Brady Singer pitched eight scoreless innings, Bobby Witt Jr. and Drew Waters homered and the Kansas City Royals completed a sweep of the visiting New York Mets with a 9-2 win Thursday afternoon.
Following a sweep of the Minnesota Twins, the Royals concluded a 6-0 homestand, the fifth such “perfect” homestand in club history and first since taking three games apiece from the White Sox and Rays from May 27-June 1, 2016.
Singer (7-8) threw 100 pitches, surrendering only three singles with four strikeouts and no walks while allowing no runners past first. Since May 6, when his ERA had ballooned to 8.82, Singer owns a 3.68 ERA over 15 starts.
Salvador Perez got the Royals on the scoreboard in the first inning with a two-out, two-strike double for a 1-0 lead.
The Royals added two more in the third on Maikel Garcia’s sacrifice fly and Witt’s 19th homer, a solo shot 425 feet to center. Witt hit safely in all six games of the homestand, batting .556 (15-for-27) with six extra-base hits and 13 RBIs.
Waters’ three-run home run to right drove Carlos Carrasco from the mound in the seventh, trailing 6-0. Waters has homered in consecutive games for the second time in his career.
Carrasco (3-6) pitched six-plus innings, allowing six runs on eight hits and a walk.
The Royals tacked on three insurance runs in the eighth, during which New York position player Danny Mendick allowed an RBI hit to Witt while recording the final two outs. It was Mendick’s second career appearance on the mound.
In the ninth, Jonathan Heasley allowed a two-run, two-out homer to Francisco Lindor for the Mets’ first runs in 17 innings. It was Lindor’s 22nd home run of the season.
Pete Alonso had a pair of singles for the Mets, who have lost four of five and will conclude their six-game road trip with three in Baltimore beginning Friday.
–Field Level Media