ATLANTA — Kansas City manager Ned Yost won’t hesitate to give the ball to Kelvin Herrera again soon.Even after a rough outing against the Atlanta Braves.Herrera (1-1) gave up solo homers in the eighth inning to Jason Heyward, Justin Upton and Dan Uggla and the Royals could not recover in a 6-3 loss to the Braves on Tuesday night.“He was throwing the ball good,” Yost said. “Location wasn’t very good. A lot of pitches were up and kind of down the middle, but he’s been almost unhittable all year long.”The Braves have won 10 straight games — their best streak since April 15-May 2, 2000 — while Kansas City has dropped three of four.Royals starting pitcher Jeremy Guthrie gave his team a chance to win despite allowing a pair of solo homers to Juan Francisco and leaving for a pinch-hitter in the eighth with the score tied 2-2.But Herrera, who began the game with two saves and 5 1-3 scoreless innings this season, fell apart after facing Heyward with one out.Heyward hit the go-ahead homer with an opposite-field shot into the left-field seats.
Braves beat up Royals
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