Not much has gone right for the Royals this year. After beating the Yankees on Friday night, they are 14-30 on the season. They’ve struggled to string together any sort of success in any aspect. But there has been a bright spot: Jake Junis. And against the Yankees, he put forth another impressive performance.
Junis left after 5.1 innings having allowed no runs. He should have worked six scoreless, but the home plate ump missed an obvious strike three call on Aaron Hicks, an at-bat in which he later singled, thus leading to Junis’ departure and two runs later scoring.