As the Royals limped in to the All-Star break, losing six of their last seven games, nothing was going right. The starting rotation was beat up and struggling while the offense was floundering. Since the All-Star break, the starting rotation has been mostly lights out while the offense has done enough to win ball games.
Kansas City followed the same script just one night after a thrilling comeback victory, scoring runs in four of their first five innings while shutting out the first-place White Sox in a 5-0 afternoon victory.
They knocked around Carlos Rodon, starting with more heroics from Salvador Perez.