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- Updated: September 25, 2016
DETROIT — About two hours before the Royals-Tigers game on Sunday, Royals rookie super utility man Whit Merrifield saw that he would be replacing Gold Glover Eric Hosmer at first base in the lineup.
“We’re finally going to get some power at that position,” Merrifield joked to a reporter.
Hey, it turns out Merrifield wasn’t that far off. He pounded out three hits and nearly hit for the cycle in the Royals’ 12-9 win.
Merrifield tripled in the first, and added a single and double later.
“I was hoping Billy [Burns] would get a hit in the ninth so I could get another crack at [the cycle],” Merrifield said.
But the Royals as a team hit for the cycle with their first four hitters, the first time they have done that since 2006 when Joey Gathright doubled, Esteban German singled, Dave DeJesus tripled and Mike …
