http://www.royalshomeplate.com A blog about Kansas City Royals Baseball Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:50:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Kansas City Royals have traded for speedy outfielder Coco Crisp. The trade happened Wednesday morning between the Royals and Red Sox. The Royals will be sending relief pitcher Ramon Ramirez to the Red Sox in exchange for Crisp. This is a good trade for the Royals who could really use ... http://www.royalshomeplate.com/royals-trade-for-coco-crisp-from-the-red-sox/ The Kansas City Royals and Florida Marlins have finally reached an agreement that will send Mike Jacobs to the Royals while Leo Nunez will be headed to the Marlins. The Royals wanted a new player at first base and they are hoping that Jacobs will be that solution. Jacobs hit .299 ... http://www.royalshomeplate.com/royals-trade-leo-nunez-to-the-marlins-for-mike-jacobs/ 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 ... http://www.royalshomeplate.com/royals-sweep-the-tigers-with-blowout-victory/ 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 ... http://www.royalshomeplate.com/royals-sweep-the-mariners-with-12-0-victory/ 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 ... http://www.royalshomeplate.com/davies-and-the-royals-shut-out-the-mariners-3-0/ 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 ... http://www.royalshomeplate.com/royals-come-back-to-beat-the-twins-3-2/ 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 ... http://www.royalshomeplate.com/royals-lose-once-again-to-the-rangers/ 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 ... http://www.royalshomeplate.com/gil-meche-roughed-up-as-royals-fall-9-4/ 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 ... http://www.royalshomeplate.com/royals-blasted-out-of-cleveland-with-10-3-loss/ 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 ... http://www.royalshomeplate.com/royals-blow-lead-and-lose-8-5/