t forget we likely would not have won the game in Los Angeles (against the Dodgers), If it wasn’t for the grand slam he hit.
Really needed to steal one since the bullpen blew a sure win on Sat. On a side note, DET stadium looks ok but can they please so something about the outfield wall? Didn't even watch every part of all 4 games and saw 3 Royals hit ground rule doubles. All 3 would have likely been triples but it's rather absurd to see so many in just a few games. #raisethewall
royals play a real team in boston and they lose lol