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- Updated: July 26, 2016
KANSAS CITY — For the first time since July 8, the Royals did not surrender a home run to an opponent. But even with one problem subsiding, another remained. This season, the Royals have given up more runs in the first inning than any other, a problem that continued on Monday.
Right-hander Ian Kennedy gave up just four runs in his start, but all four came in the first inning. That early damage proved pivotal, as the Royals fell, 6-2, dropping to two games below .500.
“It was all mechanical,” Kennedy said of his early struggles. “It’s one of those feelings where you’re trying to find it and search for it. It didn’t come to me until about the second or third inning. By that time it was too late.”
For a Royals team with a faltering offense, the one thing they couldn’t afford to do was fall behind.
But as Kennedy came to the mound, he said he could feel things were off. He loaded the bases …
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