Overview

• Game 1 featured Vinnie Pasquantino, Bobby Witt Jr. and Salvador Perez all going deep as rookie Noah Cameron struck out seven over seven innings in a 9-3 win.
• In Game 2, Nick Loftin’s two-run homer in the seventh inning and walk-off RBI single in the ninth lifted Kansas City to a 4-3 victory, and Jac Caglianone ended his slump with his first homer at Kauffman Stadium.
• The Royals have won five of six games in July, improving to 45-48 overall after dropping 19 of 23 at home earlier in the season.
• Pittsburgh snapped a 30-inning scoreless stretch on Tommy Pham’s two-run blast but has fallen 0-5 on its nine-game road trip.
• Rookie Jac Caglianone unleashed a 466-foot homer on Wednesday, marking the longest by a Royals rookie in the Statcast era.