The Kansas City left fielder won a mesmerizing one-on-one battle.
There is nothing in baseball that quite approaches the thrill of the lengthy at-bat. When a batter buckles down and starts fouling off pitches, fans know they're about to witness something special: a total, hard-earned one-on-one victory by either the hitter or their foe.left fielder MJ Melendez punctuated one such at-bat in the most dramatic way possible: with the first grand slam of his career.
Here's what happened. With two outs in the top of the sixth inning and the bases loaded, Melendez dug in againstWhen Treinen missed on a slider, Melendez responded by fouling off the next six pitches in succession. A cutter high and inside on pitch 11 rendered the count full, and Melendez smashed the 12th pitch over the right field wall to give the Royals a 5–2 lead.
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