KANSAS CITY -- What Royals manager Ned Yost and his staff like about rookie right-hander Heath Fillmyer is that even when his stuff or command is off, he competes on every pitch.
Such was the case on Saturday against the Orioles at Kauffman Stadium. Fillmyer maneuvered through traffic from the onset, posting only one 1-2-3 inning and that came in his final frame. Yet Fillmyer kept his team in it, throwing seven innings, scattering nine hits and giving up just two runs in the Royals' 5-4 win.
Whit Merrifield won it with his first career walkoff home run, a two-run shot in the ninth.