To say this week started poorly for the Kansas City Royals might be an understatement.
Amid what's been a chaotic American League Wild Card race, the Royals had a prime opportunity in front of them to possibly make up a considerable amount of ground and push closer to their goal of clinching a postseason berth with the scuffling Los Angeles Angels coming to town to start the week.
However, as favorable as this matchup seemed on paper, games aren't won on paper. That's the reality the Royal quickly discovered in their first two games of the week, dropping both and scoring three or less runs against in each contest.