The Kansas City Royals outscored the Cleveland Guardians 19-9 in a spring training game Monday.
Whit Merrifield led off the bottom of the 1st inning with a solo home run.
Andrew Benintendi hit a 3 run home run in the 1st inning and a 2 run home run in the 2nd inning.
Edward Olivares hit a grand slam in the 3rd inning.
Zack Greinke made his 2nd start goes 3 and 2 thirds innings giving up 3 runs on 6 hits with 4 strikeouts.
The Royals are now 6-3-1 for the spring and will play the Seattle Mariners Tuesday. The season opener for the Royals will be April 7th against Cleveland.
The Royals optioned three players to the Omaha yesterday 1st baseman Nick Prato, Catcher MJ Melendez and pitcher Ronald Bolanos.
