The easy explanation for the 60th loss of this Royals season was a grand slam by Cleveland's Yan Gomes.
But a series of smaller self-inflicted blows preceding the blast, along with a key base-running mistake, and that proved damaging to the Royals in a 6-4 defeat at Kauffman Stadium.
"When you're playing good, you cover mistakes," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "Right now, we're just struggling to cover mistakes and then when we don't cover them, we can't find ways to back it up with the bats and cover it. That's why you struggle."
And, whew, the Royals are scuffling.