Contributed by: filbert Friday, August 12 2005 @ 05:51 AM CST
Another grand slam dooms the Royals[*1] to their thirteenth straight loss, a franchise record.
Royals manager Buddy Bell kept the clubhouse closed for 30 minutes after the loss.
“When they got the four runs, we can’t stop playing,” Bell said. “We’ve got to keep playing. The nature of the game is to keep going. I didn’t think the focus was there at the end after they got the four runs. That can’t happen. I’m kind of running out of answers.”
Royals need to go 43-5 to finish .500, 25-23 to avoid 100 losses, 1-47 to avoid losing all of their remaining games.