Yordano gets the heave-ho in the fourth.
The anticipation was high for this game as a large crowd of Royals fans wanted to see retaliation for Brett Lawrie's hard slide into Alcides Escobar in last night's game. The Royals did indeed get their retaliation eventually, but otherwise looked flat, giving Oakland the last laugh in a 5-0 shutout victory. Brett Lawrie came up in the third inning to a chorus of boos, but despite buckling his legs on a Yordano Ventura curveball, Lawrie escaped without getting plunked.
The Royals got something going in the bottom of the inning when Omar Infante led off with a bloop double down the line and advanced to third on left-fielder Sam Fuld's terrible throw.