KANSAS CITY -- Anthony Rizzo lined a leadoff single off the leg of Royals rookie starter Heath Fillmyer and the Cubs' Jose Quintana needed six pitches to get through the first inning. All positives for the Cubs, right? Then everything flipped.
Quintana served up a two-run double to .182-hitting Drew Butera in the second and a three-run homer to Adalberto Mondesi in the seventh in the Royals' 9-0 win Wednesday night. That's all Fillmyer needed. The right-hander, making his fifth big league start, stymied the Cubs, walking two and serving up three hits over seven innings for his first win.