The Kansas City Royals scored three runs in the seventh inning and went onto defeat the Oakland Athletics 5-2 on Tuesday night.  John Buck provided the three runs on a three run home run.  Without Buck’s homerun, I don’t think the Royals would have won this game.  However, the Royals will now be going for the three game sweep on the A’s on Wednesday!

Besides Buck going deep in the seventh inning to provide three rbi, Mike Aviles and Mark Grudzielanek both had a rbi to help out.  Grudzielanek had a rbi sac fly in the fourth inning while Aviles hit a solo home run in the sixth.

Gil Meche picked up the win on the mound and is now 9-9 on the season.  Meche pitched seven innings and only allowed five hits and two runs.  It was about time that the Royals offense scored more then a few runs so Meche could pick up another victory.  Ron Mahay pitched a scoreless eighth inning before Joakim Soria finished things up to record his 29th save.

So will the Royals get the sweep on Wednesday?  Come back and find out!  Royals Baseball

Well I sure didn’t expect this result that is for sure.  The Kansas City Royals defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 on Thursday night as the two teams opened up a four game series in Kansas City.  The Royals were ahead 4-0 before the Rays came back with single runs in the 8th and 9th innings but that was all they would get in the game.

Gil Meche picked up his 8th win of the season and is now 8-9.  Meche tossed seven shutout innings while only giving up five hits.  Meche threw a great game and was the MVP of the game if you ask me.  Ron Mahay and Joakim Soria both gave up single runs out of the bullpen but Soria was still able to notch his 27th save of the season.

John Buck had a two run double in the 4th inning to lead the team at the plate with two rbi.  Mark Grudzielanek had a rbi sac fly while Ross Gload had a rbi single before the Buck two run double.  It wasn’t much offense, but it was enough to get the victory.

Good job by the Royals of coming out and taking game one of the series.  Will they win game 2?  Leave us a comment and let us know what you think!  Royals Baseball Blog

Just as I had predicted, the Kansas City Royals lost on Wednesday afternoon to the Detroit Tigers.  It was a 7-1 loss and the Royals were swept away in the three game series.  I’m sure they are glad that the Tigers are getting out of town after these last three games.

Zack Greinke gave up seven hits and five runs to take the loss for the Royals.  Greinke is now 7-7 on the season.  Horacio Ramirez gave up two more runs in the 7th inning.  Leo Nunez pitched a scoreless 8th inning before Ron Mahay pitched a scoreless 9th inning.

The one run for the Royals came the 7th inning when Jose Guillen singled to center and David DeJesus scored.  That was all the Royals could muster however as the bats were still swinging and not making very good contact.

The Royals will now begin a series on Thursday against the Tampa Bay Rays.  Uh oh, it looks like it could be another sweep!  Royals Blog

The Kansas City Royals lost for the second straight night to the Detroit Tigers.  On Tuesday evening after sitting through a 2.5 hour rain delay, the Royals lost to teh Tigers 7-1.  The Royals will have to win on Wednesday afternoon or else they will be sweep at home by the Tigers.

Kyle Davies dropped to 3-2 on the season as he only lasted four innings on the mound.  Davies gave up five hits and two runs including one home run.  Joel Peralta tossed the next three innings of the game and he gave up four hits and three runs as well as walking two batters.  Robinson Tejeda pitched the 8th and 9th innings after the rain delay and he was just as good as Davies and Peralta as he gave up three hits and two runs.  The Royals pitchers just didn’t have it going on Tuesday night.   Hell, we can just about say that for every night.

At the plate the Royals only had six hits and struckout nine times.  Second basemen Mark Grudzielanek went 3-4 with the Royals lone rbi.  Grudzielanek had a rbi single in the first inning and after that the Royals pretty much were silent at the plate.  You have to swing the bats a lot better then that if you want to win.  Especially when your pitchers give up seven runs.

So will the Royals come out on Wednesday and avoid the three game sweep?  I really doubt it.

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Kansas City Royals pitchers Luke Hochevar and Jimmy Gobble both had a night that they don’t want to remember.  Hochevar was charged with seven runs in only five innings while Gobble was charged with ten runs in only one inning of action.  A lot of people are probably thinking how in the hell does Gobble give up ten runs?  Well he was out there to take one for the team pretty much.

I should mention that Robinson Tejeda also gave up two runs as he pitched in between Hochevar and Gobble.  Yeah, it was a terrible night to be a Royals pitcher as they struggled on the mound.

Joey Gathright had a rbi single in the 8th inning and then scored on a wild pitch.  Billy Butler then added on a two run single in the 8th as the Royals scored all four runs in the inning.  It really didn’t matter how well the offense hit tonight because the pitchers were that terrible.

So was this the worst performance you have seen out of the Royals lately?  Leave us a comment and let us know!

