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After a quiet weekend in Cleveland, the KC Royals woke up against the Tigers Monday night. The middle of the lineup was a key.
The KC Royals’ bats, largely inconsequential in a 1-2 season opening series against Cleveland, exploded at Comerica Park Monday night. It took the Royals only four innings to double the meager five weekend runs they scored against the Indians; KC parlayed those 10 runs, including six in the fourth, into an easy 14-6 victory over the Tigers.
Fittingly, it was the middle of the lineup, where teams like to pack run producers, that keyed the club’s sudden attack.