KANSAS CITY -- Bobby Witt Jr. left Friday’s game against the Twins with low back spasms, the Royals announced.

In the top of the seventh inning, Maikel Garcia slid over from third base to shortstop, and Nick Loftin entered the game at third base, hitting in Witt’s spot in the batting order.

It was not immediately clear when Witt felt the spasms during the game.

He took an at-bat in the bottom of the fifth inning and struck out against Twins starter Pablo López, swinging at a changeup that dove below the zone. Witt jogged out to shortstop like normal for the top of the sixth and helped record two outs, first ranging to his left on Luke Keaschall’s grounder slightly up the middle to begin the frame and then fielding Matt Wallner’s chopper near second base to get the Royals out of a jam

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