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ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 1:25 am

Kansas City Royals (40-54) @ Cleveland Indians (49-45)
July 14, 2009

CLEVELAND -- The Royals lost a tough one today to the Indians in a game that they should have won. This game was scoreless until the seventh inning, when finally, Felipe Lopez jacked a solo blast to left for a 1-0 Royals lead. He was followed immediately by a solo shot by Mark Teahen. Later in that same inning, Miguel Olivo jacked a three-run shot to make this game 5-0 Royals. They got this one in the bag, right? Wrong. The Indians stormed back in the eighth with five of their own against Meche who was just cruising until this point. Victor Martinez hit an RBI double, and Casey Blake got an RBI single to make it 5-2. Now there were two outs at this point. Jhonny Peralta hit a hard ground ball to Felipe Lopez. Now, instead of throwing to first for the out, he tossed to second for the force out, expecting Pena to be there. He wasn't. The ball went into left field and the inning continued. After that play, the Indians scored three more on three straight RBI singles by Jamey Carroll, Shin-Soo Choo, and Grady Sizemore to tie the game. And finally, in the bottom of the ninth with one out, Victor Martinez batting righty against the left Mahay, hit a ball deep to the opposite field in right field, and barely over the right field fence for a walk-off home run.

Final Score:
Royals: 5
Indians: 6

WP - Mastny (1-0) | LP - Mahay (1-2) | SV -
HR: V.Martinez (14) F.Lopez (10) Teahen (15) M.Olivo (1)

Meche: 8 IP, 14 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 7 K
F.Lopez: 1-4, HR
Teahen: 2-4, HR
M.Olivo: 1-3, HR, 3 RBI

Laffey: 6 IP, 3 H, 2 ER
Michaels: 2-5
Hafner: 3-5, R
V.Martinez: 2-5, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Casey: 2-4, 2B, RBI, R
J.Carroll: 3-4, 2B, RBI

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 1:31 am

Wow... that really SUCKED! Definitely one of the worst games I've ever played. I honestly thought I had that one. And I've learned my lesson. Just throw to first. I normally just throw to second if it's a short toss, but this was a REALLY hard hit ball, and Pena just wasn't there yet.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 2:58 am

Kansas City Royals (41-57) @ Minnesota Twins (45-53)
July 18, 2009

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Royals ended their first half before the break on a very low note, getting dominated by Matt Morris and the Twins. The Twins scored first in the fourth with an RBI double by Delmon Young, and scored another in the seventh with a solo shot off the bat of Mike Lamb. In the ninth, Felipe Lopez led off with a solo shot to right, and two outs later, John Buck doubled off the right field wall. But Alex Gordon was unable to get him in as he grounded out to second to end Matt Morris's complete game.

Final Score:
Royals: 1
Twins: 2

WP - Morris (4-6) | LP - Hochevar (1-8) | SV -
HR: Lamb (8) F.Lopez (11)

Hochevar: 4 IP, 7 H, 1 ER
F.Lopez: 2-4, HR
J.Buck: 2-4, 2B

Morris: 9 IP, 7 H, 1 ER
Morneau: 1-4, 2B, R
D.Young: 1-4, 2B, RBI
Lamb: 1-3, HR

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 3:06 am

2009 Standings (so far):

AL East
Yankees
Red Sox
Orioles
Rays
Blue Jays

AL Central
Tigers
Indians
Twins
White Sox
Royals

AL West
Mariners
Angels
Athletics
Rangers

NL East
Mets
Marlins
Phillies
Nationals
Braves

NL Central
Reds
Cubs
Cardinals
Brewers
Pirates
Astros

NL West
Dodgers
Rockies
Diamondbacks
Giants
Padres

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 3:23 am

2009 Royals Stats (so far):

SP - Meche: (114.0 IP) 4-8, 4.58 ERA, 89 K
SP - Bannister: (111.2 IP) 7-5, 4.27 ERA, 87 K
SP - Ziegler: (83.1 IP) 2-5, 4.54 ERA, 70 K
SP - Davies: (114.1 IP) 8-5, 2.20 ERA, 124 K
SP - Dinas: (73.2 IP) 3-9, 5.38 ERA, 55 K

