The Battle of the Lopezes was everything as advertised. Was it advertised? I guess not. Anyway, if it was advertised, it would have been everything as advertised. At least if it was advertised as a pitching duel between two strikeout pitchers. Regardless, the Royals lost 5-1 in a game that wasn’t very interesting and makes one want to stop watching Royals games for a long time.
For the Royals, Jorge. Lopez was really sharp—most of the time. J. Lopez has some of the best pure stuff on the Royals staff. If he’s going right, he can zip a mid-90s fastball in with lethal arm-side action that looks like a ball until it just.