Since the All-Star Break, the Royals are 8-1.
Oh… I forgot the Indians are in the league. Those weren’t exhibition games? Apparently they count.
Fine, let’s begin again.
Since the All-Star Break, the Royals are 8-1. Against the Indians, they’re 1-3. Apparently, you have to add those numbers together so the actual record is 9-4 since the Break. Even after Thursday night’s drag of a 14 inning game, that’s a quality start to the de facto second half.
The Indians are difficult. (How worried are they in Minnesota? The Twins had an 11 game lead on June 15.