Yahoo Sports· 2h ago· 1 min read
Michael Massey did not start on Sunday in Detroit, and his first swing off the bench produced nothing but a fly ball to right.
His second trip made up for all of it.
Batting with two outs in the eighth inning and the Royals down a run, Massey connected against Drew Sommers and sent a fly ball out to right field, a two-run shot that turned a 4-3 deficit into a 5-4 Kansas City win.
Massey had entered as a pinch-hitter in the sixth and stayed in at second base, per MLB.com, which is how the second chance found him.
The victory gave the Royals a split of the four-game series after they had dropped the first two at Comerica Park.
An Early Lead Kansas City did its early damage immediately.
Lane Thomas opened the game with a leadoff homer to right, his 10th of the season and a welcome sight in a bounce-back year after he played just 39 games for Cleveland last season.
Nick Loftin scored…
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