Royals In The Arizona Fall League: Zion Rose, Justin Lamkin, Brooks Bryan, & Hiro Wyatt

Here are game notes from the Saguaros versus the Solar Sox on October 28.

Zion Rose

In his first plate appearance, Rose drew a walk, stole second base against a left-handed pitcher, and stole third base cleanly. 

In his second at-bat, Rose advanced the count to 3-1 and laced a solid line-drive single up the middle. There was a runner on second, so no opportunity to steal.

In his third plate appearance, Rose hit a long fly ball down the left-field line, and the left fielder made a nice play to catch it in the corner.

In his fourth plate appearance, Rose hit a hard grounder to second base and was thrown out at first for the third out.

In his fifth plate appearance, Rose worked a walk on 5 pitches. There is a runner on second base, so no chance to steal. Rose scored from second on a single to center.

In his final plate appearance, he struck out swinging.

Brooks Bryan

Bryan popped out to left field in his first at-bat.

In his second at-bat, Bryan popped up to the catcher.

In his third at-bat, Bryan swung at the first pitch and drilled a single to right field.

Defensively, Bryan made a nice play on a ground ball to get the lead runner at second base.

In his fourth at-bat, Bryan hit a rocket to right-center for a two-run home run, traveling 416 feet with a 101.4 mph exit velocity.
In his final at-bat, Bryan struck out swinging.

Justin Lamkin

Lamkin opened the first inning by cleanly fielding a first-pitch bunt back to the mound, and he worked a clean, quick inning.
In the second inning, Lamkin issued a one-out walk. He challenged a called ball, and the call was confirmed. He then struck out the next batter swinging.

In the third inning, Lamkin gave up his first hit, a slow roller past the mound that deflected off his outstretched foot and trickled away for a base hit. He recorded the first out of the inning on a swinging strikeout and the second on a called strikeout.

In the fourth inning, Lamkin gave up a leadoff home run. He struck out the next batter swinging, allowed a line-drive single to center field, and then ended the inning with another swinging strikeout.

Lamkin worked quickly and was never threatened. His fastball sat around 93 mph throughout the outing, and the home run was his only blemish.

Hiro Wyatt

Wyatt walked the leadoff batter in the fifth inning. He then got a groundout to first base and a flyout to left field before issuing another walk. The next hitter sent a ground ball up the middle that bounced over the shortstop’s glove, and a run scored. Wyatt ended the inning with a strikeout.

In the sixth inning, Wyatt got a flyout to right field and a flyout to center field, gave up a ground-ball single between first and second base, and then got another flyout to center to end the inning.

In the seventh inning, Wyatt got the leadoff batter to fly out to left field, then struck out the next batter swinging to end his outing.