Bobby Witt Jr. and Michael Massey each homered to lead the Royals to their seventh win in a row, a 7-5 victory over the Phillies Friday evening. Bobby’s blast was his 20th of the year, making him the first player in MLB history to hit at least 20 home runs and steal at least 30 bases in each of his first two seasons.
The Phillies got on the board in the opening frame against Royals starter Jordan Lyles. Alec Bohm singled and Nick Castellanos homered (did any bad news happen tonight?) to make it 2-0 Phillies. The Royals threatened in the second when Salvador Perez singled and Edward Olivares doubled, but Phillies starter Aaron Nola struck out the next three hitters to strand them both.