There was one good thing that happened tonight. It was, as you might expect, a Jorge Soler Moment. The Cuban shot a missile into the left field in the sort of no-doubt moonshot that Kansas City Royals fans have enjoyed repeatedly over the past few seasons. The ball leapt off Soler’s bat at 109.1 MPH and went an estimated 443 feet. Here’s video evidence! It was great!
It was a homer of the three-run variety, as Whit Merrifield and Hunter Dozier—who had walked, and whose walk rate on the season is an impressive 18.