The Kansas City Royals now stand at 44-79 after a loss to the New York Mets on Saturday evening.
Royals starting pitcher Jakob Junis did his best to keep pace with Mets ace and last year's National League Cy Young Award winner, Jacob deGrom, but Junis and his partners came up short in a 4-1 loss in front of an announced 28,697 at Kauffman Stadium.
The Royals (44-79) can win the three-game series with a victory on Sunday afternoon. The Mets (63-60) entered the day 2.0 games back in the NL wild card race.
