What a disappoint way to lose a game as the Kansas City Royals blew a five run lead in the ninth inning and then gave up a run in the tenth inning as they lost to the Minnesota Twins 9-8 on Wednesday night.

Joel Peralta gave up the game tying home run in the ninth inning to Craig Monroe and then gave up the game winning home run to Justin Morneau in the tenth inning as he took the loss for the Royals.

I suppose we can put some of that blame on Ramon Ramirez as well as he was accounted for four runs in the ninth inning. He was the one that got the Royals in the jam to begin with.  What a waste of a good start my Zack Greinke threw eight innings and only allowed five hits and three runs.

Miguel Olivo led the Royals with two rbi and then four other players had one rbi in the game.  David DeJesus, Joey Gathright, Alex Gordon, and Jose Guillen all had one rbi in the game.

Pretty much it was a tough loss for the Royals who pretty much had the game wrapped up.  Hopefully it doesn’t hurt them in the mental aspect of the game.  Royals Blog

Mark Teahen hit a ball to shortstop to Edgar Renteria who had an error on the plate that allowed Esteban German to score the game winning run in the eighth inning.  That is how the Royals came back and beat the Tigets on Tuesday night by the score of 3-2.

The Royals got down 2-0 early in the game as Zack Greinke gave up two early runs but then settled down as he pitched six innings.  Greinke ended up taking home the no decision in the game.  Leo Nunez improved to 3-0 on the season as he picked up the win in relief.  Joakim Soria pitched the ninth inning as he picked up his ninth save of the season.

Jose Guillen had the first two rbi in the game for the Royals when he doubled in the third inning to get the Royals on the board.  Those were the only two runs the Royals got until the eighth inning when they scored on the error by Renteria.

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Zack Greinke pitched seven strong innings to pitch the Kansas City Royals past the Los Angeles Angels by the score of 9-4.  Greinke picked up his fourth win as he improved to 4-1 on the season.

David DeJesus led the Royals with three RBI as he hit a three run home run in the second inning.  Alex Gordon had two RBI in the game as he hit a two run home run in the fourth inning as well.  Billy Butler, Ross Gload, John Buck, and Tony Pena Jr. all had one RBI in the game.

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The Kansas City Royals outhit the Texas Rangers 6-5 on Thursday afternoon but lost the game 2-1.  The Rangers hit two home runs off Royals starter Zack Greinke and that was all they needed as the Royals offense hit like crap.

Greinke took the loss which was his first of the season in the game.  He did throw seven inning and struckout nine batters, but had the two mistakes to Ian Kinsler and Ramon Vazquez who went deep.

The only run the Royals could manage came in the third inning when Mark Grudzielanek singled in Tony Pena Jr.  The Royals just could never get a rally going at all in the game.

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What a start for pitcher Zack Greinke in 2008!  Greinke now has a 3-0 record after the Kansas City Royals defeated the Seattle Mariners 5-1.  Greinke has to have a lot of confidence, and the whole Royals team has to have a lineup as they have got off to a great start this season.

Greinke pitched all nine innings and only gave up five hits the entire night.  The one earned run came off the bat of Ichiro when he grounded into a fielders choice.  Greinke was top notch and hopefully he will throw the ball the same way during his next start!

At the plate for the Royals, Miguel Olivo and Billy Butler both hit home runs.  Olivo’s home run was a two-run homer, and Butlers was a solo shot.  David DeJesus hit a sacrafice fly in the 7th inning and John Buck had a RBI single in the 8th inning.

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The Kansas City Royals beind a excellent pitching performance by Zack Greinke shutout the New York Yankees on Wednesday night by the score of 4-0.  Greinke threw eight innings, allowing six hits and striking out two batters.

The Royals offense was pretty much spread around as four different players had one RBI.  Jose Guillen, Ross Gload, John Buck, and Tony Pena all had a RBI on the game.

The Royals record now stands at 6-2 on the young season.   What a start for the Royals!

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Wow, who would have thought that the Kansas City Royals would have swept the Detroit Tigers to open the 2008 season?  Great pitching and timely hitting helped the Royals move to 3-0 on the season.

Zack Greinke picked up the win and Joakim Soria picked up his second save of the season.  Greinke pitched seven innings and allowing six hits and only one earned run.  Great performance by Greinke today!

Alex Gordon and Mark Teahen both hit homeruns for the Tigers today.  Gordon hit a 2 run shot in the 4th inning and Teahen hit a solo homerun in the 6th.  In the 7th inning, Carlos Guillen singled in Joey Gathwright.

Great job Royals!

The Kansas City Royals have signed Mark Teahen and Zack Greinke to one year contracts.  Teahen will be paid $2.3 million dollars and Greinke will be paid $1.4 million dollars.

Both players really need to step up and play a full major league season and put up the numbers that they are both capable of.

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