First, the Kansas City Royals lost two one-run games in a row in New York against the Mets after winning three straight. Next, the KC Royals have failed to get to the third inning with a realistic chance to win their next two games, falling behind the Astros 9-0 in the first inning on Friday, and 7-0 in the second inning on Saturday.
Edinson Volquez become the first starting pitcher in 120 years to give up 12 runs while recording no more than three outs on Friday. That’s a historic bad performance. Follow that up with Chris “Gopher Ball” Young giving up seven runs in the second inning on the next day, and we’ve probably endured the worst back to back starts of any team in baseball history.