Instead, Kendall Graveman worked the ninth for his third save, getting Jackie Bradley Jr. Manager Pedro Grifol said he would have kept him in if the no-hitter was intact. Kopech lobbied to go the distance after breezing through the eighth. And fortunately, (after) that happened, I was able to go right back to work because I wasn’t focused on it. “I knew that it was in the works,” Kopech said. Massey also broke up a no-hit bid by the Padres’ Michael Wacha on Monday at San Diego when he lined a single leading off the eighth. He retired the the first 16 batters before giving up a bloop single to Michael Massey, who was erased on a double play. in the head with the game’s first pitch, but got him to ground out on a 3-1 fastball. The hard-throwing right-hander struck out a season-high 10 on 98 pitches, and bounced back from a loss to Houston and won for the second time in three starts. Kopech simply toyed with the Royals as the White Sox opened a weekend series between teams with two of the majors’ worst records on a winning note. Kopech gave up one hit over a career-high eight innings, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 2-0 on Friday night. MLB, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City RoyalsĬHICAGO - Michael Kopech almost nailed the batter with the game’s first pitch. Let’s hope he doesn’t keep that Twins momentum rolling.Kopech gives up 1 hit over 8 innings, White Sox beat Royals 2-0 He will be opposed by former Twin Jose Berríos. Brady Singer will take the mound for the series opener tomorrow night. They’re 1-2 after facing the Cardinals for their opening series. The Toronto Blue Jays and old friend Whit Merrifield are flying into town. The good news is that they get to start fresh tomorrow. It just was not a good series for the Royals. According to mlb.com, that whiff accounted for a -8.7% win probability, one of the biggest momentum swings in the game. One of those was in the bottom of the third when he whiffed badly at a 3-2 pitch with men at second and third and only one out. is also still looking for his first hit but struck out twice. MJ Melendez struck out three more times, giving him five so far, with only two walks and no hits to counter that. Still, plenty of opportunities were missed as well. Matt Duffy pulls us closer with a two-run blast! #WelcomeToTheCity /xi6l5czH7p- Kansas City Royals April 2, 2023 Edward Olivares did most of the heavy lifting, breaking the scoreless streak with a solo home run in the second inning and also getting the Royals’ first hit with a runner in scoring position to cap the scoring off in the ninth. On the other hand, the four runs the Royals scored would have been sufficient to win either of the previous games. Scott Barlow finally appeared in the series and walked the first batter he faced though he did have an otherwise uneventful ninth inning while trailing by four. Amir Garrett, Dylan Coleman, and Jose Cuas each gave up runs Garrett and Coleman both gave up dingers, and Coleman allowed three runs. The bullpen didn’t look much better, either. His curveball looked good, but he had no idea where the sweeper or the changeup were going at any point. He ended up throwing only 50 strikes in 88 pitches. He almost beaned Byron Buxton no fewer than three times and one of those would have hit his head. Then I’d also point out that he was incredibly wild for the entire game. To that, I first ask whether it’s considered a good sign when the starter can only go four innings before he’s gassed. Some will be tempted to argue that he clearly didn’t have it anymore in the fifth when he walked three straight before being removed. However, he also walked four in his 4.2 innings. Maybe they’re right in the sense that there were some flashes of things you’d like to see from the big righty, such as six strikeouts and no home runs. People are going to talk about Brad Keller’s start and say it was a positive one. Let’s go ahead and get the negative out of the way first.
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