Entering the bottom of the ninth inning on Monday night, the Royals looked cooked. Kansas City pitchers had issued 14 (!) walks to Atlanta hitters and allowed some mammoth home runs. After adding another run in the top frame, Atlanta led 10-4.
Naturally, the Royals then made things interesting before going into the good night. Before making their first out, the Royals loaded the bases, and Freddy Fermin, who replaced an injured Salvador Perez earlier in the game, singled home two runs to put the Royals within a slam.
Adam Frazier followed with a sacrifice fly, and suddenly the Royals were only down three with one on and one out.