Quick! What happens when five of your nine hitters have a career on base percentage of under .310, three of whom have an on base percentage under .295? If your answer is “that lineup would struggle to score runs,” then you would be correct.
That’s the situation that the Kansas City Royals are in right now, and frankly it’s a surprise that they’ve scored any runs at all this year. For the second third fourth fifth sixth night in a row, a slumping Royals offense scored two or fewer runs. I guess? They could score more runs in the bottom of the ninth, but it’s not going to matter.