Jonathan Heasley was fantastic in Friday against Baltimore in an 8-1 rout, giving the Royals their second three-game winning streak of the year. The rookie right-hander allowed just one hit over seven shutout innings with no walks and seven strikeouts. By Bill James’ Game Score metric, Heasley’s score of 82 was the best by a Royals starter since September 10, 2010, when Brady Singer took a no-hitter into the eighth inning against Cleveland.
Jonathan Heasley joins Rich Gale (1978) and Brady Singer (2020) as only 3 pitchers in #Royals history to record 7 shutout innings on 1 hit within his first 9 MLB outings.