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ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:23 pm

Kansas City Royals (89-42) @ Toronto Blue Jays (56-75)
August 29, 2012

TORONTO -- The Royals beat the Blue Jays today in a game that was scoreless most of the way in. The first run of the game didn't come until the seventh when Nick Johnson blasted a solo home run. Johnson repeated in the ninth with another solo shot. Kyle Davies attempted to go for the complete game shutout, but gave up back-to-back home runs to Scott Rolen and Alex Rios to start the ninth and tie the game. The game remained tied until the eleventh and Billy Butler hit an RBI single to give the Royals the lead. Joakim Soria came in and closed it down.

Final Score:
Royals: 3
Blue Jays: 2
F/11

WP - Davies (15-5) | LP - Janssen (0-6) | SV - J.Soria (36)
HR: Rios (17) Rolen (8) N.Johnson 2 (33)

Davies: 10 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 5 K
Teahen: 1-5, R
N.Johnson: 2-5, 2 HR
Butler: 2-5, RBI
J.Buck: 2-4, 2 2B

McGowan: 8 1/3 IP, 8 H, 2 ER
Rios: 1-5, HR
Loney: 3-4
Zaun: 2-3
Rolen: 1-4, HR

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:03 pm

August in Review

The Royals continue winning at their same pace they've been going all season. They had another similar month in August to the rest of the months this season. They went 17-10 in August and officially got a winning record in the month, also far surpassing it. They are now 92-42 still with an entire month left to play. They also have a magic number of 11 going down the final stretch. Nick Johnson now has 33 homers and 125 RBI as one of the best hitters in baseball this season. Mark Teahen is also doing well coming close to 100 RBI himself now at 91. As far as pitching, four of the Royals starters have ERAs under three. Oddly, Kyle Davies with the highest ERA of the starters at 3.39 is leading the team in wins at 15, but the other four are still very close. With September coming up, the Royals will be able to make some call-ups to get a taste of the big leagues. It will be interesting to see who can transition the easiest from the minors to the majors.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:09 pm

September Call-Ups

The Royals have decided who they want to call-up going into the final month of the season. For pitchers, the Royals have called up righties Ramon Ramirez, Luke Hudson, and Ryan Braun. Slider specialist Jesse Carlson is the only lefty call-up. Matt Tupman, Ryan Shealy, Tony Pena, and Angel Sanchez are the infield call-ups while Justin Ruggiano is the lone outfielder call-up. Let's hope they can do some great things here in the short amount of time they have to play in the majors in 2012.

BrewersFuzz · **Posted:** Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:34 pm

Ryan Braun is also a pitcher? :lol:

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 17, 2011 11:17 pm

http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=461334

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Jun 18, 2011 12:02 am

Minnesota Twins (58-76) @ Kansas City Royals (92-42)
September 1, 2012

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals beat the Twins tonight thanks to a good pitching effort from Kelvim Escobar. The Royals only got two runs in this game, one on an RBI single by Felipe Lopez in the third and another on an RBI double by David DeJesus in the fifth, and that was all they needed. Justin Morneau belted a solo homer in the seventh, but Kelvim Escobar was in total control the rest of the game for the complete game victory.

Final Score:
Twins: 1
Royals: 2

WP - K.Escobar (13-4) | LP - Liriano (5-10) | SV -
HR: Morneau (21)

Liriano: 8 IP, 7 H, 2 ER
Mauer: 2-4
Garko: 2-4
Morneau: 1-4, HR

K.Escobar: CG, 9 H, 1 ER, 4 K
DeJesus: 1-4, 2B, RBI
F.Lopez: 1-4, RBI
N.Johnson: 2-3, 2B
J.Buck: 1-3, 2B, R
Conti: 1-3, R

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Jun 18, 2011 5:50 pm

Kansas City Royals (95-43) @ Detroit Tigers (58-80)
September 5, 2012

DETROIT -- The Royals beat the Tigers tonight with the offense being led by Nick Johnson in this one. Alex Gordon hit an RBI double in the second for the first run, and Felipe Lopez did the same in the third. Two batters later, Nick Johnson belted a three-run homer for his one-hundred and thirtieth run batted in of the season. Derrek Lee got the Tigers on the board in the sixth with an RBI double, but Nick Johnson got that run back with a solo homer to left in the seventh. Lyle Overbay got the final run of the game with an RBI single in the eighth as the Royals win by four runs.

