Harry Kane has admitted Thomas Tuchel was "a little nervous" after the England manager traded football for baseball by throwing the ceremonial first pitch at a Kansas City Royals game.Less than 48 hours after guiding the Three Lions to an entertaining 4-2 victory over Croatia in their World Cup opener, Tuchel took centre stage at Kauffman Stadium ahead of the Royals' clash with the St Louis Cardinals.The German was watched on by England captain Kane, as well as defenders Dan Burn and Djed Spence, as he delivered the opening pitch to Royals manager Matt Quatraro.Kane, who scored twice against Croatia to move on to 10 World Cup goals, was impressed by his manager's efforts and admitted the occasion appeared to get to him.TRENDINGStoriesVideosYour Say"He got a strike, so fair play to him," Kane told KansasCity.com. "It's not easy. It's actually... that was the first time I've been up mound in 12 years, so you forget how far away it actually is."So, watching the professionals do it, and they're launching that ball at 90, 100 miles per hour, it's pretty impressive."So the boss has done pretty well. I'll give him that. He was a little nervous before."Kane himself has previous experience of baseball's ceremonial duties, having thrown first pitches at games involving the New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs.The Bayern Munich striker, who was seen leaving AT&T Stadium with bandaging on his left leg after Wednesday's match, enjoyed a more relaxed recovery day in Kansas City.Posting on social media, Kane wrote: "Great recovery day with the boys at the baseball."Would love to give batting a go one day! Thanks for having us @Royals."England's players were treated as special guests by the Royals organisation, something Kane said was greatly appreciated.LATEST SPORTS NEWS:World Cup star suffers injury so horrific that ITV refuse to show replaysTV presenter quits and apologises after falsely claiming Lionel Messi's father had diedEngland national anthem row takes fresh twist with Thomas Tuchel 'unlikely' to be appeased by rule change"We really appreciate it," he added. "I can say, for us to come here and get the treatment that we have already is obviously great."And I'm not sure where we're sitting, but I'm sure the seats will be great, as well. So, yeah, all we can say is thank you to them."While several senior stars enjoyed an afternoon at the ballpark, England's fringe players remained focused on football matters.Those who failed to feature against Croatia faced MLS outfit Sporting Kansas City in a behind-closed-doors friendly.Ivan Toney helped himself to a hat-trick, while Ollie Watkins and Morgan Rogers were also on target in a comfortable 5-1 victory played over two periods of 22 minutes."It was great, great for the guys who didn't get enough minutes yesterday to top up the tank," Kane said."It was a good test. Thanks for Sporting for doing the game, I thought they held themselves to a great standard."From a football point of view, we knew it would be a game where we could score a few goals, which we did, but they put a good test in and we got out of it exactly what we needed."Kane is still relishing England's memorable win over Croatia, with the squad celebrating alongside supporters as Oasis anthem "Wonderwall" echoed around AT&T Stadium."That was one of my favourite ever moments in an England shirt and especially at a major tournament," he said on The Lions Den."I think they see how much it means to us."We have that connection right now, but just that moment, singing 'Wonderwall' in the stadium, everyone knew the words, and that was a really special moment, I thought."So, hopefully, we can have a few more."Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter