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ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:45 am

Tampa Bay Rays (23-24) @ Kansas City Royals (33-14)
May 24, 2013

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals won in epic fashion tonight against the Rays in one of the best games of the season. B.J. Upton made the first major impact on this game with a grand slam in the third inning. The Royals scored one run each in the third, fourth, and fifth innings to make it a one-run game, but the Rays got two more in the sixth, including a solo home run by Jonny Gomes. The Royals got those runs back in the seventh with RBI hits by Felipe Lopez and Billy Butler. With the Royals still down by a run in the ninth, Nick Johnson tied it up with a solo home run to make it 6-6. It wasn't long however, until the Rays were able to score against the Royals bullpen. Jonny Gomes hit another solo homer and Akinori Iwamura belted an RBI double to put the Rays up by two in the tenth. There was still life in the Royals in the bottom of the inning, however. With two on, Nick Johnson came to bat once again after his ninth inning heroics tying the game, and this time jacked one deep to center, and just barely over the wall for a walk-of three run homer.

Final Score:
Rays: 8
Royals: 9
F/10

WP - J.Peralta (3-2) | LP - G.Romero (1-2) | SV -
HR: N.Johnson 2 (18) B.J.Upton (8) Gomes 2 (6)

E.Jackson: 7 IP, 13 H, 5 ER
Crawford: 3-6, 2 R
Iwamura: 3-6, 2B, 2 RBI
B.J.Upton: 1-6, HR, 4 RBI
Gomes: 2-5, 2 HR
Bartlett: 4-4, 2B, 2 R

Meche: 6 IP, 11 H, 6 ER, 4 BB, 5 K
DeJesus: 2-6, RBI, 2 R
F.Lopez: 2-6, RBI, 2 R
N.Johnson: 3-6, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 R
Butler: 4-5, 3 2B, 2 RBI, R
Greene: 1-5, RBI
A.Gordon: 2-5, 2B, R

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:36 pm

Kansas City Royals (37-15) @ Minnesota Twins (28-24)
May 30, 2013

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Royals lost to the Twins today as Kelvim Escobar continues to struggle this season. The Twins jumped out early with three runs in the first on hits by Brad Hawpe and Great Kennedy. They added two more in the second on RBI hits by Nick Punto and Ryan Garko, and two more in the third on a two-run homer by Great Kennedy. Leo Nunez would come in after that and pitch five shutout innings of relief. The Royals got one run each in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings, including a solo homer by Alex Gordon in the seventh.

Final Score:
Royals: 3
Twins: 7

WP - S.Baker (5-3) | LP - K.Escobar (4-4) | SV -
HR: G.Kennedy (7) A.Gordon (6)

K.Escobar: 3 IP, 13 H, 7 ER, 4 K
DeJesus: 1-4, RBI
Butler: 1-4, RBI
A.Gordon: 3-4, HR, 2 R

S.Baker: 7 1/3 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, 3 K
Punto: 1-5, RBI, R
Hawpe: 3-4, 2B, RBI, R
Garko: 2-4, 2B, RBI, R
G.Kennedy: 2-4, 2B, HR, 4 RBI
White: 4-4, 2 2B, 3B, R

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 07, 2011 5:40 pm

May in Review

The month of May was another good one for the Royals. They have jumped from being behind the Indians last month now to six games up on them at the end of this month. They went 19-8 in the month and are now 37-17 for the year with the best record overall. One of the big stories of the month was Nick Johnson, with a batting average just over .300, 13 home runs, and 34 runs batted in in the month of May. Joakim Soria also had a great month, converting eight saves with a 0.53 ERA in the month. Both Johnson and Soria won player of the month honors for May. Leading the starting rotation so far this year for the Royals has been Kyle Davies. He currently has a major league best 1.51 ERA and a 7-1 record for the season. Gil Meche, the second best pitcher for the Royals this season, is tied for first with CC Sabathia for the major league lead in strikeouts with 105. Finally, coming into June, the draft is coming up, and the Royals are hoping to make more good selections as they have done in the past few seasons.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 10, 2011 4:40 pm

Kansas City Royals (37-17) @ Toronto Blue Jays (26-28)
June 1, 2013

TORONTO -- The Royals beat the Blue Jays today thanks to plenty of offense. The Royals scored two in the first on a sac fly by Nick Johnson and an RBI single by Billy Butler. The Blue Jays took the lead in the bottom of the inning with a grand slam by Matt Stairs, and the Royals made it a one-run game in the second with an RBI single by Felipe Lopez. The Royals then took the lead for good in the fourth with four runs on an RBI double by David DeJesus, a two-run single by Felipe Lopez, and an RBI single by Nick Johnson. Both teams exchanged runs in the seventh, the Royals getting a solo homer from Nick Johnson and the Blue Jays getting an RBI double from Joe Inglett. mark Teahen got the Royals to double digits with the final scoring of the game on a two-run homer in the eighth.

Final Score:
Royals: 10
Blue Jays: 5

WP - Davies (8-1) | LP - Mathieson (3-4) | SV -
HR: Stairs (4) Teahen (4) N.Johnson (20)

Davies: 7 IP, 10 H, 5 ER, 4 K
DeJesus: 2-5, 2 2B, RBI, 2 R
F.Lopez: 2-5, 3 RBI, R
Teahen: 1-5, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
N.Johnson: 4-4, HR, 3 RBI
Butler: 3-5, RBI
Umbria: 2-4, 2 R
Conti: 3-4, 2 R

Mathieson: 3 2/3 IP, 13 H, 7 ER
Rios: 2-5, R
Inglett: 3-5, 2B, RBI
V.Wells: 1-5, 2B, R
Stairs: 3-4, HR, 4 RBI
Rolen: 3-4, R

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:20 pm

Los Angeles Dodgers (30-26) @ Kansas City Royals (38-18)
June 3, 2013

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals lost to the Dodgers and Doug Waechter to kick off interleague play. The Dodgers scored two in the first on some bad defense by the Royals shortstop. Great Soria lined one to right for a base hit that would score Furcal, but Khalil Greene attempted to make a throw to get Soria out trying to extend his hit to a double. The throw was wild, and Soria came around and scored himself. Soria finally finally put up an earned run against Ricky Dinas in the sixth with a solo home run to left. David DeJesus put up the only Royals runs in the bottom of the sixth with a two-run shot. Russell Martin added one more run for the Dodgers in the seventh with his own solo home run. Doug Waechter pitched a complete game for the Dodgers to earn the win.

