To put it mildly, the Royals have played poor baseball over the past week. Losers in eight of their last nine and six in a row heading into Monday night, Kansas City headed to the east coast to take on a Boston team that was in the midst of an eight-game losing skid themselves. Staying within striking distance for the majority of the evening, Boston eventually bested the Royals in the series opener, 7-5.
Coming of an outing in which he was knocked for four runs in 4 1⁄3 innings, Mike Montgomery looked to find footing against a team that featured tons of success prior to tonight.