Brady Singer reaches milestone as Royals defeat Brewers, 6-4

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When the Royals selected Brady Singer with the 18th overall pick of the 2018 MLB draft, they envisioned the right-hander being a stalwart of the rotation for years.

That’s proven to be the case, as illustrated by one statistic.

The Royals defeated the Brewers, 6-4, on Wednesday afternoon at Kauffman Stadium in Singer’s 100th career start. He’s the just 26th pitcher in franchise history to reach triple digits in games started.

“Whenever you see those numbers, that’s pretty amazing for all the games that have been played in 50 years, or whatever it’s been,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “It’s impressive, the longevity.

“I think all of those milestones are impressive, because there’s just so few people that get to reach them in the history of the game. Brady is somebody that embodies what we like here. He’s a guy that really wants to take the ball and keep going out there and competing.”

Singer gritted through a rough start as the Brewers scored the game’s first run on doubles by the first two batters after just seven pitches. When he exited with one out in the sixth inning, he had allowed just the run on five hits with two walks and four strikeouts.

Getting into the sixth was important for Singer, who threw 29 pitches in the first inning.

“I knew after the first ... to go out there in the second, trying to manage the pitch count, trying to get quick outs and obviously I’m trying to get deep in the game,” he said. “So I gotta get the pitch count back in line and for some early contact.”

It was the 30th career victory for Singer, 3-1, and he was happy with the 100th start, even if he didn’t realize it until being told by a reporter.

“It’s really cool,” Singer said. “I feel like I was talking about this the other day with someone, the career has gone by really, really quick. It’s flown by, so just sit back and enjoy it. But yeah, 100 starts is cool.”

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