The Astros Brought the Thunder and the Royals Got Caught in the Rain

The Royals were no match for the mighty Astros on this rainy day. Noah Cameron had a tough start, but the bullpen struggled to hold on, and the defense let the Royals down. The game ended with the Astros taking the win by a score of 8-7.

The first inning went poorly for the Royals, but starting in the second, they made some noise. Jac Caglianone took a one-out walk and went to third on a Salvador Perez groundout. Michael Massey came through with an RBI single, and the Royals had their first lead.

In the bottom of the third, Kameron Misner led off with an infield single. Carter Jensen grounded into a fielder's choice, but Bobby Witt Jr. managed to flick a ball off the end of his bat into right field. Vinnie Pasquantino came through with an RBI single. That sent Bobby to third, where he was able to score on a passed ball a few pitches later. A 3-0 lead with Cameron on the mound felt pretty secure, but that's when the first two-run bomb came. Lane Thomas smacked a solo shot into the fountains the next inning, and all seemed well again. But that's when the second of the two-run bombs came against Cameron.

The Royals failed to score in the fifth, so the Astros decided to take the lead in the sixth as the wind picked up and the clouds loomed even more. Brice Matthews belted a solo home run off of ol' Gas Can. Schreiber otherwise did yeoman's work, striking out 3 in his 1.2 innings of relief.

The Royals came back with a vengeance in the bottom of the sixth. Salvy singled to center and Massey doubled him to third. Thomas took a walk to load the bases for hometown-hero-in-waiting Misner. Unfortunately, we're all still waiting because he popped up a 3-2 pitch that may have been ball 4 for the first out. But the hometown hero we already knew we had, Carter Jensen, smoked a changeup at 100.8 MPH into left center to clear the bases and give the Royals a 7-5 lead.

The Royals tried to score more after Bobby hit a pop-fly double to right-center that could only advance Carter to third. Unfortunately, Isaac Collins was batting in the three hole after Vinnie Pasquantino appeared to injure his wrist - more on that in a minute - in his previous at-bat. Collins flew out to shallow left, and the Royals tried to score Jensen from third anyway. He was thrown out handily. Still, with horrible storms on the radar, all the Royals needed to do was hang on to that lead for a little while longer.