Lorenzo Cain was only at his locker a few seconds when he was asked by reporters if he had time to talk.
“Sorry guys,” Cain said. “I gotta go to work.”
With that, Cain was off before Friday’s game, leaving the clubhouse to continue his recovery from a hamstring injury sustained June 28.
“He’s focused on getting back out,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. “He wants to do everything he can do to get back out on that field.”
That included a sacrifice on Thursday, as he stayed in Kansas City while the rest of his teammates traveled to Washington to meet President Barack Obama at the White House.