The Kansas City Royals were able to avoid disaster in the AL Wild Card race on Wednesday night by managing to take home a road victory and not get swept by the Boston Red Sox.
Before finding their way back into the win column though, manager Matt Quatraro made a pretty significant lineup change. He sent his usual leadoff man, Jonathan India, down in the order to the seven spot and moved the newly acquired Mike Yastrzemski up into the leadoff position.
Quatraro stated that this move was less performance based and "far more matchup based" according to Anne Rogers of MLB.