Yost changes lineup, and the offense shows improvement
Starting pitcher Ian Kennedy has worst outing of season, allowing seven earned runs
CHICAGO
The idea rooted itself in Ned Yost’s mind sometime last week. This was before his Royals team found itself mired in a seven-game losing streak, before the offense recorded the quietest six-day stretch in franchise history, before Yost slid into a table at Carmine’s restaurant here in Chicago on Thursday night.
As Yost enjoyed a night off with his wife during a 10-game road trip, the idea remained somewhere in the recesses of his brain.