The Kansas City Royals head west on Friday to take on the San Francisco Giants in the Giants' home opener. The Royals have started the season just 1-6 in a disappointing opening home stand. The Giants, meanwhile, played their first six games on the road and finished 3-3. The pitching matchup for Friday will be a pair of right-handers as the Royals' Brad Keller (0-1, 3.86) takes on the Giants' Alex Cobb (0-0, 2.45). Game time is set for 4:35 PM EST.
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It has not been a strong start to the 2023 season for the Royals. The Royals' offense has been shut out three times in the first seven games and the team has just one victory overall. On Thursday afternoon, in the final game of a four-game set with the Blue Jays, the Royals fell 6-3. The Royals were nearly shut out for the fourth time this season before pushing across three runs in the eighth inning. Bobby Witt Jr. homered and Vinnie Paquantino and Edward Olivares added RBI hits in the loss.
“We just continued to have good at-bats,” said interim Kansas City manager Paul Hoover, who is filling in for Matt Quatraro, out with COVID-19. “It was good to see the guys string a couple together and get the heartbeat up a little bit. We had the tying run at the plate with no outs.”
Olivares ropes an RBI double and we& #39;ve got ourselves a game! #Royals ??
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Brad Keller makes his second start of the season for the Royals on Friday in San Francisco. He threw 4.2 innings, giving up two earned runs, five hits, four walks and fanned six in a 7-4 Royals' loss to the Twins in the third game of the season. In 26 career games in April, including 16 starts, Keller is 3-9 with a 4.85 ERA. Keller had an ERA of nearly six on the road last year, at 5.69. He allowed 71 hits in 61.2 innings on the road with a K/9 ratio of 6.42.
Key Injuries: OF Brew Hicken and IF Clay Dungan are both listed as day-to-day.
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