Final Score:
Royals: 6
Tigers: 2

WP - Ziegler (13-5) | LP - Bonderman (11-9) | SV -
HR: N.Johnson 2 (35)

Ziegler: 7 1/3 IP, 10 H, 2 ER
DeJesus: 2-5, R
F.Lopez: 2-5, 2B, RBI, R
Teahen: 0-5, R
N.Johnson: 2-5, 2 HR, 4 RBI
Butler: 3-4, 2 2B, R
A.Gordon: 1-4, 2B, RBI

Bonderman: 5 IP, 9 H, 5 ER
Inge: 1-4, 2B, R
D.Lee: 3-4, 2 2B, RBI, R
Overbay: 1-4, RBI

BrewersFuzz · **Posted:** Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:17 pm

Nick Johnson, get off the steroids. Also, for photos of Ryan Braun, its the Brewers player. :lol:

And the pitcher Braun has a career ERA of 6.66. SIGN OF THE DEVIL!!

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:41 pm

Kansas City Royals (97-44) @ Minnesota Twins (61-80)
September 8, 2012

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Royals beat the Twins today in extra innings thanks to Billy Butler. Nick Johnson continues to show off his power with a solo home run in the fourth inning. Unfortunately, so does Brad Hawpe who also belted a solo shot in the fourth. Justin Morneau gave the Twins the lead in the seventh with a solo homer, but Nick Johnson tied it again in the eighth with an RBI double. Ryan Garko once again gave the Twins the lead in the eighth with an RBI single, but once again, the Royals tied it in the ninth with an RBI double by Alex Gordon. This game went to the tenth and Billy Butler provided with an RBI single. Soria protected the lead in the bottom of the inning for the save.

Final Score:
Royals: 4
Twins: 3
F/10

WP - Carlson (1-0) | LP - Neshek (2-2) | SV - J.Soria (38)
HR: Hawpe (30) Morneau (24) N.Johnson (37)

Meche: 7 2/3 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, 8 K
Teahen: 2-5, 2 R
N.Johnson: 3-5, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
Butler: 1-5, RBI
A.Gordon: 2-4, 2B, RBI

C.Young: 8 2/3 IP, 10 H, 3 ER
C.Gomez: 1-2, R
Punto: 3-5
Garko: 1-4, RBI
Hawpe: 1-4, HR
Morneau: 2-4, HR

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Jun 19, 2011 6:49 pm

Royals Take Third Consecutive Division Crown

Following the win yesterday (September 9th) against the Twins, the Royals have officially won the American League Central division for the third consecutive season. This is the earliest the Royals have won the division in the past three years now with their record of 98-44. Despite it being a road game, there was plenty of celebration both at the Metrodome in Minneapolis and back home in Kansas City as the Royals hope to repeat as world champions.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Jun 19, 2011 6:57 pm

Kansas City Royals (101-44) @ Cleveland Indians (66-79)
September 12, 2012

CLEVELAND -- The Indians beat the Royals today in a slugfest at Progressive Field. The Royals scored three in the first with a two-run single by Nick Johnson and a sacrifice fly by Khalil Greene. Bill Hall made it a one-run game in the bottom of the inning blasting a two-run homer. Grady Sizemore tied it in the third with a solo shot, but Nick Johnson gave the Royals the lead again in the fifth with his own solo blast. Then the Indians took the lead for good in the bottom of the inning as Travis Hafner belted a two-run homer and Bill Hall hit his second homer of the game going back-to-back with Hafner. Khalil Greene brought the game within one again in the sixth with a solo shot, but the Indians got the last say in the eighth with an RBI single by Gracesqui to defeat the Royals by two.

