{"id":1989512,"date":"2025-08-31T10:28:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T10:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1989512"},"modified":"2025-08-31T10:28:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T10:28:43","slug":"bobby-witt-jr-s-homer-lifts-royals-past-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bobby-witt-jr-s-homer-lifts-royals-past-tigers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobby Witt Jr.\u2019s homer lifts Royals past Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Bobby Witt Jr. delivered a tie-breaking two-run home run in the eighth inning to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 3-1 win against the visiting Detroit Tigers on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>After reliever Tyler Holton (5-4) walked pinch-hitter Tyler Tolbert, Witt mashed a fastball over the wall to straight-away center to put Kansas City ahead 3-1.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City starting pitcher Stephen Kolek, called up from Triple-A Omaha on Friday, gave up one run on four hits with three strikeouts in six innings in his first appearance for the Royals. The 28-year-old right-hander was acquired from San Diego before the trade deadline on July 31.<\/p>\n<p>Reliever Lucas Erceg (6-3) got Detroit out in order in the eighth to earn the win for Kansas City, which has won four of its past six games.<\/p>\n<p>Starter Jack Flaherty allowed one run on four hits and struck out four in 5 2\/3 innings for the Tigers, who have lost five of six.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit threatened in the top of the seventh. Wenceel Perez singled and went to third when Dillon Dingler followed with a fly-ball single to center. Dingler advanced to second on the throw to third.<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s as far as they would go. After Trey Sweeney flied out, Schreiber gave way to Angel Zerpa, who got Zach McKinstry to ground out to end the frame.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers opened the scoring in the top of the third. Sweeney knocked a single to left field, moved to second when Andy Ibanez reached on a fielder\u2019s choice, and advanced to third when Colt Keith flied out. Gleyber Torres then put a ground-ball single to left past a diving Witt that brought in Sweeney for a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Maikel Garcia tied the game 1-1 in the bottom of the fourth, crushing a solo shot 428 feet into the seats above the Tigers\u2019 bullpen in left field.<\/p>\n<p>Witt connected for a single in the first inning to extend his hitting streak to 18 games, the longest active streak in the majors.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- #entry-meta -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v23.0\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.thesportsleader.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bobby Witt Jr. delivered a tie-breaking two-run home run in the eighth inning to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 3-1 win against the visiting Detroit Tigers on Saturday. After reliever Tyler Holton (5-4) walked pinch-hitter Tyler Tolbert, Witt mashed a fastball over the wall to straight-away center to put Kansas City ahead 3-1. 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