BALTIMORE – Bobby Witt Jr. belted an infield single to drive home the go-ahead run and send the Kansas City Royals to the American League Division Series on Wednesday with a 2-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles for a two-game sweep of their AL Wild-Card Series.

With two outs and runners on the corners in the sixth inning, Witt grounded to the edge of the sand behind second base, where Jordan Westburg made a diving stop and threw to first base. Witt was already there after zooming 30 meters in 4.14 seconds, allowing Kyle Isbel to score from third.

It was the second straight game in which the AL batting champion scored the decisive hit. Witt’s RBI single Tuesday in Game 1 accounted for the lone run in a 1-0 victory.

Witt is the second player age 24 or younger to have the game-winning RBI in each of his team’s first two games of a postseason since RBI became an official statistic in 1920, joining Jimmie Foxx in 1929.

Kansas City, which suffered two seven-game losing streaks in the final month of the season, advances to face the AL East champion New York Yankees. Game 1 is Saturday in the Bronx.

Second baseman Michael Massey, who led off the game with a double and scored on a hit by Vinnie Pasquantino, said bringing in experienced veterans with previous playoff experience such as Tommy Pham, Yuli Gurriel, Michael Wacha and Will Smith made possible.

“They’ve been there before, they’ve done it, so I think it helped a lot of guys,” Massey said. “It’s helped us, especially me, to be around those guys and just watch them more than anything and see how they go about their business. I think that’s helped us balance to stay.”

The Royals stranded twelve runners on base and once again pulled through a close game with a razor-thin margin of error thanks to masterful management from Matt Quatraro, himself a postseason rookie like Witt, Game 1 winner Cole Ragans and so many others.