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ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 03, 2011 4:57 pm

Kansas City Royals (8-5) @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (3-10)
April 17, 2013

ANAHEIM -- The Royals managed to beat the Angels today thanks to the power of Alex Gordon. The Angels got the first two runs of the game with an RBI double by Jose Guillen in the first and a solo homer by Torii Hunter in the second. Alex Gordon hit his first homer, a solo shot in the fifth, but Howie Kendrick turned it around and got that run back with his own solo homer in the bottom of the inning. Khalil Greene tied it up in the sixth with a two-run blast to make it 3-3. With the Angels now in their bullpen, Alex Gordon gave the Royals the lead in the eighth with his second home run of the game, a two-run bomb to center. Gil Meche pitched eight strong innings for the Royals, allowing three runs to the Angels. Joakim Soria came in to get the save in the ninth, and despite giving up Torii Hunter's second solo homer of the game, got three outs and a save.

Final Score:
Royals: 5
Angels: 4

WP - Meche (2-1) | LP - Hoey (0-1) | SV - J.Soria (4)
HR: H.Kendrick (1) Hunter 2 (2) Greene (5) A.Gordon 2 (4)

Meche: 8 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, 6 K
Butler: 4-4, R
Greene: 1-4, HR 2 RBI, 2 R
A.Gordon: 3-4, 2 HR, 3 RBI

Saunders: 5 2/3 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, 2 K
Willits: 2-4, 2B, R
H.Kendrick: 2-4, HR
J.Guillen: 1-4, 2B, RBI
Hunter: 3-4, 2 HR

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 03, 2011 5:56 pm

This is ridiculous. I have a lefty-heavy lineup, and every starter I've faced so far has been a lefty. It makes it hard to hit with all my left-handed batters.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 03, 2011 7:07 pm

Kansas City Royals (12-5) @ Minnesota Twins (7-10)
April 21, 2013

MINNEAPOLIS -- the Royals couldn't pull out a win in this one as the Twins come back late against Joakim Soria in the ninth in this high scoring game. The Royals got two early against Twins starter Scott Baker, but Kelvim Escobar gave up three to the Twins In the bottom of the inning. Chris Conti tied it in the second with an RBI double, but the Twins added three more in the third against Escobar. Now down by four, the Royals began their comeback in the sixth with solo home runs from Nick Johnson and Khalil Greene. Nick Johnson struck again in the seventh with a three-run bomb to put the Royals up by one. The Twins tied it again 8-8 in the eighth, but the Royals got two runs in the top of the ninth to set up a save opportunity for Joakim Soria. Soria ran into trouble, but with a diminished bullpen was forced to try to work out of it himself. He was ya left to do so as he gave up three runs including a walk-off RBI single to Carlos Gomez as the Twins hand Soria his first blown save and win the game.

Final Score:
Royals: 10
Twins: 11

WP - mischief (1-0) | LP - J.Soria (0-1) | SV -
HR: N.Johnson 2 (3) Greene (6)

K.Escobar: 5 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 4, ER, 8 K
F.Lopez: 2-5, 2 2B, 2 R
Teahen: 3-5, 3 R
N.Johnson: 2-4, 2 HR, 6 RBI
Butler: 2-5, RBI, R
Greene: 4-5, HR
Conti: 1-5, 2B, RBI

S.Baker: 5 2/3 IP, 9 H, 5 ER, K
Denorfia: 3-5, 2B
C.Gomez: 1-1, RBI
Garko: 4-5, 3B, 2 RBI, 2, R
C.Burke: 2-5, RBI, 2 R
J.Buck: 3-5, 3 RBI, 2 R
G.Kennedy: 3-5, 2 2B, 2 RBI, R
White: 2-5, RBI

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 04, 2011 4:37 pm

Kansas City Royals (12-6) @ Boston Red Sox (9-9)
April 22, 2013

BOSTON -- The Royals beat the Red Sox today behind the great pitching of young left-hander Dewayne Basner. The Royals got all of their runs before the Red Sox got a run across. Khalil Greene belted an RBI double in the second, Billy Butler blasted a two-run homer to center in the fourth, and Greene struck again in the seventh putting a solo shot over the monster. Dewayne Basner was cruising along until the eighth inning when he gave up back-to-back RBI doubles to David Ortiz and Mike Lowell. Joel Peralta then came into the game and got Kevin Youkilis to fly out to left on the first pitch to end the inning. Joakim Soria came in to close it out in the ninth and pinned down the victory for Basner and the Royals.

