The Royals entered this evening’s matchup against the Rangers losers in six of their last seven games. Of those six losses, five of them were one-run losses, including each loss in a four-game sweep at the hands of the White Sox. Needless to say, close games have not been a friend of the Royals in 2019.
In fact, in the month of May, the Royals had won just two games that were decided by fewer than two runs and one of those wins was a walk-off win on Sunday against the Yankees, in which they blew a 7-1 lead.