Kansas City Royals hold on for 5-3 win over Diamondbacks

The Kansas City Royals held on for a 5-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks Wednesday night.

Bobby Witt Jrs 3 run home run in the 7th gave the Royals a 5-1 lead.

Arizona would score 2 runs in the 9th to make things interesting.

Brady Singer was the winning pitcher going 7 innings giving up 1 run on 4 hits with 6 strikeouts.

The Royals get a day off Thursday, they will begin a 3 game series with San Diego Friday night.

Major League Baseball released its 2023 schedule and every major league team will play each other in the same season for the first time next year as the sport switches to its first balanced schedule since 2000. A team will host all of the other 29 clubs at least once every two seasons.

Major League Baseball said Wednesday it will open the 2023 season on March 30 and again will try to have every team start on the same day, which last occurred in 1968.

A team will play 13 games against each division rival for a total of 52 and six or seven against each other club in its league for a total of 64. The remaining 46 games are against interleague opponents.

The Royals are scheduled to open the season at home against the Minnesota Twins on March 30th.