Seattle brought just enough of their many baserunners home and Kansas City failed to do the same as the Royals fell 6-5 tonight.
Things went off the rails early on for Kansas City. Pitching as an opener for the first time, James McArthur didn’t have it. Three of the first five batters reached base and scored, capped off by Cal Raleigh’s two-run homer. The Royals rallied in the bottom of the inning when Maikel Garcia led off with a double and later scored on a Michael Massey sacrifice fly. They had potential for more with consecutive singles by Salvador Perez (just your regular 407 ft single) and MJ Melendez, but they were stranded to end the inning, leaving the Royals with a 3-1 deficit through one.