Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Brad Keller talks about his start against the Chicago White Sox and the benches-clearing altercation that started when he hit Tim Anderson with a pitch at Guaranteed Rate Field on April 17, 2019. By
The bench-clearing altercation between the Royals and Chicago White Sox on Wednesday afternoon at Guaranteed Rate Field may be viewed by some onlookers as an outdated or barbaric. Whether you believe that, it was also entirely predictable and arguably inevitable.
The Royals (6-12) pulled off a 4-3 win in 10 innings to avoid being swept in a three-game series, but the part of the day that left the largest imprint came in the middle of the sixth inning.