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ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:52 pm

Minnesota Twins (48-66) @ Kansas City Royals (48-68)
August 8, 2008

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals lost today, getting shut out by Kevin Slowey of the Twins. The Twins jumped out to an early lead in the first with an RBI double by Michael Cuddyer, and scored another in the second with an RBI sac fly by Joe Mauer. The Twins scored two more in the fourth with Brendan Harris scoring from third on a wild pitch, and Justin Morneau getting an infield RBI single. Brian Bannister struggled this game, but Kevin Slowey did not, pitching a complete game shutout allowing just three hits to the Royals.

Final Score:
Twins: 4
Royals: 0

WP - Slowey (8-6) | LP - Bannister (4-7) | SV -
HR:

Slowey: 9 IP, 3 H, 0 ER
C.Gomez: 3-5, R
Mauer: 0-4, RBI
Cuddyer: 1-5, 2B, RBI
Morneau: 3-5, RBI
Lamb: 1-4, R
B.Harris: 1-4, R
Everett: 4-4, 2B, R

Bannister: 5 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 3 ER
DeJesus: 1-4
Teahen: 1-4
J.Buck: 1-3

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:00 pm

Wooow... I just got perfect gamed by Javier Vazquez in a game that I simulated...

BrewersFuzz · **Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:18 pm

Thats pretty awesome. What spot in the rotation is he??

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:34 pm

Kansas City Royals (48-72) @ Chicago White Sox (68-51)
August 13, 2008

CHICAGO -- The Royals have lost tonight to Gavin Floyd and the White Sox in Chicago. Mark Grudzielanek gave the Royals the lead in the first with an RBI single, but Carlos Quentin tied it up in the second with an infield RBI single. The Royals took the lead again in the fourth with a solo shot by Billy Butler, but the Sox tied it up again in the bottom of the inning with another RBI single. The Sox took the lead in the fifth with an RBI single off the bat of Jim Thome, and added to the lead in the sixth with a solo blast by Jermaine Dye. The White Sox added one more in the seventh with an RBI single by Jim Thome. The Royals tried for a comeback in the ninth starting with a solo homer for Jose Guillen, but they could not get past Gavin Floyd.

Final Score:
Royals: 3
White Sox: 5

WP - Gavin Floyd (8-5) | LP - Meche (11-8) | SV -
HR: Dye (27) J.Guillen (25) Butler (4)

Meche: 6 IP, 13 H, 5 ER
DeJesus: 2-4, R
Grudzielanek: 1-4, RBI
J.Guillen: 2-4, HR
Butler: 1-4, HR

G.Floyd: CG, 8 H, 3 ER
O.Cabrera: 2-4, R
Thome: 2-4, 2 RBI
Konerko: 1-4, R
Dye: 1-4, HR
Pierzynski: 3-4, R
Quentin: 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:34 pm

BrewersFuzz wrote:

Thats pretty awesome. What spot in the rotation is he??

He's either first, or second behind Buehrle.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2010 12:15 am

Kansas City Royals (49-73) @ New York Yankees (67-55)
August 15, 2008

NEW YORK -- The Royals defeated the Yankees tonight in New York, winning their second game in a row. The Royals got on the board in the fourth with an RBI single by Billy Butler, and was followed by another RBI single by Alex Gordon. The Royals got their final two runs of the game in the sixth with a two-run single off the bat of Billy Butler again. The Yankees started coming back in the bottom of that same inning with an RBI single by Johnny Damon, and a two-run jack off the bat of Derek Jeter, but the Royals held on to win this one.

Final Score:
Royals: 4
Yankees: 3

WP - Tomko (5-5) | LP - Mussina (7-4) | SV - J.Soria (25)
HR: Jeter (14)

Tomko: 5 1/3 IP, 5 H, 3 ER
DeJesus: 1-4, R
Teahen: 1-4, 2 R
J.Guillen: 1-4, 2B, R
Butler: 2-4, 3 RBI
A.Gordon: 1-4, RBI

Mussina: 5 1/3 IP, 7 H, 4 ER
Damon: 1-4, RBI, R
Jeter: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI
Matsui: 1-3, R

BennyBaseball · **Posted:** Mon Jul 26, 2010 12:09 pm

ChiCubsFan4 wrote:

Wooow... I just got perfect gamed by Javier Vazquez in a game that I simulated...

