After a bad series against the Atlanta Braves, the Phillies laid a dud in the opening game against the Kansas City Royals.
Taijuan Walker was tasked to stop the bleeding and the wound grew bigger. He should’ve had a one-two-three inning in the first if not for a Trea Turner fumble at shortstop but he didn’t.
Instead, it was an infield single that the Royals capitalized on. Salvador Perez crushed a sweeper down the left-field line to score Vinny Pasquantino from first.
The bottom of the Phillies order began to show some life in the top of the third.