The Royals mustered little offense against Braves starter Max Fried as they lost to Atlanta 3-0 Friday night.
Brady Singer worked around two first inning walks and retired eight of the next nine hitters, the only hitter reaching doing so on an error by Michael Massey. In the fourth, Jorge Soler reached on a one-out single. Ramon Laureano hit a slow grounder that had the potential to be an inning-ending double play. But Bobby Witt Jr. had shifted over and was slow to get to second and his throw to first was late. One batter later, Singer hung an 0-2 pitch to Sean Murphy who made him pay with a two-run home run.