The Royals left Kansas City feeling pretty good about themselves. They were coming off a 7-4 home stand, that featured back-to-back four-game series wins for the first time in nearly a decade and a morale-boosting Sunday win over the Dodgers. That series features impressive outings from Daniel Lynch and Brady Singer against the league’s best offense.
And then the offense stopped. Following a first inning home run by Vinnie Pasquantino to start off the road trip in Minnesota, Kansas City went scoreless in its next 26 innings, carrying that scoreless streak to The Trop.
This isn’t the first time this offense has had a scoreless streak this season, but it does come in the midst of a high level of excitement in Kansas City over these baby Royals.