Yet another Royals rally runs aground

Kyle Isbel did not do anyone any favors, today.Much as I complained about Jordan Lyles, he probably isn’t too guilty for today’s loss. Lyles pitched his third complete game of the season and allowed only two earned runs. both home runs, in his eight innings of work. The timing of those runs was particularly unfortunate, however.

The Royals took an early lead with a Bobby Witt Jr. single, stolen base, and Michael Massey single. It looked like they might get a second run when Salvador Perez drove one to the track in right-center but Seiya Suzuki managed to pull it down. That would be the last credible Royals threat until the ninth inning.

Lyles immediately gave the lead back up in the bottom of…