The Kansas City Royals are a profoundly awful baseball team that finds creative ways to lose on most nights. Tonight was no difference: against an Arizona Diamondbacks squad with the lowest walk rate in Major League Baseball, Royals pitchers had no idea where the ball was going and managed to walk eight—8!!!!—hitters. You can’t do that and expect to win. The Royals did not, and lost 5-4 to the Diamondbacks.
Kansas City’s offense kicked off pretty well, which was nice. Edward Olivares, the second batter of the game, crushed a pitch inside and off the plate out for a solo home run to give the Royals a 1-0 lead.