RP - Hochevar: (57.2 IP) 1-8, 3.90 ERA, 35 K
RP - Nunez: (92.0 IP) 5-3, 3.33 ERA, 87 K
RP - Bale: (37.2 IP) 1-1, 2.63 ERA, 32 K
RP - Gobble: (41.0 IP) 2-1, 3.29 ERA, 33 K
RP - Mahay: (30.2 IP) 1-2, 2.64 ERA, 19 K
RP - R.Ramirez: (59.1 IP) 7-5, 3.19 ERA, 49 K
CL - J.Soria: (39.2 IP) 22/27 SV, 2.95 ERA, 28 K

CF - DeJesus: .211 AVG, 2 HR, 27 RBI
2B - F.Lopez: .259 AVG, 11 HR, 47 RBI
LF - Teahen: .254 AVG, 15 HR, 50 RBI
RF - J.Guillen: .247 AVG, 12 HR, 52 RBI
C - J.Buck: .233 AVG, 10 HR, 32 RBI
3B - A.Gordon: .218 AVG, 8 HR, 29 RBI
1B - Gload: .264 AVG, 6 HR, 31 RBI
DH - Butler: .214 AVG, 3 HR, 25 RBI
SS - T.Pena: .246 AVG, 6 HR, 32 RBI

C - M.Olivo: .200 AVG, 1 HR, 3 RBI
IF - E.German: .235 AVG, 0 HR, 3 RBI
IF - A.Sanchez: .500 AVG, 0 HR, 1 RBI
CF - Gathright: .222 AVG, 0 HR, 0 RBI

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 3:31 am

2009 All-Star Game Starting Lineups

American League
1. CF Damon
2. SS Jeter
3. 3B M.Cabrera
4. LF M.Ramirez
5. C Posada
6. 1B Konerko
7. 2B Ellis
8. RF Sheffield
9. P Davies

National League
1. LF A.Soriano
2. CF Beltran
3. 2B Utley
4. 1B Howard
5. 3B D.Wright
6. RF C.Lee
7. SS Tejada
8. C McCann
9. P Harang

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 4:07 am

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2009 MLB All-Star Game
Busch Stadium

ST. LOUIS -- For the first time since 1996, the National League has prevailed in the All-Star Game, and in epic fashion. The AL scored first in the fourth with a three-run blast from Jorge Posada. Carlos Beltran got an RBI double in the bottom of the fourth, but Frank Thomas got that run back for the AL with his own so shot in the fifth. Alfonso Soriano tied it all up in the bottom of the fifth with a three-run shot, and Carlos Beltran followed him with a solo shot to take the lead, going back-to-back. Alex Rodgriguez tied it up in the sixth with a bases loaded sac fly to right to bring home a run, and Manny Ramirez gave the AL the lead once again in the eighth with a solo shot. Now, Francisco Rodriguez comes in to pitch the ninth. He got Mike Cameron out to start the inning, then gave up a hit to Miguel Tejada. Rollins came in as a pinch runner. K-Rod then got Brian McCann out, and then it was the pitchers spot. Dunn came to the plate as the pinch hitter, and sure enough, he hit a high fly ball to right for a pinch-hit, come-from-behind, walk-off home run.

