home game in the month of April, and gave the team a serious hole to climb out of early in the season. May 7th vs Boston Red Sox, 5-11 - Most Jonathan Sanchez starts could qualify for this list, but I picked this game because I enjoyed the beatdown live. The Sanchize managed to allow six runs in three innings, allowing six hits, three walks and two home runs. When your pitcher is being outpitched by someone named Felix Doubront , you know things are going poorly. June 6th vs Minnesota Twins , 2-4 - Any loss to the Twins is frustrating, but this one proved especially maddening because Felipe Paulino only tossed two-thirds of an inning before leaving with an injury that ended his season. Danny Duffy experienced a similar injury only a couple of weeks earlier against the White Sox , leaving the Royals without their two most promising pitchers this season on a team in desperate need of promising pitching. Also, the Royals only scored two runs against Nick Blackburn . June 24th vs St. Louis Cardinals, 8-11 - This game was the final in a three game series at home against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Royals were only 4.5 games back out of first place when the series started, and there was some quiet optimism building that they could keep things competitive in the division throughout the summer. The Royals were then promptly swept by the Cardinals. Sanchez started this game as well, but the