Royals have a laugh when former teammate Erik Kratz faceplants during introductions

There weren’t a lot of highlights for the Royals during Monday’s 8-2 loss at Houston.

But the players got a laugh during pregame introductions. Kratz, who was with the Royals for parts of the 2014-15 seasons, is now with the Houston Astros.

Monday’s game at Minute Maid Park was the Astros’ season-opener, so the players were all introduced. Unfortunately for Kratz, he made a memorable entrance, falling flat on his face. His former Royals teammates got a kick out of it.

Daniel Gotera of KHOU, the CBS affiliate in Houston, caught the moment: