I don't think it's anything more than an excuse. If you can pitch, you can pitch against anyone, anywhere. Sox pitchers were leaving pitches up to a hot hitting Royals team. Even the pitches that weren't left up were hit hard. KC is hitting everything in sight right now. That said, the starting pitching looks awful and the bullpen looks worse. Boone looks especially lost out there, and it appears that we're going to lose D.J. for a couple of games.