Royals starter Ian Kennedy allowed the first three runs of his spring season in the second inning. Ryan Rua started the scoring with an RBI single, while Elvis Andrus and Carlos Gomez added RBIs.
Kennedy had thrown 17 1/3 scoreless innings in four previous starts in Arizona, not counting his appearance against Team Venezuela in early March, and had struck out 19 in his last 15 1/3 innings prior to Friday's outing.