KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- After dropping the Opening Day game on Thursday, the Royals are now 1-1 after beating Cleveland 4-3 in game two of their three-game series at Kauffman Stadium. The game was full of exciting moments on both sides of the ball, with big hits from Salvador Perez, Bobby Witt Jr. an d Maikel Garcia, as well as some stellar catches in the outfield and good bullpen action. Batting On offense, the Royals were stalled for the first four innings, and didn't take the lead until the seventh inning. However, that didn't mean they weren't putting together good at-bats. Jonathan India got his first hit in Royal blue today in the first inning and was filling counts all day. It was a relieving sign for fans after the new addition went 0-5 on Thursday. ‘This is our year’: Fans hopeful for another KC Royals run Salvador Perez carried the offense for the game's first stages with a couple of RBI singles to keep the Royals within striking distance. Bobby Witt Jr. also knocked in a go-ahead run with a double into the left field corner. However, Maikel Garcia was the player of the game. He smashed a hard liner into the left field foul pole to tie the game in the seventh, which set up Witt Jr.'s go-ahead double. Garcia smoked another ball in the eighth for a single as well. Defense The corner outfield positions were also an eye-opener for fans today. India made his first start at LF, and MJ Melendez handled right field. Both of them made some stellar catches in the vast Kauffman lawn. Pitching Seth Lugo was on the mound for the Royals. He pitched five innings, giving up three runs, three walks and one home run with four strikeouts. A decent outing, but Lugo will look to get deeper into games in the future, and that means keeping runs off the board. The bullpen absolutely stifled the Guardians, though. Daniel Lynch IV got the win out of the pen, he threw two innings, giving up no hits and no walks with no strikeouts. Royals Hall of Fame director speaks on upcoming anniversaries Lucas Erceg and Carlos Estevez also pitched an inning apiece. Neither of them gave up a run, and Estevez punched out Lane Thomas for the final out of the game. Estevez earned his first save as a Royal as well. Coming Up Now at .500, the Royals will look to improve to 2-1 tomorrow and take the series against the Guardians, who won the AL Central last year before falling to the New York Yankees in the ALCS. We're set for a good pitching matchup tomorrow, with Michael Wacha taking on Guards' ace Tanner Bibee. ...read more read less