The Kansas City Royals are 63-51, which is good, but against teams not named the Chicago White Sox they are only 51-50. In other words, sooner or later the Royals will need to beat good teams to secure a playoff spot. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen tonight. Against the Boston Red Sox–one of Kansas City’s main foes in the Wild Card race–the Royals bullpen dropped the ball and the offense couldn’t keep up in a 9-5 contest.
Brady Singer has struggled against lefties all year (and throughout his whole career), so the Red Sox filled up their lineup with lefties to counter him.