Singer, Struggling Royals Trying To Avoid Sweep Against Blue Jays
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The Kansas City Royals have played two games against the Toronto Blue Jays in their current series, but they have yet to score a single run in either outing.
On Tuesday night, starting pitcher Brad Keller went into the seventh inning and allowed just three earned runs. Despite his quality start, though, the Royals' bullpen allowed four more runs to give the Blue Jays a 7-0 advantage a night after they won by a final score of 8-0. The Royals' bats couldn't muster a run against Toronto, and the club's scoreless streak has now reached 18 innings.
On Wednesday, the 17-37 Royals are back at Kauffman Stadium and will host the 33-22 Blue Jays for the finale of their three-game set. Pitching probables for Kansas City's upcoming home series against the Baltimore Orioles are Kris Bubic, Jonathan Heasley, Daniel Lynch and Keller.
Here's how the Royals will line up in this afternoon's game:
Starting Pitchers
Kansas City: RHP Brady Singer (2-1, 4.15 ERA)
Toronto: LHP Yusei Kikuchi (2-2, 3.91 ERA)
Kansas City Royals Starting Lineup
- Whit Merrifield (R) - RF
- Andrew Benintendi (L) - LF
- Bobby Witt Jr. (R) - SS
- Salvador Perez (R) - DH
- MJ Melendez (L) - C
- Carlos Santana (S) - 1B
- Emmanuel Rivera (R) - 3B
- Michael A. Taylor (R) - CF
- Nicky Lopez (L) - 2B
Amir Garrett to begin rehab assignment, Hunter Dozier dealing with injury
On Wednesday morning, the Royals announced that LHP reliever Amir Garrett will be starting his rehab assignment with Triple-A Omaha later in the day. Garrett, who has missed 12 games, was placed on the Injured List back on May 26. Without him, the Royals are 3-9. In pregame media availability, Royals manager Mike Matheny shared that infielder/outfielder Hunter Dozier was dealing with "something in his side" that will require more tests before any further developments from him or the club. On the year, Dozier is slashing .257/.320/.415 with five home runs and 19 RBIs.
Brady Singer eyes third win of 2022
After getting promoted from Triple-A Omaha and not allowing a single run in each of his first two starts back, Brady Singer has surrendered run totals of three and seven in his last two outings. With that said, he played better than the final box score showed on June 3 against the Houston Astros. Despite not having great results, Singer continues to make an attempt to impress with his relatively new changeup and will keep working at that throughout the season. He's pitched just over 30 innings on the year, so his season is still pretty young compared to his peers. If Singer can have a good afternoon against a potent Blue Jays lineup, it will be a terrific indication of where he's at.
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Jordan Foote is the editor-in-chief of Inside the Royals, as well as the deputy editor of Arrowhead Report and a producer for Kansas City Sports Network. Jordan is a Baker University alumnus, earning his degree in Mass Media with a minor in Sports Administration. Follow him on Twitter @footenoted.