Whit Merrifield homered in each game of Sunday’s doubleheader split at Kauffman Stadium between the Kansas City Royals and Seattle Mariners.
And that’s pretty much where the similarities stop.
In the first game, Danny Duffy surrendered seven runs in the first two innings, putting the Royals in a hole they couldn’t climb out of, while Jakob Junis’ excellent outing in the nightcap shut down any Seattle hopes of a series win and allowed the Royals to escape with a split against the Mariners.
Merrifield, Lorenzo Cain and Mike Moustakas had seven of the Royals ten hits in the opener, but the race was effectively run in the first two innings.