By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
Bobby Witt Jr extended his career best, and MLB best, hitting streak to 19 games but the Kansas City Royals could not do much else against Houston starting pitcher Hunter Brown, falling 7-3 in Sunday's series finale. The loss for the Royals snapped a streak of six straight wins.
The Royals fell behind in the third inning when Kris Bubic gave up a three run home run to Yordan Alvarez. The Astros extended their lead in the top of the fifth inning, Chas McCormick scoring on a single from Jeremy Pena. The bottom of the fifth Kansas City found their way onto the scoreboard, when Witt Jr extended his hit streak with a double driving in Jonathan India.
But Houston added two more runs in the sixth inning, again thanks to Pena this time with a double that drove in Zach Dezenzo along with McCormick. The Astros final run in the seventh inning came on a solo home run by Yainer Diaz. The Royals scored one more run in the bottom of the seventh, a sacrifice fly from India driving in Cavan Biggio. Drew Waters tripled in the ninth inning to score Maikel Garcia for the final run of the game.
Bubic took the loss on the day, falling to 2-2 on the season, giving up four runs over five innings on five hits, striking out four. India and Salvador Perez led the way hitting for the Royals both going 2-4 at the plate, India driving in one run.
Kansas City is off tomorrow, before traveling to Tampa Bay on Tuesday. Michael Lorenzen will open the series against the Rays, with first pitch Tuesday at 6:05pm, pregame coverage begins at 5:30 on KFEQ (680AM/95.3FM).
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