Not Enough Offense

The loss last night looked much like every other loss this season—simply not enough offense. The Royals are 3-7 on their current road trip with a 4.66 team ERA. Not exactly lights out, but good enough to keep them in most ball games. But not with the .214 team average that they've sported and the 36 runs (3.6 rpg), 10 of which were scored in one game, over that same stretch of time.

The Royals are 8-24. Just so you have an idea about how bad things are, at this time last year, they were 11-21. This is the worst record the Royals have ever posted after their first 32 games. Not good.

Brian Anderson was placed on the 15-day DL with soreness in his left elbow. The Royals purchased the contract of Leo Nunez from Wichita to replace Anderson's spot on the roster. Nunez was 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA in Wichita. He started the year in rookie ball where he had an ERA of 8.31 in 8 games.

Zack Greinke (0-3, 3.38 ERA) gets the ball tonight against Roy Halladay (4-2, 3.78).