Final Score:
Royals: 4
Red Sox: 2

WP - Basner (2-1) | LP - Lester (1-3) | SV - J.Soria (6)
HR: Butler (2) Greene (7)

Basner: 7 2/3 IP, 10 H, 2 ER, 2 K
N.Johnson: 1-4, 2B, R
Butler: 1-4, HR, 2 RBI
Greene: 3-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
A.Gordon: 2-3, 2B

Lester: 6 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 2 K
Pedroia: 2-4, 2B, R
D.Ortiz: 1-4, 2B, RBI, R
Lowell: 3-4, 2B, RBI

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 04, 2011 6:03 pm

Kansas City Royals (15-7) @ Oakland Athletics (13-9)
April 26, 2013

OAKLAND -- The Royals were crushed by the Athletics today as their bullpen fell apart and gave up six runs to the Athletics. The game went back and forth at first, with the Royals getting three runs including a solo home run by Nick Johnson and an RBI double by Joey Gathright. Jason Kubel gave the Athletics the lead for good in the sixth with a solo home run that chased Ricky Dinas from the game. Leo Nunez gave up a bases clearing double to Pat Burrell in the seventh, and Vladimir Guerrero got a bases clearing triple off Luke Hochevar in the eighth as the Athletics win by seven runs.

Final Score:
Royals: 3
Athletics: 10

WP - Carlyle (3-0) | LP - Dinas (2-1) | SV -
HR: Guerrero (4) Kubel (2) N.Johnson (4)

Dinas: 5 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, K
Gathright: 3-4, 2B, RBI, R
Teahen: 1-4, RBI
N.Johnson: 1-4, HR

Carlyle: 6 2/3 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 2 K
Ellis: 2-5, 3 R
Guerrero: 3-5, 3B, HR, 5 RBI
Burrell: 2-5, 2 2B, 3 RBI, R
Kubel: 3-4, HR, 2 RBI
M.Sweeney: 1-4, 2B, R

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 04, 2011 6:47 pm

Boston Red Sox (12-14) @ Kansas City Royals (18-8)
April 30, 2013

KANSAS CITY -- The Red Sox beat the Royals today as Kyle Davies was unable to hold off the power of the Red Sox bats. David Ortiz was one of those big bats as he blasted a solo home run in the first inning, and then a three-run bomb in the third. The Royals then exploded for five runs in the fourth with RBI hits from Nick Johnson, Alex Gordon, Luke Umbria, Chris Conti, and David DeJesus. Unfortunately, Kyle Davies couldn't hold down the lead as he gave up a two-run homer to Mike Lowell in the sixth and immediately after, a solo shot to Kevin Youkilis. The Royals were unable to score again and lost by two.

Final Score:
Red Sox: 7
Royals: 5

WP - Okajima (2-0) | LP - Davies (3-1) | SV - Hansen (6)
HR: D.Ortiz 2 (6) Lowell (1) Youkilis (5)

Socarras: 4 IP, 7 H, 5 ER
Pedroia: 3-5, R
Ellsbury: 1-5, 2B, R
D.Ortiz: 2-3, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 R
Lowell: 1-4, HR, 2 RBI
Youkilis: 2-4, HR

Davies: 7 1/3 IP, 11 H, 7 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
DeJesus: 1-5, RBI
F.Lopez: 3-5, R
N.Johnson: 3-4, RBI, R
A.Gordon: 2-4, RBI, R
Umbria: 1-4, RBI, R
Conti: 2-4, RBI

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:20 pm

April in Review

The Royals had a great first month of the 2013 season, but unfortunately, so did the Cleveland Indians. The Royals went 18-9 in the first month and currently lie a game behind the Indians for the division. Gil Meche has the fourth lowest ERA in the majors at 1.86 as well as the most strikeouts with 62. Joakim Soria is leading the majors in saves with ten, despite having two blown saves in the month. Nick Johnson and Khalil Greene have provided much of the power for the Royals with thirteen homers between them. Johnson is leading the team in RBI with 22. David DeJesus is tied for third with Rickie Weeks in stolen bases with ten, and Mark Teahen and Felipe Lopez are right behind him. The Royals will have to overcome the tough Indians to claim the lead in the division, but there's still plenty of baseball left to play this season.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:51 pm

Kansas City Royals (21-9) @ Detroit Tigers (10-20)
May 4, 2013

DETROIT -- It was a real pitchers duel in this one as the Royals lost, really having no chance against the dominant pitching of Carlos Zambrano. The only runs scored in this game were on RBI hits by Bonilla and Clete Thomas in the second. Carlos Zambrano dominated the Royals, pitching a complete game, four-hit shutout.

