The Royals offense has been listless much of the first two weeks of the season, but they hadn’t been shutout...until now. Despite a revamped lineup that had Nicky Lopez in the leadoff spot, Whit Merrifield bumped to #2, and Bobby Witt Jr. moved down to the seven spot, the Royals managed just three hits and put up goose eggs for nine innings in a 1-0 loss to the Twins on Thursday. The Royals failed to close out the series sweep and snapped their three-game winning streak to fall to 5-6 on the season.
Zack Greinke pitched well despite failing to miss bats once again.