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Paul McCartney15 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 22, 2011 4:55 pm

This log is so awesome.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 22, 2011 5:09 pm

Paul McCartney15 wrote:

This log is so awesome.

Thanks!

I'm glad I've been able to keep it going this long (although, with a couple of long absent periods). I hope to make it the full ten years.

Paul McCartney15 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 22, 2011 5:15 pm

Yeah, you're halfway there!

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 22, 2011 7:06 pm

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (60-71) @ Kansas City Royals (85-46)
August 30, 2013

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals were unable to pull out a win today against the Angels in a seesaw game. The Angels struck first with an RBI single by former Royal Jose Guillen. They added another in the second with an RBI single by Mike Napoli. Khalil Greene got the Royals going in the second with a solo homer and Alex Gordon tied it in the sixth with an RBI single. Finally, in the seventh Felipe Lopez gave the Royals the lead with an RBI double, but Kelvim Escobar was unable to hold it as he gave up an RBI triple to Reggie Willits in the eighth to re-tie it. Escobar left the game, but the bullpen was unable to prevent them from scoring more that inning as Chone Figgins drove in the go-ahead run with a single, and Jose Guillen jacked a solo blast. Caesar Izturis made it a three-run lead for the Angels in the ninth with an RBI double and it seemed the Royals were going to lose right there. Miraculously, the Royals managed to come back and tie it with an RBI double by Mark Teahen and a two-run double by Nick Johnson, sending this game to extras. There was very little action until the thirteenth inning when Connolly of the Angels blasted a solo homer to break the tie. Down to their last out in the bottom of the inning, Chris Conti tied it once again with a homer to right, continuing the game. It didn't take long for the Angels to counter, however, as Jose Guillen smashed his second homer of the game in the fourteenth. Jim Hoey came on in the bottom of the inning and sealed the win for the Halos.

Final Score:
Angels: 8
Royals: 7
F/14

WP - Bazardo (4-3) | LP - J.Soria (2-4) | SV - Hoey (2)
HR: Greene (19) Conti (12) J.Guillen 2 (15) Connolly (2)

Danks: 8 IP, 10 H, 3 ER
C.Izturis: 2-7, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, R
Figgins: 2-7, 2B, RBI, R
J.Guillen: 5-7, 2 HR, 3 RBI
Kotchman: 3-5, 2B, 3B, R
Napoli: 4-6, 2B, RBI, R
Connolly: 1-1, HR

K.Escobar: 7 1/3 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 5 K
DeJesus: 1-7, 3B, R
F.Lopez: 3-7, 2B, RBI, R
Teahen: 2-7, 2B, RBI, R
N.Johnson: 2-7, 2 2B, 2 RBI, R
Greene: 1-7, HR
A.Gordon: 2-6, RBI
Conti: 4-6, HR, 2 R

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 22, 2011 7:50 pm

August in Review

While the Royals were still over .500 for the month, August was their worst month of the season. It was their worst month of the year as far as pitching, giving up 99 runs, which surpasses April in which they gave up 94 runs. It also seemed to be a weak month offensively, scoring 111 runs in the month, beating only July in the monthly records. Kyle Davies continues his season of dominance, now with a record of 17-3 and an ERA at 1.79. While he has passed 30 home runs and 100 RBI, Nick Johnson's offensive production has decreased drastically from last month, now with his batting average dropping now to .280. Also, Chris Conti is having a stellar sophomore year, with a batting average almost at .270 with 12 homers and almost 60 RBI still with a month to go. The Royals now have a magic number of seventeen, edging closer and closer to the playoffs. They will need to pick it up in this last month if they want to do any damage in the playoffs.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 23, 2011 2:06 am

Tampa Bay Rays (71-65) @ Kansas City Royals (88-48)
September 4, 2013

KANSAS CITY -- Royals pitching was unable to hold off the Rays, who had a monster seventh inning against the Royals. Mark Teahen got the Royals going in the first with an RBI double, but Yadier Molina tied it in the second with an RBI single. Mark Teahen did some more damage in the third with a two-run homer, followed by a solo shot by Nick Johnson to give the Royals a three-run lead. Yadier Molina hit another RBI single in the fourth and Willy Aybar hit a two-run single in the fifth to tie the game at four. Then, the Rays had an explosive seventh inning, scoring seven runs on three home runs. Carlos Pena gave the Rays the lead with a solo shot, and was later followed by three-run bombs by Evan Longoria and Carl Crawford. Nick Johnson hit his second homer of the game in the eighth to provide one last run in this devastating loss to the Rays.