Final Score:
AL: 6
NL: 7

WP - Mercker | LP - F.Rodriguez | SV -
HR: A.Soriano Beltran Dunn M.Ramirez Posada F.Thomas

Davies: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER
M.Ramirez: 2-4, HR, 2 R
Posada: 2-2, HR, 3 RBI
F.Thomas: 1-2, HR

Harang: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER
A.Soriano: 2-4, 3B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
Beltran: 2-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
Dunn: 1-1, HR, 2 RBI

BrewersFuzz · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 9:40 am

Guillen is angry that he is second in home run count behind Teahan, but he is happy to be leading RBI's, even though he has three less homers. He will work harder to take the team's homerun title in the second half.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 3:21 pm

Kansas City Royals (41-58) @ Seattle Mariners (50-49)
July 23, 2009

SEATTLE -- The Royals started off the second half with a win against the Mariners. They jumped out to an early lead with four runs in the first inning. Mark Teahen pulled a two-run double down the left field line, and he was immediately followed by a two-run blast to left by Jose Guillen. The Mariners got on the board in the second with a solo shot by Richie Sexson, and another by Kenji Johjima. Ross Goad drove in a run in the sixth with an RBI double over the head of Ichiro in center. Richie Sexson blasted his second solo homer of the game in the sixth for the final run of the game.

Final Score:
Royals: 5
Mariners: 3

WP - Davies (9-5) | LP - Batista (7-3) | SV - J.Soria (23)
HR: Sexson 2 (23) Johjima (19) J.Guillen (13)

Davies: 8 IP, 10 H, 3 ER, 2 K
F.Lopez: 1-4, 2B, R
Teahen: 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R
J.Guillen: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Gload: 1-4, 2B, RBI
T.Pena: 2-4, 2B

Batista: 6 IP, 9 H, 5 ER
Sexson: 2-4, 2 HR
Vidro: 2-3, 2B
Johjima: 1-4, HR
Y.Betancourt: 2-3

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 5:42 pm

Kansas City Royals (42-59) @ Chicago White Sox (46-55)
July 25, 2009

CHICAGO -- The Royals beat the White Sox tonight in an extra innings game. David DeJesus lead-off the game with a solo shot to right. But Paul Konerko tied it up in the second with his own solo blast. Ross Gload gave the Royals the lead again in the fourth with a two-run homer to center, but Jermaine Dye tied it up again in the bottom of the inning with his own two-run homer. This game would remain tied 3-3 until the tenth. David DeJesus pulled one hard down the line that just barely made it out for his second homer of the game. He was followed by a double by Felipe Lopez over Swisher's head in center, and then Mark Teahen drove him in with his own double as the Royals win 5-3.

Final Score:
Royals: 5
White Sox: 3

WP - Gobble (3-1) | LP - J.Vazquez (8-9) | SV - J.Soria (24)
HR: Konerko (24) Dye (22) DeJesus 2 (5) Gload (7)

Meche: 8 IP, 8 H, 3 ER
DeJesus: 3-5, 2 HR
F.Lopez: 1-5, 2B, R
Teahen: 3-5, 2 2B, RBI
Gload: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI

J.Vazquez: 9 2/3 IP, 10 H, 5 ER
Thome: 2-4, 2B, R
Konerko: 2-4, HR
Dye: 3-3, HR, 2 RBI

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:21 pm

Cleveland Indians (57-46) @ Kansas City Royals (43-60)
July 28, 2009

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals have won game one of this series against the Indians at home. Jose Guillen provided the game's first run with an RBI single in the first, and another in the third for a two-run lead. Mark Teahen made it 4-0 in the fifth with a two-run shot to center field. The Indians make it hard on the Royals scoring three runs. Shin-Soo Choo got an RBI single, Grady Sizemore belted an RBI triple, and Jason Michaels got an RBI single, but the Royals were able to escape that jam and win the game.

Final Score:
Indians: 3
Royals: 4

WP - Dinas (4-9) | LP - P.Byrd (7-6) | SV - J.Soria (25)
HR: Teahen (16)

P.Byrd: 4 1/3 IP, 9 H, 4 ER
Sizemore: 2-4, 3B, RBI, R
Michaels: 2-4, RBI
Choo: 1-3, RBI, R

Dinas: 7 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 4 K
Teahen: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
J.Guillen: 2-4, 2 RBI
Butler: 2-3, 2B

