Taylor’s 1st hit a walk-off: ‘This is nothing you dream of’

Taylor’s 1st hit a walk-off: ‘This is nothing you dream of’

Samad Taylor hits walk-off single for 1st hit

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The speedy shortstop sprinted out to heart discipline Saturday afternoon, chasing after the ball that Samad Taylor had simply pushed for his first MLB hit in his huge league debut, which, oh by the best way, occurred to be the hit that lifted the Royals to a 10-9 walk-off win over the Angels at Kauffman Stadium.

The storybook ending capped a six-run comeback, snapped a 10-game dropping streak and injected infectious power again into the clubhouse.

“It’s crazy how baseball works sometimes,” Witt stated.

After Taylor, the Royals’ No. 19 prospect, hit a 401-foot RBI single off reliever Chris Devenski to attain Maikel Garcia, the left fielder was mobbed on the infield.

Witt and his teammates dumped water on Taylor. Salvador Perez hoisted him on his shoulders. Taylor’s dad and mom, Jamal and Charlotte, and older sister, Sakiah, celebrated wildly in a collection.

Then Witt observed the ball sitting on the warning observe. He didn’t see anybody going after it. Why not him?

“I liked his chances against the bat boy,” supervisor Matt Quatraro stated.

“I was like, ‘Might as well go get it,’” added Witt, who drove in 4 of the Royals’ 10 runs. “I was afraid someone else was going to grab it if someone got to it later, some security guard. Just wanted to make sure he got that ball. It’s very special.”

Witt raced again to the group with an ear-to-ear goofy grin as he held up the ball, hand-delivering it to Taylor, who was too dazed to register what was happening. The ball was handed off to Royals officers to be authenticated for the second of a lifetime.

Taylor, who was known as up Friday however didn’t play, turned the second participant in Royals historical past to have a walk-off hit in his Major League debut, following Kevin Seitzer’s walk-off single (his second hit) on Sept. 3, 1986, in opposition to the White Sox, in keeping with the Elias Sports Bureau.

Taylor additionally walked twice Saturday, turning into the third Royal to report two walks in his debut, following Eric Hosmer (two) on May 6, 2011, and Jorge Pedre (three) on Sept. 7, 1991.

Most of all, it was Taylor’s power, stated his teammates, that helped the Royals full their seventh comeback win and the biggest deficit overcome this season.

“During the game, and even before the game, he was constantly picking everybody up, being the leader, even as the guy making his debut,” stated MJ Melendez, who hit a two-run homer within the fourth inning. “Constantly having a positive attitude knowing the game wasn’t ever out of reach for us.”

Beyond his velocity and sneaky pop, which has made him the Royals’ No. 19 prospect and an intriguing title to observe transferring ahead, Taylor’s power is one other device he brings to the ballpark. It was “exactly what we’ve heard he’s been doing in Triple-A,” Quatraro stated.

That helped when the Royals discovered themselves in a deep gap getting into the underside of the seventh inning, down 8-2 and attempting desperately to discover a spark in a season of struggles.

“I was coming off the field, trying to get the guys going and motivate them,” Taylor stated. “We were down early. Stayed down until the [seventh] inning. The biggest thing was to come into the dugout and get the momentum going. I know as soon as you get momentum in the game of baseball, anything can change.”

Things began altering after a three-run seventh because of RBIs from Drew Waters and Witt. The Royals scored one other three within the eighth with RBIs from Nick Pratto and Witt once more.

“Worry-free baseball is the best baseball,” Witt stated. “So go up there with an easy mindset, relax and live in the moment.”

After Aroldis Chapman allowed the go-ahead run to attain within the high of the ninth, the Royals had yet another comeback in them. Edward Olivares blooped a single to guide off the inning, and pinch-runner Dairon Blanco stole second and went to 3rd on an error earlier than scoring on Garcia’s single by way of the hole. Garcia stole second and went to 3rd on Nicky Lopez’s sacrifice bunt, bringing Taylor to the plate in an enormous second.

“Walking up, kind of blacked out for a second, but got back to it,” Taylor stated. “First pitch went by, I had to call timeout. Crowd was loud and sped it up a little, so I had to call timeout and slow it down.”

After slowing his respiratory down, Taylor drove Devenski’s changeup out over heart fielder Mike Trout’s head and pounded his chest as he ran down the primary final analysis.

“You can’t even put this moment into words,” Taylor stated. “Growing up, chasing my dream, this is nothing you dream of. First hit as a walk-off hit? Never dream of that. I’m lost for words. I’m still taking it all in. But I’m happy, though.”

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