KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Bobby Witt Jr. homered twice as the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 10-3 for their fifth straight win on Tuesday night.
Maikel Garcia led off the first with a triple and scored on Wittās infield hit. Witt stole second and scored when Salvador Perez hit a single to right.
After Kyle Isbel and Garcia singled in the second, Witt hit Casey Mizeās splitter 468 feet - the farthest of his career - into the upper deck fountains.
āI didnāt really watch it,ā Witt said. āI just kind of hit it and started running, but yeah, it felt good.ā
āThatās probably one of the longest balls Iāve ever seen hit,ā said Royals starting pitcher Alec Marsh. āUnbelievable. Heās a generational talent. You think youād get used to it being around him every day, and then he does something new that you havenāt seen and itās just āwow.ā The wow factor is unbelievable.ā
Mize (1-3) surrendered six runs on nine hits with two strikeouts in 1 2/3 innings, the shortest outing of his career.
āThey were taking really good swings off him,ā Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. āHe threw some chase pitches that got hit for base hits. He threw some pitches in the strike zone that got hit hard. It just wasnāt his day.ā
Garcia drove an RBI triple to right and scored on Wittās third-inning sacrifice fly to give the Royals an 8-0 lead. Garcia scored three runs while matching a career best with four hits, extending his hitting streak to nine games.
āMaikel setting the tone kind of gave me excitement,ā Witt said. āHeās doing the job, Iāve got to do my part.ā
Witt added a solo homer leading off the sixth. It was his fourth multihomer game as he matched a career best with six RBIs.
In the seventh, Hunter Renfroeās fourth homer of the season capped the scoring.
Kansas City collected six extra-base hits and has at least one extra-base hit in all 50 games this year, one game shy of their franchise record set in 1978.
Marsh (4-1) allowed three runs on five hits and two walks with five strikeouts in six innings. The Royals have won all but one of his eight starts.
āAnytime we play like that weāre going to win a lot of games,ā Marsh said of the Royalsā early offense. āFirst three innings I wasnāt paying attention. Sitting there for 20 or 30 minutes, I was like āwhatās going on out there?'ā
Kansas City has led or been tied for all 45 innings of the current homestand and hasnāt trailed since Wednesdayās loss at Seattle.
Matt Vierling hit a two-run triple in the fourth and scored on Colt Keithās single. Keith had three of Detroitās six hits.
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