“I mean, we would definitely want to go to him there,” Quatraro said of Erceg postgame. “He came off the off day and his back was a little tight and we needed to stay away from him today.”
When things got hairy, Quatraro went with All-Star closer Carlos Estévez to attempt to clean up the eighth inning.
The strategy did not work.
Jackson Stone writes about whether there is pressure to win now before the trade deadline.
Just 20-34 against teams over .500 and 6-16 in their past 22 games at Kauffman Stadium, the Royals simply have to execute this month to provide the front office reason to buy at the Deadline.