Let’s get into it. Drew Pomeranz walked the first guy, Whit Merrifield. That wasn’t good. Six out of the first seven pitches were balls! Then he threw a meatball to Jorge Soler, who knocked a double to left. Also not good, but still no score. After a K, Salvador Perez hit a sac fly that somehow resulted in the run scoring and an inning-ending double play, but point is, 1-0 Royals.
Mookie Betts led off the first with a single and Andrew Benintendi worked a full count and then whiffed on a pitch right down the middle and the rest of the inning sort of piffled away after that.