Samad Taylor’s first major league hit lifted the Kansas City Royals to a 10-9 walk-off, come-from-behind win over the visiting Los Angeles Angels on Saturday afternoon.
Making his MLB debut, Taylor delivered a one-out single to deep center field as the Royals scored twice in the ninth, overcoming a six-run deficit.
“God put me in the right position and I came through,” Taylor said. “They were throwing a lot of breaking balls early. I may have seen four fastballs all day. So I went in there sitting breaking ball. He hung a change-up and I put a good swing on it and we won the game.”
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Brandon Drury homered twice and Shohei Ohtani clubbed his major league-leading 23rd homer as the Angels built an 8-2 lead in the seventh.
Bobby Witt Jr led Kansas City’s comeback with two-run hits in each of the seventh and eighth innings as the Royals plated three in each frame to tie the game.
Los Angeles retook the lead on Mike Trout’s RBI single in the ninth before Kansas City answered with three ninth-inning singles and a pair of runs against Chris Devenski (3-1).
With one out, a runner at third and the outfield playing shallow, Taylor lifted a fly deep to center for the winning hit.
Aroldis Chapman (2-2) earned the win, striking out three in the ninth as the Royals snapped a 10-game losing streak.
Additional reporting by AP
In other games on Saturday, it was:
‧?White Sox 4, Mariners 3
‧?Padres 2, Rays 0
‧?Giants 15, Dodgers 0
‧?Twins 2, Tigers 0
‧?Cubs 3, Orioles 2
‧?Rangers 4, Blue Jays 2
‧?Marlins 5, Nationals 2
‧?Phillies 3, Athletics 2
‧?Brewers 5, Pirates 0
‧?Braves 10, Rockies 2
‧?Reds 10, Astros 3
‧?Cardinals 5, Mets 3
‧?Diamondbacks 6, Guardians 3
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