It’s been weeks since the Royals lost three games in a row, not since June 27th when they completed a six-game losing stretch in game one against the Dodgers. That’s helped them stay in the playoff hunt in an extremely mediocre American League. They were 15-9 in July, which is exactly the kind of month they needed to have. But so far in August, they’ve only been 3-4. They’ve now started a stretch of nine games where, if they hope to make the playoffs, they need to win most of the games. With their only remaining ace on the mound last night, they got shellacked. So tonight they’ll turn to the first of two rookies scheduled for this series and hope the young blood can get things done where the old guard failed.

Noah Cameron has been absolutely sensational for the Royals this year. I think I

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