HOUSTON -- The Kansas City Royals brought their offense with them on this road trip. They’d scored six runs or more in each of their previous three games entering Wednesday night. They’d hit multiple home runs in four of their previous five games.
They’d gotten runs. They just hadn’t gotten wins.
So the fast start the Royals’ offense enjoyed against one of the stingier starting pitchers in majors, Houston Astros right-hander Cristian Javier, seemed simultaneously encouraging and cruelly antagonistic.
