Listless Royals lose again, 8-0

For a while, it looked like the Royals were going to be the victims of a perfect game, or at least a no-hitter. Unfortunately, Ryan O’Hearn broke it up with a leadoff single in the fifth inning. I say unfortunately because this was otherwise an extra-long dud of a game. If the Royals had been no-hit at least we would have gotten to see something (semi-)novel.

Kyle Zimmer served as the opener for the Royals. The broadcast crew noted that Mike Matheny was hoping for a pitch count low enough to justify sending Zimmer out for a third inning. Instead, Zimmer walked a pair in the first inning and did not return for the second. Kris Bubic came on as the alleged “bulk-man” for today’s game but…