KANSAS CITY -- The swing Bobby Witt Jr. was seeking in the eighth inning Tuesday night was simple, one in which he could just find the barrel on a pitch that he knew he could drive.

It ended up being a statement.

On the ninth pitch of an at-bat that Witt had battled to stay in, he connected with a middle-middle cutter that sailed out to straightaway center field, up and over three separate walls to land at 449 feet and send the Royals to a 5-2 win over the Rangers at Kauffman Stadium.

It was Witt’s 100th career home run, making him the youngest Royal to hit that mark at just 25 years and 66 days old on Tuesday. That broke Carlos Beltrán’s previous record at 26 years and 108 days old in 2003.

More than that, Witt became just the fourth player in Major League history to record at lea

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