Yes, the Royals are a better hitting team. Its just that striking out 14 hitters out of 17 batters is such an aberration, I thought something happened to Scherzer while he was in the minors.
Although, I looked at the play by play for that game again and he was taken out in the top of the sixth after walking one batter and hitting the next batter. Given that there were two outs at the time and Scherzer was on a track to set the team record for strikeouts in one game, I wonder if the manager or pitching coach saw something that told them Scherzer needed to come out. Something in the way he was throwing?