The Kansas City Royals fit a ton of offense into a three out span, piling up 11 runs between the fifth and sixth innings en route to a 12-1 win over the Chicago White Sox tonight at Rate Field.

Full disclosure: this was the first time this writer has watched a Ryan Bergert outing in full. The four-seamer seemed to really jump on hitters, especially when he put it at the top of the zone. The sweeper looked really sharp, particularly to the armside. That is, it looked very sharp until the fourth inning. After getting ahead in the count against Andrew Benintendi, he threw a sweeper that was below the zone but split the plate. Benintendi went down and got it, scooping it deep enough down the right field line to just barely clear the fence for a homer. Edgar Quero then stayed back on one of th

See Full Page