The Kansas City Royals fell to 75-70 with their 5-4 loss on Tuesday. KC fell 10 games behind the Indians, but remained 3.0 games behind second place Detroit in the AL Central. Baltimore won which puts KC 5.0 games ahead of Kansas City for the AL’s second wild card.
Danny Duffy did what an ace is supposed to do: restore order after a tough loss. Duffy went 7.1 innings, allowing 3 hits, 2 walks, 3 earned runs and 6 strikeouts.
Duffy left the game ahead 3-2 in the eighth and one out after walking Brett Eibner.