Wacha’s Tough Night, Royals Struggle | Kansas City Royals News

Michael Wacha battled through three Astros homers—including two from Jeremy Pena and one from Yordan Alvarez—to pitch six innings, marking just the third time this season he’s surrendered three home runs in a game. Despite the damage, he kept the lineup mostly quiet, throwing 65 of his 99 pitches for strikes, and improved to 9-9 on the year. Offensively, the Royals struggled against Hunter Brown until Carter Jensen’s RBI double and a solo homer by Pasquantino sparked a late rally, while rookie Jensen also broke Bobby Witt Jr.’s record for extra-base hits. Maikel Garcia returned to action at third base, and Lucas Erceg shut the door in the seventh. The Astros win lifts them to 76-75, while the Royals look ahead to Daniel Lynch IV vs. Cristian Javier, first pitch at 7:10 PM Central. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Sources:https://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansas-city-royals/article317259518.html More coverage & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/6514ac6b4fa31219 Report issues to [email protected].