Final Score:
Rays: 11
Royals: 5

WP - Lindstrom (1-3) | LP - Nunez (3-1) | SV -
HR: Teahen (9) N.Johnson 2 (38) Crawford (20) C.Pena (29) Longoria (7)

Cassel: 5 IP, 6 H, 4 ER
Crawford: 1-6, HR, 3 RBI
C.Pena: 1-4, HR
B.J.Upton: 4-5, 2B, 3 R
W.Aybar: 3-5, 2 RBI, R
Longoria: 2-5, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
Y.Molina: 3-5, 2 RBI

Dinas: 4 2/3 IP, 10 H, 4 ER, 2 K
DeJesus: 3-4, 2 2B, 3B, R
F.Lopez: 1-4, 2B, R
Teahen: 2-4, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
N.Johnson: 2-4, 2 HR

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 23, 2011 3:43 pm

Kansas City Royals (90-50) @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (63-77)
September 8, 2013

ANAHEIM -- Jose Guillen provided the major blow against his former team tonight to give the Angels a win. The Angels scored three runs early on in the first against Anthony Ziegler with an RBI single by Chone Figgins and a two-run homer by Casey Kotchman. Ziegler would settle in after that inning. Nick Johnson single-handedly tied the game on two swings: a solo homer in the second and a two-run shot in the third. The game remained tied at three until the seventh when Chris Conti gave the Royals the lead with a two-run shot to center. But the Angels countered with more runs in the bottom of the inning. Caesar Izturis made it a one-run game with an RBI single, and Jose Guillen jacked a three-run homer to put the Angels up by two. Torii Hunter hit a solo homer in the eighth and David DeJesus smacked an RBI single in the ninth to finish off the scoring here tonight.

Final Score:
Royals: 6
Angels: 8

WP - Bulger (1-2) | LP - R.Ramirez (0-1) | SV - Rincon (11)
HR: J.Guillen (16) Kotchman (14) Hunter (14) N.Johnson 2 (40) Conti (15)

Ziegler: 5 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 4 K
DeJesus: 1-5, RBI
N.Johnson: 2-5, 2 HR, 3 RBI
Conti: 2-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R

Lackey: 6 1/3 IP, 8 H, 5 ER
Pedroia: 3-4, 2B, R
C.Izturis: 3-4, RBI, R
Figgins: 1-4, RBI
J.Guillen: 2-4, HR, 3 RBI
Kotchman: 1-4, HR, 2 RBI
Hunter: 1-4, HR

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:30 pm

Kansas City Royals (91-51) @ Chicago White Sox (69-73)
September 10, 2013

CHICAGO -- The Royals lost to the White Sox today, getting hammered by Jim Thome of the White Sox. David Ross put the Sox up first in the second with an RBI single. In the fifth, Jim Thome hit his first of two two-run homers to put the Sox up by three. Mark DeRosa added another in the sixth with a solo shot to center. Then, the Royals made a big comeback against White Sox starter Brad Penny with four RBI hits from Khalil Greene, Luke Umbria, Justin Snead, and David DeJesus. Unfortunately, Ramon Ramirez was unable to hold the tie, giving up three runs in the seventh, one on a wild pitch, and two on Jim Thome's second two-run homer of the game. Chris Conti crushed his sixteenth homer of the season in the ninth to make it a two-run game, but a comeback was not possible.

Final Score:
Royals: 5
White Sox: 7

WP - Logan (3-1) | LP - Hochevar (1-2) | SV - Meredith (30)
HR: Thome 2 (21) DeRosa (6) Conti (16)

Basner: 4 2/3 IP, 11 H, 3 ER, 2 K
DeJesus: 2-5, RBI
Greene: 1-4, 2B, RBI
Umbria: 2-4, RBI, R
Conti: 1-4, HR, 2 R
Snead: 1-4, 2B, RBI

Penny: 6 1/3 IP, 8 H, 4 ER
J.Wilson: 3-4, 2B, R
Swisher: 2-4, 2 2B, R
Thome: 3-4, 2 HR, 4 RBI
Nady: 2-4, 2B, R
DeRosa: 1-4, HR
D.Ross: 3-4, RBI

BrewersFuzz · **Posted:** Sun Oct 23, 2011 5:17 pm

You've lost the last few... Is this on purpose?

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 23, 2011 6:08 pm

BrewersFuzz wrote:

You've lost the last few... Is this on purpose?

No, unfortunately.

I don't know what's going on, but my pitching has been as solid as it had been before. I'm working on getting that back to normal. My bullpen just really sucks right now. You know you need help in your bullpen when you look up and down the list and can't find a guy you can trust to get outs. :lol:

Paul McCartney15 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 23, 2011 6:12 pm

ChiCubsFan4 wrote:

BrewersFuzz wrote:

You've lost the last few... Is this on purpose?

No, unfortunately.

I don't know what's going on, but my pitching has been as solid as it had been before. I'm working on getting that back to normal. My bullpen just really sucks right now. You know you need help in your bullpen when you look up and down the list and can't find a guy you can trust to get outs. :lol:

I've had that bullpen problem waaay to many times. :lol:

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2011 12:57 am

Kansas City Royals (92-52) @ Cleveland Indians (72-72)
September 13, 2013

CLEVELAND -- The Royals beat the Indians tonight behind a strong pitching performance by Kyle Davies and a big seventh inning behind a big hit by Nick Johnson. The Royals scored two in the first on an RBI double by Felipe Lopez and a sac fly by Khalil Greene. Travis Hafner struck for the Indians in the bottom of the inning with a solo shot, but Kyle Davies would shut them down after that. The Royals also wouldn't score until the seventh when they scored five big runs. David DeJesus drove one in with a single and Nick Johnson jacked a huge grand slam to put the Royals up by six. After J.J. Hardy jacked a solo shot in the ninth, Davies was taken out and Jesse Carlson finished off the game.

