The Kansas City Royals lost their mind-numbing 68th game of the year less than a week after the All-Star Break to the Detroit Tigers. But while most losses are bad, this one was particularly sour.
Not a whole lot happened in the early innings of the game, which was mostly uneventful in a good way. Jordan Lyles was actually quite sharp, only allowing four baserunners across his six innings; he struck out four and gave up no runs. Lyles was sharp enough to bait Ryan Lefebvre, Rex Hudler, and Jeremy Guthrie into wondering aloud why such a good pitcher had such a poor ERA in one of the most cringe sections of television in a while.