If someone were looking for Royals highlights, they should probably begin and end their search with the first pitch of the night.
Alex Gordon jumped all over Carlos Carrasco's first pitch of the night, clubbing a shot to left-center field. Gor. Dong.
Lorenzo Cain reached with a one-out single, but as quickly as he reached, he got picked off by Carrasco at first.
Even after a late tease of a rally in which the combined distance of the two RBI hits traveled roughly 150 feet, there was little joy to be derived from the Royals' play on the field--unless, of course, one takes delight in their failure.