Starting on Friday night, the Royals were set to play nine straight games against teams with over 80 losses. Allowing 34 runs in four games against Oakland, Kansas City would welcome the Baltimore Orioles for a three-game set. Battling it out for higher position in next year’s draft, the Orioles rocked the Royals in game one, 14-2.
Suspended for PEDs for the first 81 games of the season, Eric Skoglund started on the mound for just the second time in 2019. Coming off a performance at Cleveland in which he allowed one run over five frames, the lanky lefty would not build off his strong outing.