Royals' bats awaken in 8-4 win over Blue Jays to avoid sweep

— Mike Matheny spent about 20 minutes in the dugout before his Kansas City Royals took the field against the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday and tried to put what has been a miserable 20-game stretch into perspective.
Jun 8, 2022, 11:19 pm - AP
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B. Singer
win

B. Singer3-1

5.0 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 5 K, 0 BB
T. Richards
loss

T. Richards2-1

1.1 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 1 K, 1 BB

Scoring Summary

Inning

TORKC
1stMelendez doubled to left, Benintendi scored, Witt Jr. to third.01
1stRivera singled to left, Melendez scored and Witt Jr. scored, Santana to third.03
2ndTapia homered to right center (441 feet).13
3rdCollins homered to right center (414 feet).23
3rdGuerrero Jr. grounded out to second, Biggio scored, Bichette to second.33
4thPerez singled to center, Benintendi scored, Witt Jr. to third.34
4thMelendez grounded into fielder's choice to first, Witt Jr. scored, Perez out at second.35
5thTaylor doubled to center, Santana scored.36
6thSantana doubled to right, Perez scored.37
7thMerrifield doubled to center, Taylor scored.38
9thBiggio reached on infield single to shortstop, Collins scored on throwing error by shortstop Witt Jr..48
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