Just for fun, one time I tried to do a Marlins season with only fast games--except I would make managerial changes, kind of like a Manager Mode. First game of the season, and I got perfectoed by Johan Santana. I resigned as manager of the Marlins following that game.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:54 pm

Kansas City Royals (52-74) @ Cleveland Indians (67-58)
August 20, 2008

CLEVELAND -- The Royals have won tonight, defeating Fausto Carmona and the Cleveland Indians. The Indians jumped out to a quick lead, scoring three runs in the first. Victor Martinez got an RBI single, and Casey Blake belted a two-run homer. The Royals scored their first run of the game in the second on an RBI double by Ross Gload. This game would remain 3-1 until the sixth when Travis Hafner belted a solo homer to go up by three. The Royals got two RBI singles in the seventh from Tony Pena and Mark Grudzielanek to bring this game within one. The Royals took the lead for the first time in this game in the eighth on back-to-back solo homers by Billy Butler to tie it, and Alex Gordon to take a one-run lead. Unfortunately, in the bottom of the inning, Travis Hafner jacked his second homer of the game; a solo shot to tie it up. Then, in the ninth, Jose Guillen came up clutch and belted a two-run double over the head of center fielder Grady Sizemore to give the Royals a two-run lead. Getting the save was not easy for Soria in the bottom of the inning. After an RBI single by Sizemore to bring the game back within one, and another single by Michaels, Travis Hafner came to the plate with two on and two out. Hafner already has two homers in this game, but Soria got Hafner to pop out to Pena at short to finish of this game.

Final Score:
Royals: 7
Indians: 6

WP - Bannister (6-7) | LP - Carmona (12-6) | SV - J.Soria (27)
HR: Hafner 2 (34) Blake (11) Butler (5) A.Gordon (8)

Bannister: 8 IP, 11 H, 5 ER, 5 K
DeJesus: 1-5, R
Grudzielanek: 1-5, RBI, R
J.Guillen: 1-5, 2B, 2 RBI
Butler: 2-5, HR, 2 R
A.Gordon: 1-4, HR
Gload: 2-4, 2 2B, RBI, R
J.Buck: 1-4, R
T.Pena: 3-4, RBI

Carmona: 8 IP, 12 H, 7 R, 6 ER
Sizemore: 3-5, RBI, R
Hafner: 2-5, 2 HR
V.Martinez: 2-4, RBI, R
Blake: 2-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
J.Peralta: 1-4, 2B, R

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:36 pm

Detroit Tigers (69-59) @ Kansas City Royals (53-75)
August 22, 2008

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals lost tonight to the Tigers at Kauffman due to a dominant pitching performance by Justin Verlander. The Tigers scored first in the first on an Edgar Renteria RBI single. The Royals tied it up in the fourth with a Mark Grudzielanek RBI double that hit off the very top of the wall in left-center, just missing a two-run homer. In the fifth, Alex Gordon hit one that did not hit off the wall, but over it, for his ninth homer of the season to take a 2-1 lead. This game would remain 2-1 until the eighth when the Tigers scored two runs. Gary Sheffield blasted a solo shot, and Carlos Guillen hit an RBI single to give the Tigers a 3-2 lead. Verlander came back out in the bottom of the ninth to finish off his gem. Grudzielanek and Teahen led off with back-to-back singles. After an infield pop out by Jose Guillen, Billy Butler moved both runners over on a sacrifice bunt. Just a single was needed to score two and win the game. Unfortunately, Alex Gordon lined out to shortstop to finish the game.

Final Score:
Tigers: 3
Royals: 2

WP - Verlander (7-5) | LP - Hochevar (1-5) | SV -
HR: A.Gordon (9) Sheffield (16)

Verlander: CG, 7 H, 2 ER
Granderson: 2-5, R
Renteria: 2-4, RBI
Sheffield: 1-4, HR
C.Guillen: 1-4, RBI

Greinke: 4 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 3 K
DeJesus: 2-4, R
Grudzielanek: 2-4, 2B, RBI
A.Gordon: 1-4, HR

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:28 am

Texas Rangers (57-74) @ Kansas City Royals (55-76)
August 25, 2008

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals beat the Rangers tonight in epic, walk-off fashion. Mark Grudzielanek, who had a huge day at the plate, drove in the first run of the game in the third with an RBI double. Next batter, Mark Teahen, drove in a pair with a single to make it 3-0 Royals. In the fifth inning, Mark Grudzielanek a solo shot to make this game 4-0. Taking a two-hitter into the sixth, Gil Meche gave up four runs without recording an out. Michael Young drove in a run with an RBI single, and Josh Hamilton jacked a three-run bomb to send Meche to the showers far earlier than you would have thought, the way he started this game. This game would remain tied 4-4 until the tenth inning. Leading off the bottom of the tenth, on the very first pitch of the at-bat, Mark Grudzielanek blasted a walk-off home run, his second of the game to win it for the Royals.

