Kansas City Royals pitcher Homer Bailey throws to a batter in the first inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Indians at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Saturday, April 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley) Colin E. Braley AP
Perhaps all is took was one win to break the curse that seemed to infect everything the Royals did for the first two weeks of the season.
Even if this week signaled just a temporary respite, the past two days have certainly been an early-season reversal of fortunes for a previously snake-bitten Royals ballclub.
The Royals, who’d already seen several promising outings fall apart in the seventh inning or later, got a turn-back-the-clock pitching performance from 32-year-old starter Homer Bailey and the bullpen made a three-runs lead hold up as though it were a dozen on the way to a 3-0 win in front of an announced 15,188 at Kauffman Stadium on Saturday night.