Kansas City Star · Apr 4, 2017
The 2017 Royals: get ready for more strikeouts
On Monday the Royals bullpen gave up six runs to the Minnesota Twins in the bottom of the seventh inning and like a six-car pileup on the highway, it was pretty hard to ignore.
But Royals fans shouldn’t forget what happened in the top of the seventh; it might have more bearing on the Royals’ fate this season.
The score was tied 1-1 when Lorenzo Cain walked to start off the seventh inning. Getting a fast runner on base to lead off an inning late in a low-scoring ballgame might be a time you want to play small ball, but this is a different type of Royals offense.