Coming into tonight, the Royals had won precisely zero games in which they trailed by three or more runs—with a whopping 32 losses. In San Francisco, the Royals added a number to the second column, falling to 0-33 when trailing by three or more runs. They lost to the Giants and fell to a blood-curdling 20-41 on the season. Yuck.
Now, we all know that there are deep institutional problems with the Royals, but we can still highlight individual performances. Kris Bubic was one such performance. After getting sent down to Triple-A because he was, um, getting absolutely destroyed on the mound, he has rebounded somewhat.