Brad Keller, the 22-year old rookie acquired in the Rule 5 draft last December for basically nothing, has emerged as the best Royals starter this summer. He continued his streak of fantastic starts with perhaps the best outing of his career, an eight-inning complete game in which he allowed just one run on six hits and no walks while striking out three. However, the Royals offense was completely shutdown in a 1-0 loss to Seattle, giving the Mariners the sweep.
The only blemish on Keller’s day was a trio of singles in the second that led to a run, and even then the balls were not hit particularly hard.