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The Kansas City Royals have used 25 different Opening Day starting pitchers in their 52 seasons. The 23 starters have a combined Opening Day record of 14 wins, 22 losses and 16 no decisions. [3] No decisions are only awarded to the starting pitcher if the game is won or lost after the starting pitcher has left the game.
The Mets and Royals split the short two-game series to start the season, while the Mets would sweep the other half of their four games season series at Citi Field in June. [ 100 ] [ 101 ] As was the case with their 1985 championship, the Royals missed the postseason a year after winning the World Series.
The Royals are 2-3 through five games. Marsh turned in a stellar outing against the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday. He earned his first win as a starting pitcher in the Royals’ 4-1 victory from ...
Game 2 produced excitement and controversy with the Blue Jays winning, 6–5, in ten innings. This game featured Royals' pitcher Bud Black against Toronto left-hander Jimmy Key. The Royals scored in the third inning when Buddy Biancalana singled and scored on an unexpected home run by the light-hitting Willie Wilson to make the score 2–0.
The four players marked the most for the Royals in an All-Star Game since 2016, and this game marked the first time the Royals had two starting pitchers in the same midsummer classic.
Right-handed starting pitcher Mason Black, who came in with an 0-4 record and ERA over 7.00, was dominant against the KC lineup. The Royals have now lost five consecutive games.
Gura was 3–0 against them in both 1979 and 1980, with five complete games, and tossed another complete-game victory against the Yankees in the 1980 American League Championship Series. Gura was named Royals pitcher of the year two times. Gura was the Royals' starting pitcher for Games 2 and 5 of the 1980 World Series.
Jackson was the winning pitcher, following the same formula and pitching rotation as the Royals did in the ALCS where Jackson also won Game 5. Jackson threw an immaculate inning in the 7th, becoming the only pitcher to do so during a postseason game to date. [ 12 ]