This was a long, ugly game. It could have been uglier - the good guys could have lost.
The Royals picked up right where they left off the afternoon before; they hit for the cycle in their first four batters. Billy Burns led off the game with a single on the first pitch he saw. Whit Merrifield, who started at first base today, battled the count full and then launched the eighth pitch, a fastball on the outside corner, into right center for an RBI triple. Kendrys Morales destroyed the first pitch he saw, a hanging curve ball, down the left field line for an RBI double.