With most teams, there are things that mark their successes and failures. The 2014 Royals’ success was paved by a dominant bullpen while the 2018 Chiefs were ultimately undone by a hapless defense.
But sometimes it’s simpler! This 2023 Royals seem to be one of those cases, marked both by an offense that can’t hit and a pitching staff that struggles to get outs. And while this season has been marked by days when the offense failed the pitching and vice versa, or days when both were terrible, this day was the former.
A Bobby Witt Jr-less Kansas City offense was shut down by Tigers starter Michael Lorenzen, dropping the matinee and the series in a 3-0 shutout loss.