Royals think Giants soaked dirt to slow speedsters

When it comes to the Royals' running game, Kansas City manager Ned Yost thinks the San Francisco Giants are being sticks in the mud. The Royals concluded the dirt was hosed down with extra vigor. ''Maybe the groundskeeper just was looking at all the Royals fans up in the corner there and just forgot,'' Yost said Saturday. When Moose (Mike Moustakas) or somebody got on - it might have been Moose - and he dove back into first base and he came up extremely muddy, I thought that it was a little damper than normal, yeah.'' Giants manager Bruce Bochy claimed he had not perceived any unusual moisture.