Royals rookie Heath Fillmyer stood stock-still several paces behind the mound at Guaranteed Rate Field on Sunday, watching as White Sox catcher Omar Narváez scored his team’s sixth run of the fourth inning on a homer.
Over in the third-base dugout, the White Sox celebrated their roaring comeback.
Fillmyer had caused this scene. He had squandered a six-run lead in a span of 31 pitches, failing to retire a soul as Chicago sent six batters to the plate and allowing a trio of homers. He would not shoulder the statistical burden of the Royals’ eventual 7-6 loss to the White Sox in the rubber match of a three-game series, but he would be the culprit.