I am definitely ready for west coast games to be done. Brett Phillips came up clutch in the top half of the 9th inning on Monday night, and the Kansas City Royals were able to steal a game from the Oakland Athletics, who are one of the most underrated teams this season.
However, there were no late-night heroics on Tuesday evening as Nick Dini‘s sacrifice fly in the top half of the 5th inning was the only run that the Royals were able to score. Jorge Lopez had been pitching well as of late and continued that trend yesterday, but ran into trouble in the bottom of the 7th inning when Matt Olson delivered a 450-foot blast to center field.