After winning the night before, the Royals returned to their ugly ways in a 5-1 loss to Cleveland on Tuesday night. The loss drops Kansas City to 45 games under .500.
Going into the game, the odds were stacked against Royals right-hander Zack Greinke. His 1-10 record was put up against one of the top arms for the Guardians in Aaron Civale. Despite that, Greinke went toe-to-toe with him for the first two innings.
It wasn’t until the bottom of the third that the scoreless tie was brokeN. Bo Naylor, who came in hitting under .200, cranked a solo shot to right field to make it 1-0.