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Royals All-Star shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. leaves win over Giants with back tightness

NBC Sports · Jul 21, 2026 19:39 · 1 min read

Royals All-Star shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. leaves win over Giants with back tightness

Nick Loftin replaced him in the top of the fifth.

Will Royals let Witt Jr. play with back issue?

Eric Samulski debriefs Bobby Witt Jr. leaving the game against the Giants on Monday with a recurring lower back issue and whether the struggling Royals should continue to let him play with the nagging injury.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Royals All-Star shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. left a 4-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants with back tightness, which also kept him out a day earlier.

Witt struck out in the first inning and walked in the third. Nick Loftin replaced him in the top of the fifth.

Witt didn’t play in a 19-2 loss to the San Diego Padres. He is batting .279 with 13 homers, 39 RBIs and an American League-leading 30 stolen bases.

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