Final Score:
Royals: 0
Tigers: 2

WP - Zambrano (2-5) | LP - Meche (2-2) | SV -
HR:

Meche: 7 IP, 12 H, 2 ER, 5 K

Zambrano: CG, 4 H, 0 ER, BB, 2 K
Ordonez: 1-4, 2B, R
Mora: 2-3, R
Bonilla: 2-3, RBI
C.Thomas: 2-3, RBI

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:56 pm

Oakland Athletics (18-15) @ Kansas City Royals (22-11)
May 8, 2013

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals beat the Athletics tonight in a game in which many runs were scored, twenty total between the two teams. The Athletics jumped out to an early lead with three runs in the first, but the Royals came right back with three of their own in the bottom of the inning, including a two-run homer by Nick Johnson. With the score 5-4 Royals in the fifth, Pat Burrell gave the Athletics the lead with a three-run homer to chase Anthony Ziegler from the game. The Royals exploded in the bottom of the sixth however to reclaim the lead. David DeJesus knocked in two with a triple, Mark Teahen added two more with a double, and Nick Johnson added yet two more with a home run for a total of six runs scored before an out was even recorded in the inning. Pat Burrell struck once more in the seventh with his own two run blast to make it a two-run game. Soria came in and locked down the win in the ninth for his fifteenth save of the season.

Final Score:
Athletics: 9
Royals: 11

WP - Nunez (1-0) | LP - DiNardo (4-1) | SV - J.Soria (15)
HR: N.Johnson 2 (9) Burrell 2 (9)

Shibilo: 2 1/3 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, K
Fiorentino: 5-5, 3 R
Guerrero: 2-5, 2B, 2 R
Burrell: 4-5, 2 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 4 R
Kubel: 1-4, 2B, RBI
Crosby: 2-4, RBI

Ziegler: 4 1/3 IP, 11 H, 7 ER
DeJesus: 2-5, 3B, 2 RBI, 2 R
F.Lopez: 2-5, 2B, RBI, 2 R
Teahen: 2-5, 2B, 3 RBI, R
N.Johnson: 2-4, 2 HR, 5 RBI
Umbria: 3-4, 2B, 2 R
Conti: 3-4, 2B, 2 R

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 05, 2011 1:36 am

Detroit Tigers (14-21) @ Kansas City Royals (23-12)
May 10, 2013

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals beat the Tigers today behind a dominant pitching performance by Kelvim Escobar. Placido Polanco put the Tigers up first in the fifth with a solo home run, but that would be the only run the Tigers would get. Then in the sixth, the Royals got three straight RBI hits off Tigers starter Carlos Zambrano by Billy Butler, Khalil Greene, and Alex Gordon. After eight strong innings by Escobar, Joakim Soria came in in the ninth and got the save.

Final Score:
Tigers: 1
Royals: 3

WP - K.Escobar (3-2) | LP - Zambrano (2-6) | SV - J.Soria (16)
HR: Polanco (2)

Zambrano: 5 IP, 10 H, 3 ER
Polanco: 2-4, HR
D.Lee: 1-3, 2B
Bonilla: 3-3, 2B

K.Escobar: 8 IP, 9 H, ER, 5 K
F.Lopez: 3-4, R
Butler: 2-4, RBI
Greene: 1-4, RBI
A.Gordon: 2-4, RBI

BrewersFuzz · **Posted:** Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:23 am

How do you get to be a leader in strikeouts? I simulated a bit in a season mode, and I had played a game with 11 K's, then the next start, that same player had 14 K's. But, he was in 5th in the MLB for strikeouts. Sabathia had 36 after 2 starts! I also wanted to know how you keep your log going for so long. I love reading it, but I can't finish mine.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 05, 2011 2:46 pm

BrewersFuzz wrote:

How do you get to be a leader in strikeouts? I simulated a bit in a season mode, and I had played a game with 11 K's, then the next start, that same player had 14 K's. But, he was in 5th in the MLB for strikeouts. Sabathia had 36 after 2 starts! I also wanted to know how you keep your log going for so long. I love reading it, but I can't finish mine.

I have no idea how to be the strikeouts leader. My pitchers just get a lot of strikeouts in the games I simulate. I once simmed a game aganst CC Sabathia where there was a total of 44 strikeouts in the game. Sabathia struck out 24 of my guys, and my pitcher got 20 strikeouts. It's very unrealistic.

I don't know how to explain keeping my log going so long. I just love playing it. I try to keep it as realistic as I can with the players I acquire through trade or free agency. I think the realism of it helps me keep wanting to play it.

