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Eibner is big part of winning debut for Royals
- Updated: May 28, 2016
KANSAS CITY — Rookie Brett Eibner’s nerves, which had been churning for two days, finally calmed down in the seventh inning on Friday night when he stroked a double for his first big-league hit. And that hit helped the Royals go on to a 7-5 win over the White Sox.
“I was overswinging almost every at-bat tonight,” Eibner said. “I was kind of coming out of my shoes on every swing. But that last swing, that was more like me.”
Eibner, the Royals’ second-round pick of the Draft in 2010, was called up on Thursday and expected to make his debut then. But the game was rained out, so the 27-year-old had another day of waiting around.
“I was pretty jacked,” said Eibner, the Royals’ No. 23 prospect, according to MLBPipeline.com. “You wait so long and then you get your chance to make your debut. And it rains. But at least I got to do a more normal routine.”
And Eibner was able to contribute in …
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