The Kansas City Royals finished up a three game sweep of the Detroit Tigers with a 10-4 blowout on Wednesday night. Hell of a series for the Royals as they wind down the season.

The bottom of the order provided a lot of offense for the Royals as Mitch Maier had three rbi and he was followed by John Buck and Tony Pena Jr. who both had two rbi. Jose Guillen, Alex Gordon, and Joey Gathright provided the other three rbi for the Royals as they had a great game at the plate.

On the mound it was Brian Bannister who picked up the win after throwing six innings. Bannister gave up seven hits but did not allow a run. The only run that the Tigers scored was charged to Kip Wells. Jimmy Gobble and Ron Mahay tossed an inning of relief each as well. Mahay did have problems as he gave up a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. Good thing the offense scored so many runs!

The Royals will now be off on Thursday and then take on the Minnesota Twins for the final series of the weekend.

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It was a great series for the Kansas City Royals as they swept the Seattle Mariners in a four game series. They finished up the sweep with a 12-0 victory on Thursday afternoon. It was a dominating performance out of the pitching staff as well as the offense.

Left-hander Zack Greinke tossed the first seven innings of the game and only allowed two hits while improving his record to 12-10. Greinke now has a 3.59 ERA for the season. Jimmy Gobble and Joel Peralta each pitched an inning of relief after Greinke was taken out of the game.

Mike Aviles led the team at the plate with a three-run home run and three rbi’s. He was then followed by Alex Gordon and Mitch Maier with two rbi each. Up next was David DeJesus, Joey Gathright, Ryan Shealy, and Mark Teahen with one rbi each.

Great series for the Royals who will now play the Chicago White Sox in a weekend series. The Royals can spoiler as the White Sox are in a battle with the Twins for the division.

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Kyle Davies threw eight strong innings and the Kansas City Royals shut out the visiting Seattle Mariners on Monday night by the score of 3-0. Davies only gave up four hits and then Joakim Soria came in for the ninth inning and picked up his 38th save of the season.

It was awesome watching Davies and Soria on the mound as they just made the Mariners hitters look silly at the plate. It’s too bad we didn’t see much of this during the season.

Mike Aviles scored the first run for the Royals on a wild pitch by Carlos Silva in the first inning. The second Royals run came in the fourth inning when Mark Teahen singled to score Jose Guillen. The Royals picked up an insurance run in the seventh inning when Tony Pena Jr.scored on a infield single by David DeJesus.

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The Kansas City Royals avoided a three game sweep the Minnesota Twins on Thursday afternoon as they won in extra innings by the score of 3-2. David DeJesus provided the winning rbi on a single to right field that scored Mark Teahen. It was a nice way to close out a rather dissappointing series for the Royals.

Esteban German got the Royals on the scoreboard in the second inning with a rbi double that plated Miguel Olivo. German’s rbi double tied the game up at 1-1. With the twins up 2-1, Jose Guillen doubled to deep left center to score the Royals run. The game would stay tied until the 10th inning when DeJesus eventually won it.

Ramon Ramirez who pitched the ninth inning ended up with the victory and is now 3-2 on the season. Joakim Soria nothced his 36th save of the season as he finished the Twins off in the bottom of the tenth.

Brandon Duckworth was the starting pitcher for the Royals and he gave up seven hits and two runs in just finve innings of action. Wasn’t that good of a start for Duckworth as he had to work out of multiple jams in his five innings.

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For the third straight night, the Kansas City Royals were beaten by the Texas Rangers. The Royals lost all three game of the three game series and dropped to 56-77 on the season. Two of the three games were by one run, and Wedneday night was one of them as the Royals lost 3-2.

Brian Bannister took the loss and is now 7-14. Bannister gave up six hits and three runs in 6 2/3 innings. Bannister struckout eight Rangers but also gave up one big two run home run in the fourth inning. Bannister had a costly mistake in the seventh inning on a throw to the first base that allowed the game winning run to score as well.

Esteban German finished the game 2-4 with one rbi. German’s rbi came in the third inning when he doubled and Mark Teahen. German scored the Royals second and final run in the fifth inning when David DeJesus singled. That was all the offense for the Royals as they continue to struggle at the plate.

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Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Gil Meche had a night that does not want to remember. Meche pitched into the seventh inning but was charged with 14 hits and five runs including one home run. The Royals went on to lose to the Texas Rangers 9-4 in the game.

