Kansas City Star’s Jaylon Thompson has more on the Kansas City Royals moving rookie catcher Carter Jensen to the top of Friday’s lineup and immediately reaping rewards.

“We feel really good about how he controls the (strike) zone, how he understands himself and how he puts up really quality at-bats,” Quatraro said before Friday night’s game. “He is swinging the bat extremely well. It gets him one more at-bat and one more crack at it when the lineup turns over.” Jensen didn’t waste time in his new role. He hit a leadoff double — one of three doubles for Jensen in the game — off Scherzer in the first inning. Jensen became the second player in franchise history to have a three-double performance within his first 12 games.

Royals reliever Lucas Erceg saw his season come to a premature end on

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