The Royals remained undefeated in Cactus League competition on Sunday with a 4-4 tie against the Oakland Athletics at Hohokam Stadium.
The game
Between starting pitcher Trevor Oaks and sterling performances from Andres Machado and Foster Griffin, Royals manager Ned Yost found plenty of encouraging signs to jot on a piece of paper he whipped out during a postgame interview.
“There’s so many things that I liked today,” Yost said. “Oaks had really good movement. One thing Cal (Eldred, the Royals' pitching coach) is really focusing on with these young guys is the 1-1 count … We were 4 for 6 with it yesterday and Oaks was 2 for 2.