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Zack Grienke didn’t need much run support today as he posted very impressive numbers against a good team cornered by the broom.  Over the 7 innings of service that Grienke pitched today, those Cardinals of St. Loius could only put up 2 Hits, 1 …

Gil Meche had another outstanding performance today, winning his forth game for the club, by dominating the bats of the Arizona Diamondbacks.  He pitched 7.1 innings of stellar baseball, giving up only 4 Hits, yielding 3 Earned Runs, but Striking Out …

Kyle Davies pitched an incredible game today, but saw his lead float away, as the bullpen entered and got rocked for the second straight day, this time giving up a total of 10 Hits and 10 Runs!  This is not going to work.  Davies exited the game afte…

The Texas Rangers took 6 innings to squeeze a Run out of Gil Meche today, but that was all the would get.  Meche left the game after those 6 innings of work, giving up only 4 Hits, and allowing just that one Run.  His ERA dropped to 5.25, and he look…

 Going in to the 9th inning the Royals found themselves tied at 2 Runs with the New York Yankees, and looked at the mound from home plate, staring into the eyes of “Mr. Automatic,” Mariano Rivera.  The only thing you can hope for in this …

It was May 18th, when the Royals last won a road game, beating the Florida Marlins 9-3, and taking the rubber game in that series.  May 18th!  But that streak (11 games total) has ended today as the Kansas City Royals win the first game of this 4-game series in New York against the Yankees. 
Kyle [...]

What is it about this 22nd win that has baffled thisclub?  It is just one more win than 21, not anything special about the number 22, I am told.  They lose another (10 straight overall) heart breaker, and to Minnesota again, in extra innings.  This time it was the Twins who fought back in the [...]

The Royals can’t buy a win right now.  This was one of those games that should have snapped the funk, and turned the club towards greener pastures.  It went 12 innings, and was forced into extra innings by an inside the park 3 Run home run in the bottom of the 9th inning.  Very dramatic, [...]

To say that this has been a rough road trip would be kind.  It took the Royals from contention for the lead in the AL Central to tied for last place with the terrible Detroit Tigers.  Not good.
Brett Tomko was roughed up today, going a total of 6 innings, but giving up 8 Hits, translating [...]

For the third straight day, the Royals are on the losing end of the scorecard to the Toronto Blue Jays.  Gil Meche took his record to 3-7 on the season, after this lose.  Pitching 6 very solid innings, scattering 2 Runs, on only 5 Hits, and getting 5 Strike Outs.  But that wasn’t enough, as [...]

The Royals offense was shut out today, by a 9 inning pitching show, by Toronto’s Litsch.  He finished the game giving up only 7 Hits, and getting 3 Strike Outs.  It was a very nice pitching performance for the other team, unfortunately.
This is the sixth lose in a row for the club, and things don’t [...]

The Royals lost the first game of this long series with the Blue Jays, in Toronto.  This is an unfortunate continuance of the previous 4-game affair with the Boston Red Sox, getting swept.  Greinke was the losing pitcher, seeing his record go to 5-2, and ERA slip a bit to 2.82.  Fifth straight lose in [...]

Just as we were discussing a week or two ago, a nice win streak would boost this team right into the thick of it, up near the top.  The same applies to a losing streak, and how fast you can see first place pull away from you in a matter of a week of loses.  [...]

Brett Tomko was handed the lose today as he went into the fifth inning with a 2-1 lead.  He unfortunately did not have it long as the Red Sox turned a 4-spot in the bottom of the 5th inning, to end the Royals lead, and end the day for Tomko.  He went 4.1 innings, gave [...]

The Boston Red Sox seemed to still be flying high from yesterdays no-hitter, because they forgot their offense at home.  Unfortunately the small aftershocks from Lester’s history, gave them enough runs to win this tight one today, 2-1.
The Royals amounted a decent attack starting in the 7th inning when the scored one run, cutting the lead [...]

