Royals travel to Boston to play for 12 minutes

The Kansas Metropolis Royals misplaced to the Baltimore Orioles final evening. After the sport they flew to Boston to play the Purple Sox. They performed for 12 complete minutes this afternoon, misplaced, and are actually on their solution to Cleveland to tackle the Indians tomorrow. For his or her half the Purple Sox are actually heading to the airport to fly out to San Diego for a recreation in opposition to the Padres tomorrow.

All of this was the results of a suspended recreation on August 7, which was halted because the Royals and Purple Sox had been tied 4-Four within the prime of the 10th inning. It was resumed, and concluded fairly rapidly, this afternoon.

When the sport was suspended, Josh Taylor had just come on to pitch for Boston and Royals catcher Meibrys Viloria was ahead in the count to 2-1. It resumed at 1:05pm. Nick Dini pinch-hit for Viloria and lined out and the next two Royals batters went down in order as well.

In the bottom of the 10th Andrew Benintendi struck out, Christian Vázquez doubled, Chris Owings pinch ran for him, Sam Travis was intentionally walked and then Brock Holt singled in Owings. Game over, with the proceedings ending at 1:17 PM.

Not that it was a waste of everyone’s time. The Red Sox wisely made a fun day out of it by allowing anyone who is 18 or under to attend the game for free. All others were allowed to enter for a $5 donation to the Jimmy Fund. Concessions were dirt cheap, with sodas and hot dogs going for a buck or so. Kids were allowed to run the bases afterward and they kept the concession stands open for a good long while.

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The reporters and some fans on the scene were tweeting about how great an atmosphere it was so, hey, not too bad.

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