Look, it’s great the Royals won and all, but the big thing is that Bobby Witt Jr exited the game with lower back spasms after the sixth inning. He went 0-3 with a strikeout before leaving. Maikel Garcia took over shortstop for him, while Nick Loftin came in to play third base.

The Rays lost. The Mariners lost. The Royals gained a little ground in the Wild Card race as a result, but everyone is going to be dissecting every quote from the Royals about Witt’s lower back.

Having said that, the game was a conglomerated, tidy pitching duel. There were only 11 total hits. No one on either team reached third base until the main action of the game in the bottom of the third inning. With two outs, Vinnie singled to bring up Garcia. Maikel got a hanging sweeper dead center over the plate and put it

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