Kansas City Royals take San Francisco series behind bullpen, bats
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals took two of three games in their series against the San Francisco Giants. They won the first, lost the second and then won the third and final game today, May 21, 8-4.
The game today was an interesting one; with both Cole Ragans and Seth Lugo on the IL, the Royals bullpen banded together to get the win before heading back to Minnesota to take on the hottest team in baseball.
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Bullpen day in lieu of Ragans, Lugo
Six bullpen arms were on the mound for KC today, starting with Daniel Lynch IV. Here's who threw for the Royals on a bullpen day in San Fran:
Daniel Lynch IV: 1.2 innings, one hit, three walks, two strikeouts
Jonathan Bowlan (W): 1.1 innings, two hits, one earned run, strikeout
Seven Cruz: Two innings, two hits, one earned run, two walks, strikeout
Taylor Clarke: Two innings, strikeout
Angel Zerpa: One inning, one hit, strikeout
Lucas Erceg: One inning, two hits, two earned runs, walk, strikeout
Perez, others back on track
Salvador Perez had a three-hit game today, capatilized by a fourth inning two-run homer. Perez has been slumping as of late, so it's a sign that maybe the veteran Captain is getting back into a groove.
Bobby Witt Jr. and Maikel Garcia continued their hot hitting; both had a pair of hits, a run scored and a couple of RBI. The two left-infielders are batting over .300 in 2025.
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Additionally, Drew Waters had a multi-hit game with two hits and a run scored. Michael Massey continues to get back on track seemingly, he had three hits today with an RBI.
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The Royals have the day off tomorrow before playing the Minnesota Twins on Friday at 7:10 p.m. The Twins are incredibly hot right now, piling up wins to crawl back into American League Central contention after starting the year 7-15. They're 19-6 over their last 25.
The Royals, on the other hand, have more wins than the Twins but they also have more losses. The Royals are 28-23, the Twins 27-22. They're tied for second place in the ALC, so this weekends series should be competitive and entertaining to say the least.
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Friday's game will see LHP Noah Cameron (1-1, 0.71 ERA) fill the hole in the rotation once again. He'll face righty Pablo Lopez (4-2, 2.40 ERA). Hopefully, Lugo and Ragans will be back in the rotation in time so KC doesn't need to tax the bullpen so heavily again early in the year.
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