Turns out, it’s really hard to come back from large deficits in back-to-back nights. Like, really hard! The KC Royals got some first-hand knowledge in Wednesday night’s drubbing at the hands of Tampa Bay.
As the KC Royals learned Wednesday, Chris Archer isn’t one for coughing up big leads.
Blessed with an early (and sizable) lead, Archer buried the Royals in a sterling eight-inning, 11-strikeout performance and the Rays rode three home runs, including a late grand slam, to an easy win in the penultimate contest of the four-game series.
The stampede started innocuously enough with a Logan Morrison sacrifice fly in the first and a scoreless second, but things broke bad for the KC Royals in the third.