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 9:15 pm

July in Review

The month of July was not a good one for the Kansas City Royals. They went 8-17, and are now 44-63 overall on the season. They are obviously in last place, fifteen games back in the division, and third worst overall in the majors ahead of just the Rangers and Padres. Once again, they had a terrible offensive month, only able to score a total of 61 runs. The pitching improved, unfortunately as the offense worsened. Division leaders around the majors are the Yankees in the AL east, the Indians and Tigers tied in the AL Central, and the Mariners in the AL West, a game ahead of the Angels. In the NL East, the Mets and Marlins are still tied at the top, but that division is incredibly tight with only four games separating the leader and the fifth place team, the Nationals. In the NL Central, the Reds lead by quite a large margin. And in the NL West, the Rockies lead, with the Dodgers and Diamondbacks right on their tail. If the season continues the way it is for the Royals, it may be one of the worst seasons they ever have.

BennyBaseball · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:08 pm

ChiCubsFan4 wrote:

July in Review

If the season continues the way it is for the Royals, it may be one of the worst seasons they ever have.

Call up the rookies!!!

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:52 pm

Kansas City Royals (44-63) @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (54-53)
August 1, 2009

ANAHEIM -- The Royals beat the Angels today in a long, extra innings affair. The Angels got an early lead with three straight extra base hits. Figgins lead off with a triple. He was followed with a triple by Maicer Izturis to make it 1-0, and he was followed by Bobby Abreu with an RBI double to make it 2-0. This game would stay 2-0 until the eighth when Tony Pena got the Royals on the board with an RBI double. The Royals then got two in the ninth with RBI hits by John Buck and Ross Gload to take a 3-2 lead. Soria came in to close it out in the bottom of the inning, but he blew it on the first batter as Casey Kotchman went yard to tie the game -- extra innings. Finally, in the twelfth, the Royals scored. Ross Gload hit a ball high and deep to right, and missed a home run by just inches. He hit it so hard, he had to settle for a very long single. Then with Billy Butler batting, Ross Gload took off for second, Butler swung at the pitch and pulled it down the left field line for an RBI double, a successful hit and run. John Finegan came in to close out the twelfth. He ran in to trouble giving up a double to Gary Matthews, Jr, but the Angels were no match for his knuckleball.

Final Score:
Royals: 4
Angels: 3
F/12

WP - J.Soria (1-5) | LP - Saunders (6-6) | SV - Finegan (1)
HR: Kotchman (18)

Ziegler: 4 2/3 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 3 K
Teahen: 2-5, R
J.Buck: 1-5, RBI
Gload: 3-5, 2 2B, RBI, 2 R
Butler:2-5, 2B, RBI
T.Pena: 1-5, 2B, RBI

Saunders: 11 2/3 IP, 11 H, 4 ER
Figgins: 1-6, 3B, R
M.Izturis: 3-6, 3B, RBI, R
B.Abreu: 4-5, 3 2B, RBI
Kotchman: 2-5, HR

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 06, 2010 11:57 pm

Oakland Athletics (50-60) @ Kansas City Royals (46-64)
August 5, 2009

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals have won game two and the series against the Oakland Athletics with a walk-off win tonight. The A's scored their only two runs of the game in the second with RBI hits by Jack Cust and Chris Denorfia. Rich Harden had a one-hitter going into the seventh, but was unable to sustain that. John Buck got an RBI single for the first run. Then with one out and the bases loaded, Mike Sweeney let a weak ground ball through his legs to allow the tying run to score. Finally, we go to the bottom of the ninth. Alan Embree got the first two outs easy, but then John Buck got a hold of one, high and deep to straightaway center for a walk-off home run.

Final Score:
Athletics: 2
Royals: 3

WP - J.Peralta (1-0) | LP - Embree (2-4) | SV -
HR: J.Buck (12)

Harden: 8 IP, 4 H, 2 ER
F.Thomas: 1-4, R
Cust: 1-4, 2B, RBI, R
Denorfia: 2-3, RBI

Bannister: 7 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 3 K
F.Lopez: 0-4, R
Teahen: 1-4, R
J.Buck: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI

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