The Royals fell to 50 games below .500 with Tuesday’s 4-1 loss to the Rays in St. Petersburg, Fla.
They also officially were eliminated from the wild-card race, but no one expected a late surge to carry them to the playoffs anyway, right?
Despite the lack of success this season, Royals left fielder Alex Gordon has not let up. In the fifth inning of Tuesday’s game, Rays second baseman Brandon Lowe hit a fly ball down the left-field line and it was tailing into the picnic area.
It would be easy for a player to just let the ball go, but Gordon charged after it and didn’t seem to worry about the wall he was about to hit.