The Kansas City Royals found themselves on the losing end of a series for the second straight time after dropping what appeared to be a winnable road three-game road set against the rebuilding Minnesota Twins, fresh off a trade deadline fire sale.
The reality of going another three games without making up any ground in the American League Wild Card race is undoubtedly a tough pill to swallow.
However, the Royals shouldn't consider this weekend a complete wash. Not only did they manage to salvage the series by winning one game on Saturday, they continued to to deploy some promising lineup optimization practices, by further tweaking the batting order.