Resident desiccant Jordan Lyles made the start for Kansas City today and did Jordan Lyles things. He allowed four runs in six innings. That means he didn’t even achieve a quality start but didn’t completely melt down as he has other times. Unfortunately for him, the Royals’ Sunday lineup was as ineffective as many had imagined it might be prior to the first pitch.
Only one Royal managed a complete orbit around the pitchers’ mound, today. Nick Loftin reached on a single, advanced to third on a pair of Astros errors (more on that in a moment,) and scored on a sacrifice fly by Drew Waters.