Bobby Witt Jr. had cool gesture for rookie teammate
Bobby Witt Jr. had a cool gesture for one of his teammates on Saturday.
The Kansas City Royals came back from down 8-2 to beat the Los Angeles Angels 10-9. They won the game on a hit to deep center by Samad Taylor, which scored a walk-off run from third.
Taylor was making his MLB debut, so his first career hit was an extra special one as it went for the walk-off win. Witt Jr. recognized the importance of the ball and raced out to center field to grab the ball for his teammate amid the celebration.
Samad Taylor’s first Major League hit plus Bobby Witt Jr. running to the wall to retrieve it equals Baseball is tremendous pic.twitter.com/WgkJqeZ7KN
— Dinn Mann (@mooseoutfront) June 17, 2023
Witt talked after the game about recovering Taylor’s ball. He said it was “special” to see Taylor’s performance.
“I first dumped the water on him, and then, I just kind of saw the ball out there. … I might as well go get it. I was afraid someone was going to grab it and throw it in the stands,” Witt said.
That’s some heads-up baseball from Witt.
Witt went 2-for-5 with 4 RBIs in the game. Taylor had a nice game beyond just the walk-off hit. He went 1-for-3 with two walks, two runs scored, and the big RBI to win the game.
Taylor was batting .304 with 34 stolen bases at Triple-A this season, so he could be up for good now that he’s been called up.
