Those of you who partook in the gamethread may recall that, ahead of the game, I highlighted the fact that Royals’ starting pitcher Carlos Hernández had walked as many as he had struck out - simultaneously finding the balance of too few strikeouts and too many walks. Unfortunately, that was not the case tonight as Hernández ended up walking five in his four innings while he struck out only three. More than that, it was excruciating to watch Hernández pitch, tonight. He had lots of deep counts and took several eternities between pitches.
There will surely be some who will argue that Hernández got no help from the umpires, but the handful of missed calls were not entirely responsible for all of those baserunners.