"As a hitter, if you can spoil a pitcher's pitch and fight it off and do that until they make a mistake, then you try to do damage on it," Hosmer said. Whatever he threw, and deGrom has four above-average pitches in his quiver, he could not put the Royals away. He reached several two-strike counts but finished with just two strikeouts. In obtaining only three swings-and-misses, deGrom had his lowest total of the season. Maury Brown why the Kansas City Royals are great "All of that makes for a good fastball-hitting team," Hosmer said.īut while it is one thing to be aggressive, it is quite another to pull that off while remaining a not good but great contact-hitting team from top to bottom. He praised hitting coach Dale Sveum's aggressive philosophy, which encourages the Royals to stay coiled and ready. He noted that the American League Central Division has several hard throwers, such as Cleveland's Corey Kluber, Detroit's Justin Verlander and the Chicago White Sox's Chris Sale, which helps the Royals stay tuned up. "I think we have good game plans going in." "We definitely like to swing early in the count," Hosmer said. Maybe it is the next whack that will make the candy fall out.
They are like kids at a birthday party taking whack after whack at a pinata. With the Royals having built a lineup with no weak links, every inning starts out as a potential rally. "I'm going to continue to be aggressive," Escobar said after delivering a triple in Game 2.
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