Final Score:
Royals: 7
Indians: 2

WP - Davies (18-3) | LP - Sowers (6-4) | SV -
HR: Hardy (24) Hafner (4) N.Johnson (42)

Davies: 8 1/3 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 4 K
DeJesus: 2-5, RBI, 2 R
F.Lopez: 1-5, 2B, RBI, R
Teahen: 2-4, R
N.Johnson: 2-4, HR, 4 RBI
Greene: 0-3, RBI
Umbria: 2-4, R

Sowers: 6 2/3 IP, 11 H, 7 ER
Hardy: 1-4, HR
Hafner: 1-4, HR
Dellucci: 2-3

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2011 1:11 am

Royals win fourth straight division title

Completing the sweep of the Indians on Sunday, the Royals locked up a postseason spot in the form of a division title. It is their fourth straight division crown going back to 2010. With the Athletics being the only other team to win their division so far and the American League east being in a four-way deadlock, it is unclear who the Royals will play first in the postseason. One thing is for sure, they will do all they can to come in more prepared, and leave with a better outcome than their loss to the Rays in the division series last year.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:06 am

Kansas City Royals (95-53) @ Boston Red Sox (68-80)
September 18, 2013

BOSTON -- The Royals managed to come back against the Red Sox today with a big sixth inning and win by one run. Nick Johnson got the Royals on the board first with an RBI groundout in the first, but the Red Sox scored two in the second with RBI hits by Sedlacek and Alex Cora to go up by one. Jason Varitek added another in the third with an RBI single and Kevin Youkilis got one more for the Red Sox in the fifth with his own RBI single to make it a three-run lead. They were unable to hold that lead as the Royals scored four runs in the sixth inning. Billy Butler drove in one with an RBI single, Alex Gordon tied it with a two-run double, and Luke Umbria drove in the go-ahead run with a single. Leo Nunez pitched three solid shutout innings of relief and Joakim Soria protected the one-run lead in the ninth for the save.

Final Score:
Royals: 5
Red Sox: 4

WP - K.Escobar (13-8) | LP - C.Buchholz (2-7) | SV - J.Soria (38)
HR:

K.Escobar: 5 IP, 12 H, 4 ER, 6 K
N.Johnson: 1-4, 2B, RBI, R
Butler: 1-4, RBI, R
Greene: 1-4, 2B, R
A.Gordon: 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R
Umbria: 2-4, RBI

C.Buchholz: 5 2/3 IP, 9 H, 5 ER
M.Ramirez: 4-4, 2 R
Varitek: 1-4, RBI
Youkilis: 2-4, 2B, RBI, R
Dedlacek: 2-4, 2B, RBI, R
Cora: 1-4, RBI

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2011 1:57 pm

Minnesota Twins (80-70) @ Kansas City Royals (97-53)
September 20, 2013

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals managed to hold off the Twins attempted comeback today to win. Mark Teahen drove in the game's first run with a single in the first. Justin Morneau tied it in the second with a solo homer and Ryan Garko gave the Twins the lead in the third with an RBI double. Nick Johnson tied it again in the fourth with an RBI double, and then the Royals had a big four-run fifth inning. Felipe Lopez hit a two-run single and Nick Johnson blasted a two-run homer to put the Royals up big. After another double by Johnson in the seventh, Billy Butler drove in the Royals last run of the game with a single. Then the Twins attempted a comeback with their own four-run inning in the eighth. Brad Hawpe belted a two-run homer and Great Kennedy and Carlos Gomez each hit RBI doubles. Soria came in to close out the ninth, and while he got into some trouble, David DeJesus managed to end the game throwing out a runner at third who was attempting to go from first to third on a base hit.

Final Score:
Twins: 6
Royals: 7

WP - Meche (14-8) | LP - Liriano (13-7) | SV - J.Soria (39)
HR: N.Johnson (44) Hawpe (27) Morneau (18)

Liriano: 5 IP, 9 H, 6 ER
Denorfia: 4-5, 2B, 2 R
Hawpe: 2-5, HR, 2 RBI
Garko: 2-4, 2 2B, RBI, R
Morneau: 3-4, HR
G.Kennedy: 1-4, 2B, RBI
C.Gomez: 1-2, 2B, RBI

Meche: 7 1/3 IP, 13 H, 5 ER, 6 K
F.Lopez: 2-4, 2 RBI, R
Teahen: 3-4, RBI, 2 R
N.Johnson: 3-4, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
Butler: 1-4, RBI

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