Also, sorry about all the high scoring games and losses lately. Since I win just about every game I sim, the only way I can keep it a close race in the standings is to lose most of the games I play, and that requires giving up a lot of runs since I score a lot of runs. I currently have CPU contact on Lock-On 2, and I think I have for a while, which would explain why I lost so badly to the Rays in the ALDS.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 05, 2011 5:31 pm

Kansas City Royals (28-12) @ Seattle Mariners (15-25)
May 15, 2013

SEATTLE -- The Mariners beat the Royals today with a streak of power and a good pitching performance by a former Royal. The Mariners scored their first run in the second with an RBI single by Kenji Johjima. Nick Johnson tied it with a solo homer in the top of the third, but the Mariners put on a show in the bottom of the inning with three straight solo home runs by Adam Dunn, Garret Atkins, and Richie Sexson to put the Mariners up by three. Nick Johnson hit his second solo shot in the eighth, but the Royals lost by two. Former Royal Brian Bannister dominated his former team going into the eighth inning. Another highlight of this game was Leo Nunez pitching three strong innings of relief for the Royals with six strikeouts.

Final Score:
Royals: 2
Mariners: 4

WP - Bannister (1-5) | LP - Dinas (3-2) | SV - Affeldt (6)
HR: Dunn (3) Atkins (1) Sexson (4) N.Johnson 2 (11)

Dinas: 5 IP, 10 H, 4 ER, BB, 6 K
N.Johnson: 2-4, 2 HR

Bannister: 7 2/3 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, K
Dunn: 1-4, HR
Atkins: 2-4, HR
Sexson: 2-3, 2B, HR, 2 R
Johjima: 2-4, 2B, RBI

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 06, 2011 3:31 pm

Kansas City Royals (30-13) @ Tampa Bay Rays (22-21)
May 19, 2013

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Royals completed the sweep of the Rays today thanks to the dominant pitching of Kyle Davies and the incredible power of Nick Johnson. Nick Johnson began his one-man wrecking show in the second with a solo home run. He provided the next two runs in the fourth with a two-run shot, and was immediately followed by a solo homer by Billy Butler to go back-to-back. The Royals also got three the next inning as well on an RBI single by Mark Teahen, and a two-run single by Nick Johnson. Carlos Pena provided the only Rays runs in this game on a two-run homer in the sixth. Nick Johnson finished his incredible game in the seventh with a three-run homer for a total of three home runs and eight runs batted in in this game. Kyle Davies went the distance for a complete game victory.

Final Score:
Royals: 10
Rays: 2

WP - Davies (6-1) | LP - Fogg (1-4) | SV -
HR: C.Pena (10) N.Johnson 3 (15) Butler (3)

Davies: CG, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
DeJesus: 2-5, 2B, 2 R
Teahen: 2-5, RBI, R
N.Johnson: 4-5, 3 HR, 8 RBI
Butler: 2-4, 2B, HR

Fogg: 5 IP, 10 H, 7 ER
Crawford: 2-4, 3B, R
C.Pena: 1-1, HR, 2 RBI
M.Byrd: 1-4, 2B

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:05 pm

Seattle Mariners (18-26) @ Kansas City Royals (31-13)
May 21, 2013

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals beat the Mariners today despite a last inning bullpen meltdown. Felipe Lopez hit an RBI single in the third, but the rest of the Royals runs were scored on home runs. Khalil Greene belted a three-run homer in the fourth, Nick Johnson blasted his own three-run shot in the fifth, Alex Gordon jacked a solo shot later that inning, and Chris Conti bombed his own three-run homer in the eighth. The Mariners got their only two runs against Anthony Ziegler on solo home runs by Adam Dunn and Eric Chavez. Ziegler went on to pitch eight strong innings, and the game appeared it would end in a blowout, but the Mariners exploded in the ninth against the Royals pitching. John Finegan and Joel Peralta gave up seven runs on home runs to Adam Dunn, Kenji Johjima and Eric Chavez. Finally, Joakim Soria came in and got the final out and got the save even though the inning started with the Royals up by nine runs.

Final Score:
Mariners: 8
Royals: 11

WP - Ziegler (1-0) | LP - Maza (0-1) | SV - J.Soria (17)
HR: N.Johnson (16) Greene (9) A.Gordon (5) Conti (3) Dunn 2 (5) Johjima (6) E.Chavez 2 (10)

Maza: 3 1/3 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, K
Bloomquist: 3-5, R
Dunn: 2-4, 2 HR, 3 RBI
Sexson: 1-4, 2B, R
Johjima: 1-4, HR, 3 RBI
E.Chavez: 2-4, 2 HR

Ziegler: 8 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 5 K
F.Lopez: 2-4, RBI
N.Johnson: 2-4, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
Greene: 2-4, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
A.Gordon: 3-4, HR, 2 R
Conti: 3-4, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R

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