After a dozen outs in Sunday’s finale between the Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays, the home team led 2-0 at Kauffman Stadium. A sweep seemed like a strong possibility.
And then the wheels fell off, the Blue Jays piled up eight unanswered runs and plate umpire John Tumpane had his command of the strike zone loudly questioned by multiple hurlers in an 8-2 Royals loss from the K.
The hometown heroes got the start they needed, getting a one-out home run from Jorge Bonifacio in the top of the first to open the scoring.