Will Brennan - Cleveland Guardians via KSU and Blue Valley

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Will Brennan made family and friends proud but surely disappointed a lot of Kansas City Royals' fans in his first major league game in the area.

Brennan was the hero in his first contest at Kauffman Stadium and will look to help the Cleveland Guardians notch another victory when they visit the Royals on Wednesday night in the middle contest of a three-game set.

There were only nine total hits in Tuesday's game but Brennan had three of them, including a two-run double in the top of the ninth as Cleveland posted a 2-1 victory.

"This was perfect," Brennan said of starring in a ballpark in which he used to watch games. "These are the best people ever. The people in K.C. are the best."

Brennan was a two-time first-team All-State player (2015-16) at Blue Valley High in Stilwell, Kan., located four hours south of Kansas City. He then was a freshman All-American at Kansas State in 2017 to start three years of college stardom before the Guardians selected him in the eighth round of the 2019 draft.

Those ties to the area made Brennan one of the most popular people in the ballpark on Tuesday night.

"It was tough in the beginning, I'm not going to lie to you," the 25-year-old Brennan said. "It felt like my debut. You don't want to disappoint anybody and you want to go out there and play hard and that's all you can ask for."

Brennan reached the majors for the first time last September and has been a fixture this season for the Guardians. He is batting .276 with four homers and 23 RBIs in 68 games. The three-hit outing was his third of the season.

His clutch hit helped the Guardians win for the sixth time in eight games.