The Royals concluded the month of July with a 16-10 record after a 2-1 loss Monday in Baltimore. They are 55-49 overall, two games behind first-place Cleveland and 2 1/2 games ahead of Seattle and Tampa Bay in the race for the second wild card.
This is where we are. For the first time since July and August of 1991, the Royals have posted a winning percentage better than .615 in back-to-back months — that stat courtesy of Dave Holtzman of Fox Sports Kansas City. They will close out a nine-game road trip with two more games here in Baltimore before returning home to open a four-game series against the Mariners on Thursday.