The Kansas City Royals had a late lead but saw it slip away due to softly hit balls and questionable managerial decisions as they fell 7-5 to the Cleveland Guardians this afternoon.
Michael Massey wasted little time getting the party started, watching three pitches before turning around 95 from Tanner Bibee and lining it into the right field stands for a leadoff homer. A couple batters later, Vinnie Pasquantino dropped the barrel on a low curveball and golfed out another souvenir to right field to give Kansas City a 2-0 lead. These homers were surrounded by three strikeouts as Bibee was uninterested in letting his fielders participate in the inning.