The Red Sox proved why they are such a powerful force in baseball today.  Their starting pitcher, Jon Lester, took the mound, at home, and pitched Major League history, unfortunately for the Royals, they were on the other side of the history books.  Lester pitched a no hitter, walking only 2 measly batters, striking out 9, [...]

The Royals displayed an explosion of runs today in Florida, culminated by three separate innings of explosive offensive.  They jumped out fast in the first inning, tallying a couple of runs.  Following that, in the 3rd inning, they scored 4 runs, capped off by a 2-run home run by Teahen.  They scored 3 runs in [...]

The Royals took the lead early, and seemed to have everything under control after they regained that lead in the fifth, squeaking out a run, for a 3-2 game.  Brian Bannister on the mound, nothing to worry about, right?  Well in every baseball game there is a 7th inning stretch.  After the Royals produced no [...]

The Royals scored one more run than the Marlins today, beating them by a score of 7-6.  Tomko won his second of the year and drove Kansas City’s winning streak to 5.  He pitched 7 innings of very good ball, only giving up 2 runs, on 5 hits, striking out 4.  It was the bullpen [...]

Gil Meche provided enough pitching to keep the Tigers at bay, and the bullpen finished it off, winning this one, and completing the second sweep of the Tigers this year.  The offense was also hot, including another double-digit hits mark with 13.  They really roughed them up pretty good.
Meche went 7 innings, giving up 6 [...]

Luke Hochevar took the mound today, and tried to extend the 2 game winning streak that the Royals are on, starting with that win against the Orioles on Sunday to avoid a sweep.  Now they are looking at a sweep of their own against the Tigers, as Hochevar pitched 6 innings of shutout ball, and [...]

As if it were scripted in a book, Zack Greinke took the mound against the multi-talented Detroit Tigers, and gave up nine hits, but only two base runners crossed the plate.  This was the first win in this 3 game series, but four straight against these Tigers, dating back to the beginning of the season [...]

Brian Bannister, in the face of baseball adversity, pitched one of the better games in his career.  Facing a 14 game losing streak to the Orioles, and a three game losing skid, it seemed almost impossible for the Royals to beat this Baltimore team.  But all Brian Bannister did today was pitch, and pitch well.
He [...]

It seems almost surreal.  The Royals can beat teams like the Tigers and the Indians, but cannot seem to beat the Orioles.  That is not to say that the Orioles are a bad team, but come on.  This marks the 13th straight lose to Baltimore, no matter what seems to happen.
Ironically, today was a “free [...]

Gil Meche did not have his regular “good stuff” today as he gave up some costly runs to lose the lead (for good) in the 5th inning.  Trey Hillman decided to intentionally walk Markakis and pitch to Aubrey Huff.  That decision turned out to be the wrong one.  With one man on and two outs, [...]

The Royals ran into another hot pitcher today, that pitched another complete game, 3 hit, 1 run event here in Kansas City.  This has to be getting on the short nerves of the club, and management, as this is the second time in less than a week that the Royals have fallen to a complete [...]

Backed by good pitching from Zack Greinke, the Royals exploded past the Angels of LA Anaheim today, and avoided a three game sweep.  The offense was the hero today, as they belted a total of 14 hits throughout the game, and put it out of reach early (barring a miracle late inning rally).  By the time the [...]

The Angels showed again today why they are the leaders in the American League West (a game in front of Oakland), by beating the Royals again today by a score of 5-3.  Not even Brian Bannister, on a full nights sleep in his own bed could stop the bats of the Angels.
The Royals amounted three runs [...]

Zack Grienke pitched a whale of a game today, going 7 total innings, 2 earned runs, 9 strikeouts, and just four hits, but did not pick up a “W” today.  You really can’t ask for much more than Grienke did today.  Take the mound and giveyour ball club a chance to win.  Granted, I am [...]

On the second straight day that the Royals offense has life, they are met with some Texas winds that stirred it all up.  The Royals could not overcome the 7 early runs scored on Brian Bannister in the first 2 innings.  “I felt like I was pitching on the moon tonight,” Bannister said about tonight’s [...]