Ok, fine. You saw the title. You know that the Kansas City Royals defeated the Texas Rangers 11-5. But some of you are primarily reading this in order to discover how Nicky Lopez’s debut went. I get it.
The short answer: pretty good! The longer answer: Lopez played in the bigs pretty much exactly how he played in the minors. In his first plate appearance in the first inning, Lopez got behind on an 0-2 count but—shocker—did not strike out. Instead, he hit a fly ball that moved Whit Merrifield from second base to third base. Lopez would make a couple outs before he got on base in his fourth plate appearance via a walk.