Royals Report: 5 Things About Tampa Bay Sweep

4) The Offense Isn’t Just Hot, It’s Wired On Red Bull

The Royals have more than 10 hits in their last nine games. They’ve also score five runs or more in that string and scored a total of 64 runs. That’s a tidy 7 runs per game average that pretty much will guarantee a bushel of wins.

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The KC Royals are 8-1 over that stretch, and have won six straight games.

Notice that all of this began the day AFTER the Kansas City Royals lost both left fielder Alex Gordon and third baseman Mike Moustakas to a collision in Chicago.

On Wednesday night, the KC Royals plated six runs despite hitting only two extra base hits (doubles by Alcides Escobar and Whit Merrifield).

Lorenzo Cian led the way with three hits on the night, helped out by two-hit games from Merrifield and Kendrys Morales. Even Kendrys is joining the hit parade, with two consecutive two-hit games.

If the ice-cold Morales can get it going, look out.

Paulo Orlando went 0-4 to snap his 12-game hitting streak, which leaves Merrifield’s 11 game string the longest active streak on the team. Merrifield has stroked a hit in each of his first 11 games in a Kansas City Royals uniform, which is a club record.

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