Sarah Ashlee Barker hits buzzer-beater to lift Portland Fire to first win over Liberty
Sarah Ashlee Barker's buzzer-beater secures Portland Fire's first win against Liberty!
The Kansas City Royals lost 6-5 to the Chicago White Sox after tying the game in the sixth inning. Despite a strong start, the Royals couldn't hold on, with Matt Strahm giving up a crucial home run in the eighth.
Welp, Salvador Perez is hitting cleanup, dragging his .233 OBP along with him. Perez wasnât in the lineup on Sunday, so there was maybe some hope that heâd be further down the lineup when he reappeared. The answer is: no. Iâm sure that wonât negatively impact the game at all tonight, but weâll quote these sentences and see if thatâs correct truly or ironically. The good news is that the sentence was correct (truly), at least here! And Salvy did get another hit later, so he was legitimately productive there in his return to the game. Maybe some more off days are in order, TBH. On the pitching side of things, the Royals sent to the mound in place of the injured . Kolek, somewhat famously, had started his Royals career with six consecutive quality starts. For four innings, Kolek sure seemed like it would be another quality start. But he ran into trouble in the fifth inning. With one out (seems like a fake name, tbh) hit a home run. Sam Antonacci (also seems fake, who are these people) hit a double. And with up, the looming threat of a Murakami bomb to truly push the game over the edge was a problem. But it wasnât Murakami who hit the bomb. That would be (seems like a name from a Final Fantasy game, but I digress) two batters later. That gave the White Sox a 5-2 lead. The Royals bats werenât done, though. In the sixth inning, walked and hit a rocket line drive out to center field. Were the Royals finally going to do some damage? Yes, as it turns out. doubled to put runners on second and third. And for the second time in a week, hit a key RBI double. Later, singled him home to tie the game. It was exciting. The excitement wound end rather unceremoniously. Matt Strahm replaced , and though he pitched a mostly clean eighth inning, his one mistake was a home run meatball swatted by Derek Hill. That gave the White Sox a 6-5 lead, a lead they would not relinquish as Witt, , and Salvy went 1-2-3 in the ninth inning. Just like that, the Royals are back in last place in the AL Centralâwell, tied for it at least. They are a dreadful 6-13 away from Kauffman Stadium. Hopefully, they can win some games on the road soon. If they donât, the season will continue to slip away.
The final score was 6-5 in favor of the Chicago White Sox.
Bobby Baseball and Salvador Perez both hit solo home runs for the Royals.
Matt Strahm gave up a home run to Derek Hill in the eighth inning, which ultimately led to the White Sox's victory.
With this loss, the Royals are tied for last place in the AL Central and have a poor record of 6-13 away from Kauffman Stadium.
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