Royals manager Ned Yost stood behind his bullpen despite a five-game losing streak during which opponents have taken the lead in the seventh inning or later in four of those games. He spoke following a loss at Comerica Park on April 6, 2019. By
Whit Merrifield’s hit streak died on Thursday, but he did preserve another streak: one more day of earnestly telling reporters the Royals’ season won’t continue to be this bad.
And he’s right!
On the day Merrifield finally did not collect a hit, the Royals were on pace to lose 135 games. That would be, like, a record.