There’s not much to say about how the Royals offense has performed thus far in 2023. Kansas City entered tonight with a league-worst 54 wRC+ with runners in scoring position and the Tigers are the only American League team to score fewer runs.
So, you have to take the little victories.
The Royals piled on the hits and stranded a small army on the bases across the first five innings, then went radio silent for the last four. But they got just enough timely hits to support Brady Singer’s comeback party and created a cushion just big enough to endure a struggling Royals bullpen in a 5-4 win.