Despite another brilliant start from Seth Lugo, the Royals bullpen and offense blew it in a 2-1 loss.
For the first time in a long time, Kansas City didn’t go scoreless in the first inning. Maikel Garcia, still dealing with a bad slump, led off with a walk and swiped two bags. Moments later, Vinnie Pasquantino poked an RBI-single to right field to make it 1-0.
Unfortunately, that was all the offense they got. Lugo dealt for all six innings that he was in, but eventually the bullpen had to take over in the seventh.
The man that took over was Carlos Hernandez, who had an opportunity in high leverage.