They didn't lose because they pitched to Witt. They lost because they scored 0 runs.
If we're going to put anything on Burnes, it's walking the 9 hitter to lead off an inning when said 9 hitter likes to steal bases and you suck at holding runners on.
The Royals played good situational baseball that inning. Walk, steal 2B, groundball gets runner to 3B, single scores the run.
We strike out in those situations.