Sometimes the other team is just better that day and you have to tip your cap.
I’ve not been shy about pointing out bad umpiring this year and home plate umpire Adam Hamari was among the worst we’ve seen this season. But his wildly inconsistent zone has little to do with why the Royals lost, today. Lugo was hanging his breaking pitches and leaving everything up and the Red Sox just didn’t miss much. In the end, he struck out six and only allowed a single walk but gave up five runs in five innings and is no longer the MLB leader in ERA as Tarik Skubal and Corbin Burnes are now in front of him.