The Royals fell behind big, battled back, and ultimately lost in extras, 6-5, to the Cincinnati Reds. While the loss did drop them to 7-11 and end a four-game winning streak, I think there were plenty of positives to take away from the evening.
I was impressed with Kris Bubic tonight. His statline doesn’t look impressive: 5.0 innings, seven hits, and five earned runs. But I think it’s misleading, as a couple of things outside his control led to most of those runs being scored.
With Cincinnati leading 2-1 in the third, Bubic appeared to strike out Nick Castellanos by locating a fastball right on the low outside corner, but it was incorrectly called a ball by home plate umpire C.