Meche of course took the loss and is now 10-10 on the season. One Meche left the game, Joel Peralta gave up two hits and three runs while Robinson Tejeda also gave up a run out of the bullpen. Those three pitchers simply did not get the job done on Monday night.

The four Royals runs were scored on three singles and a groundout fielders choice as the Royals played small ball and never really had a huge inning. Alberto Callaspo, David DeJesus, and Ross Gload had the rbi singles while John Buck had the rbi on the groundout.

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The Kansas City Royals were blasted out of Cleveland as the Indians beat the visiting Royals by the score of 10-3. The Royals were swept in the three game series against the Indians and well they are probably glad to get out of Cleveland!

Zack Greinke got the start for the Royals on the mound and gave up six hits and five runs (only one was earned) in five innings of action. Greinke did give up one home run in the game while walking one and striking out four. Errors really hurt Greinke and the Royals as you can tell with only one of the five runs being earned.

Robinson Tejeda and Joel Peralta were both tagged for one run in relief while Josh Newman was charged with three runs in the eighth inning. Every Royals pitcher that stepped on the mound Thursday pitched terribly!

Mark Teahen led the team at the plate with two rbi as he had a two run double in the fifth inning. Teahen then scored on a rbi single by Tony Pena Jr.

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The Kansas City Royals gave up five runs in the eighth inning and they lost to the Cleveland Indians by the score of 8-5. The bullpen simply didn’t get the job done when they were called upon on in the eighth inning. Once again, it was a game the Royals should have won but they did not.

Ramon Ramirez was charged with two runs while Joakim Soria was charged with three in the five run eighth. Soria ended up taking the loss and it dropped his season record to 1-3. Royals starting pitcher Gil Meche tossed a great game as he lasted seven innings and only allowed two hits and three runs. Good quality start for Meche it is just too bad the bullpen had to blow it.

Mike Aviles had the big hit for the Royals in the game when he hit a three run double to clear the bases in the fifth inning. After the Aviles doubled, he stole third and scored on an error by Kelly Shoppach. Jost Guillen had the other rbi when he had a rbi sac fly in the first inning.

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The Kansas City Royals were blown out by the Chicago White Sox on Thursday afternoon as they served up four home runs in a row and lost the game 9-2. The score was 3-2 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning, but then the White Sox unleashed the big bats and went back-to-back-to-back-to-back and blew the game wide open.

Royals starting pitcher Kyle Davies was charged with the loss and is now 5-4 Davies didn’t throw that ball all that bad as he was charged with nine hits and three runs. Davies struckout seven white sox batters while walking two in his five innings of action. Joel Peralta was charged with three home runs and five runs while Robinson Tejeda was charged with one home run. I put the blame on Peralta and Tejada in this game because they put the team in a big hole after giving up those four home runs.

Once again it was only Jose Guillen who was knocking in any runs for the Royals at the plate. Guillen had a two run single in the first inning but after that the Royals were held scoreless. The bats for the Royals just can’t seem to get things going and it isn’t going to really make a difference if they do get going as the season is coming to an end in the next six weeks.

So how many Royals fans out there have pretty much stopped watching the games and paying any attention to the team? We will still be here blogging until the season is over so keep checking back!

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The Kansas City Royals completed a three game sweep of the Oakland Athletics with a 4-3 victory in 11 innings on Wednesday afternoon.  The Royals have now won four straight games!  Most Royals fans have to be sky high right now with the four wins in a row lol!

Jose Guillen hit a rbi sac fly to score Esteban German for the winning run in the eleventh inning.  I wonder if Guillen even said a word afterwards with the way he has been demanding a trade.  Guillen also had a rbi single the sixth inning as he finished the game with two rbi.  Mike Aviles and Mitch Maier both contributed with an rbi each as well.

Brian Bannister gave up eight hits and two runs over five innings to get the no decision on the mound.  Horacio Ramirez was charged with one run as he pitched when Bannister was taken out of the game.  Ramon Ramirez ended up getting the win while Joakim Soria nothced his 30th save of the season.

Good job by the Royals!  I need to let all the readers know that I will be out of town until August 12th as I will be at a conference out of town for the next couple of weeks.  If there is a Royals fan out there that would like to do some blogging and game recaps, please email me by clicking the contact us link at the top of the blog and I will send you some details.

Thanks – Cliff