Clutch Witt leads KC to sweep of O's, with Yanks on deck in ALDS
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BALTIMORE -- Bobby Witt Jr. leaned over his bat with his right foot on the top step of the dugout on Wednesday and looked around. Camden Yards was rocking, an energetic crowd turned all the way up as fans whipped their orange towels around moments before the first pitch of Game 2 of the American League Wild Card Series.
Witt had silenced that crowd on Tuesday with his game-winning hit. What was in store on Wednesday?
Turns out, another big moment for the Royals star shortstop – the kind he lives for, and has dreamed of for practically his entire life.
Witt’s blazing speed on an infield single hit 108.7 mph up the middle was the game-winner again in the sixth inning Wednesday in the Royals’ 2-1 win over the Orioles at Camden Yards, and with Witt’s hustle down the line and a sweep of the Orioles, the Royals are moving on.
Kansas City will face the AL East champion Yankees in a best-of-five Division Series beginning Saturday night in the Bronx.