San Diego PadresvsKansas City Royals
SD 19/KC 2
Things to say
The San Diego Padres crushed the Kansas City Royals 19-2 at Kauffman Stadium.
01
opener
Man, that wasn't a game, it was a batting-practice session. Padres put up 19 on the road. Royals never had a chance.
02
key player
The whole San Diego lineup left the yard on these guys. Top to bottom, everybody was squaring it up, nobody in that order took a night off.
03
hot take
Honestly, KC's manager left the starter out to dry and went to the pen way too late. By the time he did, it was already a laugher.
04
deep cut
Once San Diego batted around in the middle innings, you knew it was over. That's the kind of inning that quietly wrecks a bullpen for the next series too.
05
exit
Royals are 40-60 and it shows. Anyway, curious if they can steal one before this series is out.
The recap
San Diego absolutely flattened Kansas City, 19-2, in a getaway-day laugher that was over before the middle innings. The Padres bats teed off from the jump and never let up, stacking crooked numbers until it turned into batting practice.
Kansas City's arms got knocked around all afternoon, the Royals manager burned through the pen just trying to stop the bleeding, and it didn't matter. Two runs and a 40-60 record tells you everything about how lopsided this one was.