Daily updates on Bobby Witt Jr. from June

June 30: Concludes June with a two-hit night
Bobby Witt Jr. closed his impressive month with a 2-for-4 performance Wednesday night. MLB Pipeline's No. 7 overall prospect finished June tied for third among all Double-A hitters with 35 hits and 62 total bases across the past month. Gameday »

Witt Jr. will join baseball's rising stars at Coors Field on July 11 as he was invited to the 2021 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game earlier Wednesday.

June 29: Posts another three-hit game
Bobby Witt Jr. registered his fifth three-hit game of the season Tuesday night as Northwest Arkansas ambushed Springfield en route to a 19-4 victory. After his 3-for-6 game which featured two runs and three RBIs, Witt Jr. ranks among the Double-A Central leaders in hits (53, T-3rd), extra-base hits (22, 3rd), total bases (102, 2nd), and RBIs (35, 2nd). Gameday »

June 27: Fills the box score despite hitless day
Bobby Witt Jr. couldn't follow up his career night with an encore performance; going 0-for-4 with a run scored, an RBI groundout and a base on balls. Baseball's No. 7 overall prospect remains a force, registering a .326/.380/.618 slash line through 22 games this month. More »

June 26: Records career night at the plate
Bobby Witt Jr.’s dominant month of June just reached its crescendo. Kansas City’s top prospect rewrote his personal record book Saturday night, recording a career-high four hits and five RBIs as the Northwest Arkansas Naturals rolled to a 9-5 victory over their in-state rivals, the Arkansas Travelers. Witt broke the game open with a three-run homer in the second inning before adding a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning and an RBI single in the eighth. More »

June 25: Hitless in loss
Bobby Witt Jr. went 0-for-4 in Double-A Northwest Arkansas' loss to Arkansas, his second straight hitless game. The two quiet nights come on the heels of a seven-game hit streak where he lifted his season average as high as .281. It now sits at .269. Gameday »

June 24: Drives in run as streak ends
Bobby Witt Jr.'s seven-game hit streak came to an end Thursday night, as the 20-year-old shortstop went 0-for-3 in Double-A Northwest Arkansas' 4-3 win over Arkansas. While he couldn't muster a hit, Witt still found a way to make an impact, driving in a run on a sacrifice fly. It went on to be the difference in the one-run game. Gameday »

June 23: Hits single to extend streak
Bobby Witt Jr. had a quiet day at the plate Wednesday night, going 1-for-4. It was enough to extend his hit streak though, as he has now recorded a hit in seven straight. While he couldn't provide much with the bat, he got it done with the glove, making a nice play up the middle at shortstop to start an inning-ending 6-3 double play in the second. Gameday »

June 22: Drives in run in 1-for-3 game
Bobby Witt Jr. extended his hitting streak to six games Tuesday night, going 1-for-3 with a walk for Double-A Northwest Arkansas. His lone hit was an RBI single in the eighth, driving in his 25th on the year. Witt is now hitting .281 on the season and has reached base in all but two games in the month of June. Gameday »

June 20: Registers two more hits, two steals
Bobby Witt Jr. finished Sunday with his fifth consecutive multihit game for Double-A Northwest Arkansas. And because he seems to do everything in multiples of two on the baseball diamond right now, Witt also swiped two bases, his 10th and 11th steals this season. Witt is 11-for-22 over his previous five games with five runs, six RBIs and six extra-base hits. The Royals' No. 1 prospect raised his batting average from .244 to .280 during that span. Gameday »

June 19: Slaps double and triple in loss
It was a good night to be Bobby Witt Jr. on Saturday, as he notched two extra-base hits in a 6-5 loss for Double-A Northwest Arkansas. Witt slapped a fourth-inning triple and sixth-inning double, ending his night 2-for-4 at the dish. He came around to score in the sixth. Witt is now hitting .275 on the year after dropping to .244 on June 12 and has put together a five-game hit streak with three of those game being multihit performances. Gameday »

June 18: Notches two more RBIs in multihit game
Bobby Witt Jr. did his best replicate his performance from Thursday night, going 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored Friday in Double-A Northwest Arkansas' loss to San Antonio. It was a battle of shortstops as Padres No. 2 prospect CJ Abrams went 4-for-5 with four RBIs on the night as well. For Witt, the two RBIs mark his 22nd and 23rd of the year, just four shy of his 2019 total. They weren't enough to hold off Abrams and the Missions though, as the Naturals lost 14-6. Gameday »

