Royals Report: Bullpen Chokes Again In Walk-Off Loss

Jul 17, 2016; Detroit, MI, USA; Detroit Tigers catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia (39) celebrates after he hits a game winning two run home run in the ninth inning against the Kansas City Royals at Comerica Park. Detroit won 4-2. Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports

The Royals once again fell victim to the home run on the road, giving up a walk-off two-run dinger in the bottom of the ninth to lose 4-2 against the Tigers in Detroit.

The Kansas City Royals fell to 46-45, and sit 7.5 games behind the Cleveland Indians in the AL Central pending the results of Sunday’s games. Meanwhile, the Tigers improved to 48-44 and 6 games behind Cleveland.

The KC Royals wasted a fine outing by Yordano Ventura, but little mistakes that they used to exploit against other teams bit Kansas City today. The Tigers scored two runs on a balk and a wild pitch, which prevented the Royals from using Wade Davis to close out the game in the ninth.

Instead, Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost brought out the unreliable Joakim Soria. And disaster struck when he gave up a leadoff single, followed by a walk-off home run.

The only good thing I have to say about this garbage is that at least Ned Yost isn’t likely to repeat this lineup. As I predicted, Yost played the same starting nine that scored eight runs on Saturday. That included yet another iteration of Alcides Escobar at lead-off stupidity.

Frankly, I’m getting sick of the KC Royals blowing games in the late innings. On to my observations about this piece of crap game:

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The Royals once again fell victim to the home run on the road, giving up a walk-off two-run dinger in the bottom of the ninth to lose 4-2 against the Tigers in Detroit.

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