If the opening salvo between the KC Royals and Detroit Tigers was any indication, expect fireworks in this series. Jason Hammel, unsurprisingly, supplied the matches. Boy, that Whit Merrifield had a swell night, didn’t he? At 3-for-4, he finished just a single short of the cycle—a feat not accomplished by a KC Royals player since the immortal George Brett, nearly 27 years ago. Well, done. Oh, the actual game? Well, Jason Hammel was the starting pitcher so you already know that the opposing team scored a lot of runs.
Hammel, Soria blow up in KC Royals loss to Tigers
