Witt, the 24-year-old shortstop who led the majors with 211 hits and a .332 batting average this season, bounced the ball through the infield off a 95 mph, first-pitch cutter from 2021 NL Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes with two outs in the sixth. Burnes used that cutter to get Witt out in his first two at-bats.

Players are announced onto the field as the Baltimore Orioles host Kansas City Royals in first game of the wild-card playoff series at Camden Yards. (Karl Merton Ferron/Staff)

The Royals' Maikel Garcia has a slash line of .231/.281/.332, with seven homers and 58 RBI, plus 37 steals on 39 attempts. He has 84 runs scored, a strikeout rate of 16.5%, and a walk rate of 6.7%.