In his office in the visiting clubhouse at Target Field, Ned Yost fumed following a 3-1 loss to the Twins on Monday night.
His team was holding onto a one-run lead over the Twins by a thread, trying and failing to produce with runners in scoring position, when two umpiring decisions stopped any ounce of momentum the Royals had built.
With Mike Moustakas and Salvador Perez in scoring position and no outs in the fourth inning, Lucas Duda was called out on strikes on a pitch that came in too high. Duda lingered in the batter's box to question plate umpire Will Little before walking away.