June 7, 2008
Royals 0 - Twins 4
Our hitters were completely baffled by Nick Blackburn all night. Blackburn went six innings and gave up only three hits and no runs, as well as striking out six batters. Hochevar actually had a decent start for the first time in a while (7 IP, 6 H, 2 BB, 2 HR, 4 ER, 10 K's) but Blackburn was too much for our hitters and he couldn't get the run support for a win.
WP - Nick Blackburn (6-4)
LP - Luke Hochevar (6-6)
Team Notes:
- After trading Jeff Fulchino to the Reds before the start of the season just a few months ago, he was offered back to us for a host of prospects, a deal we accepted. In exchange for Fulchino we sent pitching prospects Blake Wood (65/78), Julio Cesar Pimental (65/81), and Sam Runion (63/79). Fulchino (86/88) had appeared in 21 games with the Reds and had posted a 2.01 ERA with 38 K's to 9 walks in 40 1/3 innings.
June 8, 2008
Royals 5 - Twins 4
Tim Melville and Alex Gordon teamed up to help the Royals to a win in game two of this set against the Twins. Alex Gordon smacked two homers and collected three RBI's to lead the offense, whilst Melville kept Minnesota hitters at bay most of the night, holding them to three runs, three hits, and three walks in his six innings of work.
WP - Tim Melville (8-1)
LP - Brian Duensing (5-3)
SV - Joakim Soria (18)
June 9, 2008
Royals 3 - Twins 8
Greinke truly struggled for the first time all season, though it was not all his fault. Greinke pitched only 3 2/3 innings, allowed eight hits, two walks, and five runs. However, of those five runs, only three were earned. On the flip side, Perkins was fantastic on the bump for Minny. He pitched eight innings and allowed only one earned run, despite allowing nine hits.
WP - Glen Perkins (1-3)
LP - Zack Greinke (10-2)
Royals Outlast Rangers in Slugfest
The Rangers turned what appeared to be a cakewalk into a squeaker.
The big inning for the Royals was the fourth. They scored seven runs on six hits in the inning, highlighted by a Jose Guillen grand slam.
Going into the top of the sixth inning the Royals led 11-0 and Jonny Cueto was mowing down Texas hitters with very little trouble, but things exploded from there.
Cueto sent down the first two hitters in the sixth with no trouble, but in almost no time flat the Rangers had put a six spot on the board with three run jacks from Taylor Teagarden and Michael Young. Before the inning was over they tacked on another run, given up by Tim Hamulack, and were within four.
We managed to get a run back in the bottom of the sixth, a run that would prove vital in the grand scheme of the game, as the Rangers pushed across four more runs before the end of the ninth and lost 11-12.
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Texas Rangers at Kansas City Royals
June 11, 2009
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E
Rangers (TEX) 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 3 1 11 15 2
Royals (KCR) 2 0 2 7 0 1 0 0 x 12 16 0
TEXAS ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
I. Kinsler (2B) 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 .249
M. Bradley (LF) 5 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 .300
J. Hamilton (CF) 4 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 .250
T. Teagarden (DH) 4 2 1 2 2 6 0 0 .198
D. Murphy (RF) 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .260
J. Giambi (1B) 4 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 .249
M. Young (SS) 3 3 2 1 1 3 0 0 .296
M. Ramirez (C) 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .219
R. Vazquez (3B) 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .268
TOTALS 39 15 7 11 3 11 5 1
3B: R. Vazquez (2)
HR: T. Teagarden 2 (8), M. Young (6)
GIDP: M. Ramirez 2
TEXAS ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
J. Jennings 3.1 9 0 2 7 7 2 59 9.16
F. Francisco 0.2 3 2 1 4 4 1 31 6.17
L. Vizcaino 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 6.38
E. Guardado 2.0 3 0 0 1 1 0 18 4.78
K. Calero 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 4.63
TOTALS 8.0 16 2 3 12 12 5 132
KANSAS CITY ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
J. Gathright (CF) 5 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 .326
D. DeJesus (LF) 5 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 .250
A. Gordon (3B) 3 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 .279
M. Teixeira (1B) 3 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 .306
J. Guillen (P) 4 1 0 1 1 4 1 0 .268
S. Costa (RF) 4 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 .266
M. Aviles (SS) 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .323
J. Buck (C) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222
A. Callaspo (2B) 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .364
TOTALS 36 16 2 12 3 12 5 0
2B: D. DeJesus (14), J. Gathright 2 (13)
3B: D. DeJesus (3)
HR: A. Gordon (14), J. Guillen (17), S. Costa (3)
GIDP: J. Buck, A. Callaspo, D. DeJesus, J. Guillen 2
KANSAS CITY ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
J. Cueto 5.2 6 4 2 6 6 4 115 3.74
T. Hamulack 0.0 2 2 0 1 1 0 17 3.45
R. Ramirez 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 3.55
J. Gobble 1.0 3 0 1 3 3 0 23 3.70
J. Soria 1.0 2 1 0 1 1 1 29 2.93
TOTALS 9.0 15 7 3 11 11 5 199
WP: J. Cueto (5-3)
LP: J. Jennings (2-6)
SV: J. Soria (19)
Temperature: 80F
Wind: 7 MPH (right to left)
Attendance: 32,836
Time: 3:34
Team Notes:
- It was revealed after the game that Royals starter Brian Bannister has a broken hip and will miss most if not all of the remainder of the regular season, but could be able to pitch in the postseason should the Royals make it that far.
June 12, 2008
Royals 3 - Twins 8
After finding that we would be without Bannister for a while, Davies stepped up big time. Davies went 8 2/3 innings of shutout baseball, and allowed only three hits and three walks. Alex Gordon provided all the offense the team needed with a two run homer, and Shane Costa chipped in an RBI single as well.
WP - Kyle Davies (1-0)
LP - Luis Mendoza (2-7)
SV - Joakim Soria (20)
June 13, 2008
Royals 3 - Twins 8
Hochevar and Soria combined to lose this game for us. Luke had another terrible start, going three innings and allowing six runs, but the offense managed to hold us up for a while. Teixiera and Dejesus each collected three RBI's and Aviles one of his own, as we led 7-6 going into the ninth. But Soria allowed three hits, a home run, and two runs before retiring the side, and recording the loss.
WP - Kiko Calero (2-0)
LP - Joakim Soria (2-3)
SV - C.J. Wilson (10)
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