Kansas City Royals: Spring Training game three beatdown

After throwing the hammer down offensively in the first two Cactus League games, the Kansas City Royals suffered a 12-5 loss at the hands of the Colorado Rockies in game three of Spring Training.

On outfielder Jorge Soler‘s birthday, the Kansas City Royals were defeated handily by the Colorado Rockies. The day started off with a rocket off the bat of Raimel Tapia, over the fence on the first pitch by Scott Barlow. It was the only run he allowed in his two innings of work.

The birthday boy, Soler also sent the first pitch of one of his at bats over the wall for one of four home runs hit by the Royals on the day, and his only hit of the game. Belting two was fellow outfielder, and frankly one of the big questions for Kansas City this season, Bubba Starling. Soler went 1-for-3 on the day and Starling was

Left handed pitcher Brian Flynn had the roughest day of all the pitchers. He took the loss after giving up seven runs, six of them earned, five hits, and one walk in 1.1 innings. He struck out one batter.

Antonio Senzatela earned the victory for the Colorado Rockies. Both Arnaldo Hernandez and Jason Adam put up solid innings to help keep the Royals in the game.

Though it is just Spring Training, it is a good chance for guys to get back in the swing of things. There have been a lot of runs scored by most teams in the Cactus League so far this Spring Training, so I’m sure there are plenty more runs left to be scored in Arizona for the Royals.

The Kansas City Royals will be back in action Tuesday with split squad games. One group will stay in Surprise to host the Los Angeles Dodgers, while the second group will head to Phoenix for a matchup against the Chicago White Sox starting at 2:05 PM, Central Standard Time.