It took the 2021 Royals just one game to score at least eight runs in a game, scoring 11 on Opening Day against the Rangers. They scored 10 more two days later. This year, it took 28 games and another matchup with Texas, but they finally did it last night thanks in part to four Rangers’ errors.
They did so in a bit of a pitching limbo, not announcing a starting pitcher until just a few hours before the game. They ultimately gave Gabe Speier the ball in what would be a bullpen game that proved effective, with Royals’ pitchers giving up just two runs.