Final Score:
Royals: 5
Indians: 7

WP - Sabathia (11-4) | LP - Dinas (13-5) | SV - Breslow (24)
HR: Sizemore (22) Hafner (26) Hall 2 (11) N.Johnson (38) Greene (24)

Dinas: 5 1/3 IP, 10 H, 6 ER, 3 K
DeJesus: 1-5, R
N.Johnson: 2-4 HR, 3 RBI
Greene: 2-3, HR 2 RBI

Sabathia: 6 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, K
Sizemore: 3-5, HR, 3 R
Hafner: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI
B.Hall: 3-4, 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBI
G.Santana: 3-4, 2B, R
Gracesqui: 1-4, RBI

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:30 pm

Kansas City Royals (102-46) @ Minnesota Twins (64-84)
September 16, 2012

MINNEAPOLIS -- Franklin Morales dominated the Royals today to give the Twins the win. There weren't many runs scored in this game. Great Kennedy belted a two-run homer in the second and Chris Burke hit an RBI single in the fourth to account for all the Twins runs. The only Royals run came in the seventh on a solo homer by Billy Butler. Twins starter Franklin Morales pitched a complete game and got the win.

Final Score:
Royals: 1
Twins: 3

WP - F.Morales (7-6) | LP - Davies (17-6) | SV -
HR: G.Kennedy (19) Butler (10)

Davies: 6 1/3 IP, 11 H, 3 ER, 6 K
F.Lopez: 1-4, 2B
Butler: 1-4, HR
A.Gordon: 2-3, 2B

F.Morales: CG, 5 H, 1 ER
Punto: 3-4, 3B
Hawpe: 2-4, 2B, R
Morneau: 2-4, 2B, R
G.Kennedy: 1-4, HR, 2 RBI
C.Burke: 1-3, RBI

BrewersFuzz · **Posted:** Sun Jun 19, 2011 8:12 pm

Congrats on the crown. How many wins are you gonna get? I predict 112 wins, and 60 losses for your final record.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 20, 2011 12:25 am

Toronto Blue Jays (64-87) @ Kansas City Royals (103-48)
September 20, 2012

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals beat the Blue Jays today with plenty of runs to back up Kelvim Escobar. Both teams exchanged two-run home runs in the first; Jason Bay for the Blue Jays and Mark Teahen for the Royals. Gregg Zaun gave the Blue Jays the lead again in thw third with an RBI single, but the Royals scored five in the third to beat up on the Jays. Mark Teahen hit an RBI single, Nick Johnson Belted a three-run homer, and Khalil Greene jacked a solo shot. Billy Butler hit an RBI double in the fifth, and David DeJesus belted a two-run homer in the sixth to complete the scoring for the Royals with ten runs. Jason Bay struck once more in the ninth against Kelvim Escobar with another two-run homer, but Escobar kept strong and finished the game for the win.

Final Score:
Blue Jays: 5
Royals: 10

WP - K.Escobar (14-5) | LP - Litsch (9-7) | SV -
HR: DeJesus (15) Teahen (19) N.Johnson (39) Greene (25) Bay 2 ( 21)

Litsch: 4 1/3 IP, 11 H, 8 ER
V.Wells: 3-4, 2B, 2 R
Bay: 3-4, 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI
Eckstein: 1-4, R
Zaun: 1-3, RBI

K.Escobar: CG, 10 H, 5 ER, 4 K
DeJesus: 3-5, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
F.Lopez: 2-4, 2 R
Teahen: 4-4, HR, 3 RBI, 3 R
N.Johnson: 1-4, HR, 3 RBI
Butler: 1-4, 2B, RBI
Greene: 1-4, HR
Conti: 1-4, R

BrewersFuzz · **Posted:** Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:00 am

Is Johnson in 1st place for home runs?

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