The Kansas City Royals beat the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night as Bobby Witt Jr. continued his torrid and historic 2024.
The Kansas City Royals beat the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night by a score of 8-3. The win was crucial for Kansas City, who is now 65-53 and owns a 2.5 game lead over the Boston Red Sox for the third and final wild card spot.
Conversely, the loss dropped the Cardinals to 60-58 on the season. They are 2.0 games back of the final spot in the National League. As he has so many times this year, Bobby Witt Jr. paced the Royals offense. The star shortstop went 2-for-4 with a triple, a run scored, a walk and three RBI. He's now hitting .347 for the year, putting him on pace to win the American League batting title. He's also positioning himself for quite the battle with Aaron Judge to win the AL MVP Award.
This particular performance also put him in a rare class of American League history, according to @StatsCentre: Players to have a season of 11+ triples, 20+ home runs, 25+ steals and 30+ doubles in American League history :Players to have a season of 11+ triples, 20+ home runs, 25+ steals and 30+ doubles in American League history :Witt Jr. also has a .998 OPS at just the age of 24, making him one of the best players in all of baseball. An All-Star for the first time this year, Witt Jr. also finished second in the Home Run Derby.
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