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What a nice comeback win for the Kansas City Royals who looked dead until the bottom of the eighth inning.  Two runs in the eighth inning for the Royals were enough to come from behind and beat the White Sox for a 2-1 victory.  With the win, the Royals were able to avoid the three game sweep as well.

Mike Aviles and Jose Guillen both had rbi doubles in the eighth inning for the Royals.  Aviles double was off of White Sox starter Mark Buehrle and Guillen’s came off of Octavio Dotel.  The Royals weren’t done scoring however as Mark Teahen added a two run inside the park home run to extend the Royals lead to 4-1.

Royals starter Zack Greinke pitched awesome as he pitched seven innings and only gave up six hits and one run.  The one mistake by Greinke came in the fourth inning when Jermaine Dye it a solo home run.  That was the only run the White Sox would get however.  Ron Mahay tossed a eighth inning to get the win and then Joakim Soria closed the door on the White Sox in the ninth to record his 24th save of the season.

The Royals have one series left before the All Star break as they will start a three game series on Friday against the Seattle Mariners.

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The Kansas City Royals were up 5-0 to the Chicago White but then the White Sox came back to beat the Royals by the score of 7-6 on Wednesday evening.  These are the type of games that the Royals need to win if they want to ever be competitive.  Good teams find a way to win, not a way to lose…

Brian Bannister tossed 6 2/3 innings while giving up four hits and five runs to get a no decision in the game.  Bannister was hurt by the home run ball as he served up two of them in the game.  Robinson Tejeda gave up two runs while only recording two outs to take the loss in the game.  Tejeda is now 0-2 on the season.

John Buck had a rbi sac fly and a solo home run in the game to have two rbi.  Ross Gload also had a two run single to finish with two rbi in the game.  Alex Gordon had the other rbi which game in the first inning on a rbi single.  The Royals also scored one run in a Jose Guillen double play in the first inning.

The Royals will now have to win on Thursay to avoid the sweep by the White Sox.   I don’t think they will get the job done however.  Royals Blog

The Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox played 13 innings on Tuesday night and it was the White Sox that came away with the 8-7 victory.  After the Royals tied things up in the 11th inning with two runs, they gave up a run in the 13th inning and were unable to tie the game once again and fell to the White Sox.

Orlando Cabrera hit a rbi double in the 13th inning off of Robinson Tejeda who took the loss for the Royals.  Tejada is now 0-1 on the season.  Horacio Ramirez gave up two runs in the 11th inning for the Royals as well.  Starting pitcher Kyle Davies pitched 5 2/3 innings and gave up nine hits and three runs.  Joe Crede did take Davies deep for a solo home run in the game for the only long ball of the night.  Ramon Ramirez gave up two more runs as he pitched 1 2/3 innings after Davies left the game.  The pitching staff just didn’t have it on Tuesday night.

The Royals were led by David DeJesus and Mike Aviles at the plate as both players had two rbi each in the game.  Alex Gordon, Miguel Olivo, and Esteban German all had one rbi each.  Aviles and Gordon were the two players with a rbi in the 11th inning that extended the game even further.

The Royals will now try to tie the series up at 1-1 with a victory on Wednesday.  Royals Blog

The Kansas City Royals lost to the Baltimore Roylas 5-2 on Wednesday even as they struggled against Orioles starter Daniel Cabrera.  Cabrera tossed a complete game while Royals starting pitcher Gil Meche was rocked for nine hits and five runs.  The Royals will need to win on Thursday if they want to split the series.

Meche dropped to 6-9 on the season as the took the loss.  Meche lasted six innings but was hit hard as he gave up ten hits and all five runs.  Horacio Ramirez came in after Meche left the game and pitched two scoreless innings.

David DeJesus had the only rbi for the Royals and that came in the first inning when he led the game off with a solo home run.  The other run for the Royals came in the third inning Joey Gathright scored on a double play.  Since it was a double play, no rbi was awarded.

So will the Royals get the sweep on Thursday against the Orioles?  Right now I don’t like their chances.

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After this week at Bush Stadium in St. Louis, all of the Cardinals fans saying that this is not a rivalry may have some different feelings now. The Royals just swept the Cardinals in a 3 game series. And with how Kansas City had been playing before interleague play this is very exciting to see. The Royals are now 7-2 against National League teams this year and 5-1 in their last 2 series.

Todays game was a 4-1 win that Zack Greinke pitched great in. The Royals allowed their fewest amount of hits in a game for the season with only 2 allowed. The only run by the Cardinals came on a home run. All 3 games of the series were close with the other to games being 1-run games. Mark Teahen was able to give the Royals two insurance runs in the 9th inning while they had a 2-1 lead. It was Mark’s 7th home run on the season.

Even with this sweep being over a injured Cardinals team it still feels pretty good to be a Royals fan today. Now the Royals will come home to play a series against the Giants and then the Rockies. Both of these series seam winable for KC. After the 12 game losing streak that really hurt the Royals hopefully they are playing well enough to get back in the division race.