It has been a long month for the Royals. Just 1.5 games back of Cleveland in the AL Central month ago, they entered this weekend’s four-game series 9.0 games back of the Guardians. Tonight, they got one of those games back thanks to a strong night from Michael Wacha and the bullpen. The Kansas City offense got two late runs and steal a series-opening 2-1 win.
The Royals improve to 45-38 while Cleveland falls to 51-28.
Both offenses were quiet to start, and Wacha was solid in his second start back from the IL. He got into a little trouble in the 2nd inning, loading up to bases with two walks and a hit batter, but got out of the inning by inducing a Steven Kwan groundout.