Kris Bubic loses no-hit bid for Royals on respectable scoring alternate

SAN FRANCISCO — Kris Bubic’s no-hit bid for the Kansas City Royals ended with an respectable scoring alternate Monday evening.

Bubic first of all were given via six innings in opposition to the San Francisco Giants with out permitting a success — most effective to have an error charged to Royals 2nd baseman Michael Massey modified to a unmarried sooner than the beginning of the 7th.

With two outs within the 6th, Wilmer Flores hit a grounder towards 2nd base. Massey moved to his left and used to be in place to make the play however slipped to the bottom on the fringe of the grass because the ball rolled previous him into the outfield.

The play used to be first of all dominated an error by means of respectable scorer Michael Duca, and Bubic then struck out Jung Hoo Lee to finish the inning and stay the sport scoreless.

But moments later, Duca modified his name to a base hit for Flores.

In the 7th, Bubic gave up a one-out double to Casey Schmitt for San Francisco’s 2nd hit.