The Royals jumped all over Adam Wainright on Friday for eight runs, forcing him to leave in the second inning.
“It was pretty explosive,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said of the offensive outburst. “They had a good plan. You know Wainwright was going to have the good curveball. I think they had a good plan hunting it at times. They made him pay for some mistakes he made. That was nice for us to see and mount up some runs early.”
Nelson Velázquez homered in his first at-bat with the Royals.
“Man, this field is huge,” Velázquez said.