Kansas City’s Royals were 2-8 in their last 10 with four straight losses coming into the series opener with the Washington Nationals tonight, and the Nats were 8-2 in their last 10 with a four-game winning streak, so of course the visitor took a 4-2 lead into the ninth inning with a chance to snap their losing streak, but the home team rallied to tie it on an RBI double by Ryan Zimmerman and an RBI single by Brian Dozier, 4-4.
It went to extras, and the Royals won it in the 11th, scoring three runs with Jonny Venters on the mound.