In a week punctuated by three dramatic come-from-behind wins and a dramatic come-from-behind loss, the Royals played a pretty drama-free one today. Technically, the Royals were behind in this one twice, but neither of those leads lasted an entire inning, so it’s hard to say it ever felt like this one was getting away from the Royals.
Alec Marsh mostly bounced back from a series of bad starts. He gave up a home run on the first pitch of the game but then recorded the next 12 outs with no difficulty, striking out eight of those. In the fifth inning, he got two groundouts around a Mitch Garver foul pole-hitting home run and it was fair to wonder if it was just gonna be one of those days where he dominated outside the random solo home run.