Kris Bubic pitched well. He did make a couple mistakes. And those mistakes ended up over the fence. But there is a reason only two of his runs were earned. That reason has a name and it is Maikel Franco. Franco whiffed on a line drive right to him in the fifth inning and everything went downhill from there.
If you’re looking for a stat that explains how good Bubic was tonight how about this one: He was the first Royals pitcher all season to go seven full innings. If he hadn’t been pitching extremely well outside two batters in the first and after the error in the fifth he wouldn’t have gotten there.