On the back of an excellent start from Jorge Lopez, the Royals shutout Miami in game one of a three-game set, 3-0.
Carrying a 6.61 ERA into the night, the 26-year-old Lopez would make his 14th start on the 2019 campaign. Facing a Miami team who had won just three of its previous 10 games, Kansas City would strike first in the top of the third with two outs. After Meibrys Viloria led off the frame with a single and moved to scoring position on a sacrifice bunt from Lopez, Whit Merrifield notched his league-leading 183rd hit to drive in the games’ first run.