Kansas City Royals news: The Royals are road warriors

“I’m really proud of the way these guys battled,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “I mean, the week started off kind of poorly. … Sometimes it goes the other way when you’re on these three-city trips. And for these guys to really dig down deep, I’m really proud of the effort.”

Anne Rogers also writes about how the team is coming together.

“Everybody knows their role,” Vinnie Pasquantino said. “Which I think is good. We’ve started to move the lineup a little bit around, trying to find the best matchups. We’re just trying different things as a team, and right now it’s working, because the pieces are fitting where we want. We’ve started to put together complete games, where both position players and pitchers are doing their jobs.”

Bobby Witt Jr. exited mid-game on Sunday with a knee injury .

“Nothing acute,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said of the injury. “No onset. Just kind of usage. You know, it feels like it got progressively worse during the game.”

Jac Caglianone and Salvador Perez were also out of the lineup on Sunday .

Caglianone was in the lineup to begin Saturday’s game but exited in the fourth inning for pinch-hitter Lane Thomas . Caglianone hadn’t been able to shake the soreness he was feeling, so the Royals lifted him before anything could get worse.

“We don’t think it’s anything structural, but he was favoring it a little bit in the swing,” Quatraro said. “So we didn’t want to take any chances.”