BY SALINA POST
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Hello and happy Monday, everybody, it’s Tyler Henry, back with another KINA Sports Update presented by Salina Regional Orthopedic and Sports Medicine…
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Major League Baseball announced today that Bobby Witt Jr. has been named American League Player of the Month for July.
He’s the 12th different Royals player to win AL Player of the Month, and the first since Billy Butler in September 2009. Witt Jr. is the first Royals shortstop to win the honor.
Witt led the Majors last month in hits, runs, total bases, batting average, on-base percentage, and OPS, and led the American League in slugging. His 44 hits in July were 10 more than the next closest players, and were the most by a Royal in any month since Johnny Damon had 47 hits in August 2000.
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Speaking of the Royals, MJ Melendez hit a pinch-hit three-run homer in the ninth inning to rally the Kansas City Royals to a 3-2 win over the Detroit Tigers last night.
Trailing 2-0 going into the top of the ninth, Hunter Renfroe and Freddy Fermin reached on singles with one out. Adam Frazier nearly hit a pinch-hit homer, but the ball curled foul and he flew out to center field. Melendez then hit a 362-foot blast, his 13th of the season, to give Kansas City the lead.
The Royals currently sit in the ALs final wild card spot just five games out of first place in the AL Central
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And finally Sporting Kansas City will continue Leagues Cup play against Mexicos Toluca squad this evening at 8pm to conclude group stage play
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That’s your sports update for today, but for even more great area sports content like this, check out Salina Post and stay tuned to KINA.