Final Score:
Rangers: 4
Royals: 5

WP - Hochevar (2-5) | LP - F.German (0-3) | SV -
HR: Grudzielanek 2 (7) Hamilton (11)

Millwood: 6 IP, 7 H, 4 ER
Kinsler: 2-5, R
M.Young: 1-5, RBI, R
Hamilton: 1-5, HR, 3 RBI
Broussard: 1-4, 2B, R

Meche: 5 IP, 6 H, 4 ER
Grudzielanek: 3-5, 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBI
Teahen: 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI
Gload: 3-4, 2B, R
T.Pena: 0-4, R

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:31 am

Kansas City Royals (57-78) @ Detroit Tigers (73-62)
August 30, 2008

DETROIT -- The Royals have lost in Detroit tonight, losing a tight, low scoring game. The Tigers scored in the first with an RBI single by Miguel Cabrera. In the fifth, the Royals took the lead with an RBI double by Ross Gload, and an RBI single by John Buck. That lead would not hold as Curtis Granderson belted a solo blast to right in the bottom of the inning to tie it again. This game would remain 2-2 until the eighth when Placido Polanco hit an RBI single, which would be the deciding run in this game.

Final Score:
Royals: 2
Tigers: 3

WP - Willis (8-8) | LP - Hochevar (2-6) | SV -
HR: Granderson (36)

Bale: 4 IP, 6 H, 2 ER
A.Gordon: 1-3, R
Gload: 2-3, 2B, RBI, R
J.Buck: 1-3, RBI

Willis: CG, 6 H, 2 ER
Granderson: 1-4, HR
Sheffield: 1-4, R
M.Cabrera: 2-4, RBI
Polanco: 2-4, RBI

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:52 am

August in Review

The Royals had about a .500 month in August. They went 13-14, which is their second best month of the season behind June when they went 16-11. The team remains in last place in the division, nineteen and a half back of the White Sox who remain in first place. Overall, the Royals have a 58-79 record and are the third worst team in the majors, just a half game better than the Rangers with one less loss, and a whole 10 games better than the Nationals who are 48-89 on the season. Going into September, the races are sure to heat up. Here are the division leaders, as well as the wild card leaders. First for the American League. In the east, the Red Sox have claimed first place over the Yankees. In the central, the White Sox remain in first, and in the west, The Angels have overcome the Mariners. Now for the NL. In the east, the Mets are leading, and have the lowest magic number in the majors at 19. The Astros are barely edging the Reds, and the Dodgers are leading the west with the D'Backs and Rockies close behind. In the AL, the Indians are currently leading for the Wild Card, but the Yankees are right on their tail. In the NL, the Reds are the front runner for the Wild Card. Going into September, teams are aloud to expand their rosters to as many as forty players. It will be interesting to see who the Royals call up to try to make some good out of the last month of an awful season.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:59 am

September Call-Ups

The Royals have made their September call ups, bringing up mainly pitching help. The only fielder they brought up was 1B Ryan Shealy to somewhat relieve Ross Gload, who has been the only first baseman on the roster besides DH Billy Butler. The Royals have called up four pitchers as well. They have called up relievers Joel Peralta, and Luke Hudson, as well as starters Kyle Davies, and veteran Hideo Nomo. Davies and Nomo will get spot starts when asked upon through the remainder of the season.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 31, 2010 3:30 pm

Oakland Athletics (62-76) @ Kansas City Royals (59-79)
September 3, 2008

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals shut down the A's today with a shutout in a very low scoring game. The only two runs of the game came on two solo homers. Ross Gload jacked one in the fifth, and Jose Guillen blasted a shot in the sixth. Brett Tomko pitched a dominant game, allowing just four hits over seven strong innings.

Final Score:
Athletics: 0
Royals: 2

WP - Tomko (6-6) | LP - DiNardo (6-14) | SV - J.Soria (32)
HR: J.Guillen (27) Gload (8)

DiNardo: 8 IP, 10 H, 2 ER
Ellis: 2-4
R.Sweeney: 3-3

Tomko: 7 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 2 K
J.Guillen: 1-4, HR
Gload: 1-3, HR
J.Buck: 2-3, 2B

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 31, 2010 4:36 pm

Cleveland Indians (76-65) @ Kansas City Royals (62-80)
September 7, 2008

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals have won another walk-off win today against the Indians in extra innings.This game remained scoreless until extra innings. In the top of the tenth, the Indians finally got on the board with a solo blast off the bat of Victor Martinez, but the Royals scored in the bottom of the inning with a sacrifice fly to center by Jose Guillen to bring home Mark Grudzielanek. And finally, in the bottom of the eleventh with two out, John Buck got a weak pitch down the middle and he crushed it to left center field for a walk-off home run.

Final Score:
Indians: 1
Royals: 2
F/11

WP - R.Ramirez (7-8) | LP - Westbrook (7-13) | SV -
HR: J.Buck (13) V.Martinez (18)

Westbrook: 10 2/3 IP, 5 H, 2 ER
V.Martinez: 1-4, HR
Blake: 2-4, 2B
Dellucci: 1-4, 2B

Bannister: 9+ IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 5 K
Grudzielanek: 1-4, R
J.Guillen: 0-3, RBI
J.Buck: 2-4, HR

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