The Kansas City Royals didn’t quite notch the league’s first combined perfect game this afternoon, they did something at least as interesting: win a 7-0 shutout versus the evil St. Louis Cardinals while climbing to a record of 17-38. Yes, 17-38. I am not joking.
It started with Josh Staumont, the opener, who promptly notched three consecutive strikeouts. It then continued with Mike Mayers, who has done very well in a Royals uniform. Mayers pitched a solid six innings, lowering his ERA on the year to 1.35.
Since the Royals used an opener, one of the more interesting factors of this game was that Kansas City ended up with a sort of stealth perfect game watch.