June 17: Drives in two runs in win
Bobby Witt Jr. drove in a couple more runs Thursday night, bringing his total on the year to 21. After a huge night Wednesday, Witt went 2-for-5 with a double and a two-run single in the seventh as Double-A Northwest Arkansas took down San Antonio. He probably wished he had that single to complete the cycle in his last game, but he still managed to have another productive day at the plate. Gameday »

June 16: Single shy of cycle in big night
After sitting out Tuesday night, Bobby Witt Jr. came out swinging Wednesday, notching the three hardest legs of the cycle. Witt slapped a solo homer, his 11th of the year, a triple and a double in a 3-for-5 night. He is now hitting .257 with an .878 OPS on the year. Thanks in part to Witt's efforts, Double-A Northwest Arkansas barely held on for a 3-2 victory over San Antonio. Gameday »

June 13: Reaches base twice in quiet night
Bobby Witt Jr. once again was a little quiet with the bat, going 1-for-4 with a single and a walk in Double-A Northwest Arkansas' loss to Frisco. It was a big improvement over Saturday night's 0-for-6 performance, but Witt is still hitting just .244 on the year. Gameday »

June 12: Tallies RBI in hitless night
Bobby Witt Jr. found a way to be productive despite going 0-for-6 Saturday night, driving in an RBI on a fielder's choice. He now has 18 RBIs on the season. Witt is just 3-for-16 across the past four games and his batting average dipped to .244 with his hitless performance. Gameday »

June 11: Slaps double and scores
Bobby Witt Jr. enjoyed a solid all-around performance Friday night, going 1-for-4 with a double, a walk and a run scored in Double-A Northwest Arkansas' loss to Frisco. While it wasn't another multihit night, he still notched his 13th extra-base hit of the season, although it was just his second double. Gameday »

June 10: Notches two hits in loss
Bobby Witt Jr. had himself another multihit night Thursday, going 2-for-4 in Double-A Northwest Arkansas' loss to Frisco. Both of hits were singles and he raised his season average a bit to .256. It was his third multihit game in the month of June. Gameday »

June 9: Crosses the plate again
Bobby Witt Jr. scored his 10th run over his previous nine games on Wednesday. It was a quiet night otherwise for the Royals' top prospect, who went 0-for-3 with a strikeout in a victory for Double-A Northwest Arkansas. His slash line through 29 games this season stands at .248/.331/.530. Gameday »

June 8: Missed step costs Witt Jr. a two-homer night
Bobby Witt Jr. hit his 10th home run of the season on Tuesday night for Double-A Northwest Arkansas. He would have had No. 11, but he forgot one crucial step: touching home plate. Witt's misstep ultimately went down as a triple. In all, the Royals' top prospect went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and ended a double shy of the cycle. Witt has hammered seven home runs in his previous eight games. He has raised his slugging percentage from .329 to .544 during that span. More »

Our mans now has sole possession of the Double-A Central lead in home runs, his 10th of the season! https://t.co/cHqAzU9g9X

— NW Arkansas Naturals (@nwanaturals) June 9, 2021

June 5: Goes yard for ninth time
Bobby Witt Jr.'s hit streak may have ended Friday night, but his power stroke returned Saturday. The No. 7 overall prospect went yard for the ninth time this season, this one a two-run dinger. It was his sixth homer in the past seven games. Witt went 1-for-3 on the night and managed to work two walks against Tulsa. He drove in the only two runs for Double-A Northwest Arkansas though, as the Naturals fell to the Drillers 4-2. Gameday »

June 4: Hit streak ends at five
Bobby Witt Jr. went hitless for the first time this month, going 0-for-4 on the day with a strikeout in Double-A Northwest Arkansas' win over Tulsa. Witt is now hitting just .234 and has cooled down a bit since his outburst of five homers in four games earlier in the week. Gameday »

June 3: Hit streak reaches five
While Witt Jr. could not continue his power surge, he stole his first base in over two weeks and went 1-for-5 at the plate. He is currently hitting .381 (8-for-21) with five solo home runs during his current five-game hitting streak. Gameday »

June 2: Hits fifth homer in four games
Bobby Witt Jr. is some kind of hot right now. The Royals' No. 1 prospect launched a solo home run in the first inning to record his fifth homer in four games. Witt went 1-for-4 on the night and now has seven hits in the past four games. He lifted his average to .247 with his performance. His homer was all that Double-A Northwest Arkansas could produce though, as the Naturals lost 9-1 to Tulsa. Gameday »

June 1: Collects two hits in win
While it wasn't another multi-homer game, Bobby Witt Jr. enjoyed himself a two-hit night, going 2-for-4 in Double-A Northwest Arkansas's win over Tulsa. After initially struggling to start the season, it looks like Witt is starting to find his swing as Tuesday marked his fifth multihit game in his past ten starts. Gameday »

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