The Kansas City Royals fell to 81-79 with their 7-2 loss on Friday night. Kansas City is now playing out the string and looked like it in this game.
Yordano Ventura made his last start of the season. He suffered through only one bad inning, giving up four runs in the third inning. Overall, he lasted 6.0 innings, allowing 8 hits, 3 walks, and 4 earned runs with 8 strikeouts.
The loss drops him to 11-12 on the season.
Brian Flynn entered in the seventh inning and promptly gave up a three-run blast by Cleveland shortstop Francisco Lindor.