KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Robin Ventura was being facetious when he noted that Jose Quintana has performances similar to Sunday afternoon’s once every couple of years.
While the White Sox manager may have stretched the truth a little, his point about Quintana’s consistency is correct. To see Quintana struggle as he did in Sunday’s 10-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals in front of 34,982 at Kauffman Stadium is very rare. Not only was Quintana off the mark, the Royals managed to hit him hard to the tune of 10 hits and six earned runs in four innings.