Final Score:
Dodgers: 4
Royals: 2

WP - Waechter (3-5) | LP - Dinas (5-3) | SV -
HR: DeJesus (3) G.Soria (6) Martin (8)

Waechter: CG, 6 H, 2 ER, K
Furcal: 2-4, R
G.Soria: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Martin: 2-3, 2B, HR

Dinas: 7 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 4 K
DeJesus: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI
Conti: 2-3, R

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 10, 2011 6:05 pm

Kansas City Royals (42-19) @ Colorado Rockies (34-27)
June 9, 2013

DENVER -- The Royals lost to the Rockies tonight against a dominant pitching performance by Anthony Reyes. Troy Tulowitzki got the Rockies on the board in the first with an RBI triple. Felipe Lopez tied it in the fourth with a solo home run, but Angel Sanchez got that run back for the Rockies in the bottom of the inning with an RBI single. Yorvit Torrealba added another in the sixth with an RBI double, and Troy Tulowitzki made one final blow in the eighth with a solo home run. Khalil Greene finally knocked Reyes out of the game in the ninth with an RBI single, but the Royals would still lose.

Final Score:
Royals: 2
Rockies: 4

WP - A.Reyes (5-4) | LP - Ziegler (1-2) | SV - T.Buchholz (17)
HR: Tulowitzki (4) F.Lopez (3)

Ziegler: 6 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, K
F.Lopez: 1-4, HR
Greene: 1-4, RBI

A.Reyes: 8 1/3 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, K
Tulowitzki: 2-4, 3B, HR, 2 RBI
Torrealba: 2-4, 2B, RBI
A.Chavez: 2-3, RBI

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 10, 2011 6:31 pm

Draft 2013

The Royals drafted another position player this year in round one of the draft, and another pitcher in round two to add to the many drafted pitchers the Royals have in their system. In round one, the Royals drafted a first baseman with promising power, but weak everywhere else. In round two, they drafted a pitcher with a low 90s fastball, two breaking pitches, and decent stamina and control.

Round One

Max Cordova (1B)
DOB: 11/25/1991 (age 21)
B/T: S/R

TRJ: 2
CON: 3 (G)
PWR: 119 (D)
RUN SPD: 4 (F)
ARM STR: 3 (G)
FLD: 3 (G)
E RES: 6 (E)

Throwing 2

Round Two

Luis Montanez (RHP)
DOB: 10/10/1990 (age 22)
B/T: L/R

TOP SPD: 90mph
CTRL: 110 (E)
STAM: 90 (C)
SLD - 2
CB - 2

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 10, 2011 11:35 pm

Arizona Diamondbacks (27-37) @ Kansas City Royals (43-21)
June 12, 2013

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals barely edged the Diamondbacks today to win by one. The Royals jumped out with two runs in the first on a solo homer by Felipe Lopez and an RBI double by Nick Johnson. Nick Johnson added another in the third with a solo home run. In the top of the fourth, the D'Backs made it a one-run game with a two-run single by Delmon Young. The Royals got those two-runs back in the fifth with RBI doubles from Khalil Greene and Alex Gordon. The D'Backs however, got two RBI doubles of their own in the sixth from Maicer Izturis and Edgar Renteria. The Royals scored two more runs, including a solo homer from Chris Conti in the sixth, and those runs would be important going into the ninth as Joakim Soria struggled to nail down this save. He gave up two runs on RBI hits to Stephen Drew and Barzilla, but still managed to get three outs without blowing the lead, and got the save.

Final Score:
Diamondbacks: 6
Royals: 7

WP - Meche (6-3) | LP - Owings (1-3) | SV - J.Soria (22)
HR: F.Lopez (4) N.Johnson (23) Conti (4)

Owings: 5 IP, 12 H, 5 ER
M.Izturis: 2-4, 2B, RBI, 2 R
Renteria: 1-4, 2B, RBI
Byrnes: 1-4, 2B, R
D.Young: 1-4, 2 RBI
S.Drew: 1-4, 2B, RBI, R
Barzilla: 2-4, RBI

Meche: 8 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 4 K
DeJesus: 3-5, R
F.Lopez: 1-5, HR
N.Johnson: 2-2, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
M.Olivo: 1-3, RBI
Butler: 2-5, 2B, R
Greene: 2-4, 2B, RBI, R
A.Gordon: 2-4, 2B, RBI
Conti: 4-4, HR

BrewersFuzz · **Posted:** Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:40 am

Way to get a win on my sweet 16 against the Diamondbacks!

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 11, 2011 4:44 pm

Kansas City Royals (44-21) @ St. Louis Cardinals (28-37)
June 14, 2013

ST. LOUIS -- The Royals beat the Cardinals today behind a dominant pitching performance by Kyle Davies. The game started out as a pitchers duel between Davies and Ervin Santana, but the Royals finally got to Santana in the fifth with RBI hits from Luke Umbria and David DeJesus. DeJesus drove in two more in the seventh with a double, and Khalil Greene provided the final run in the eighth with an RBI single. Kyle Davies, who has been amazing this season, continues his dominance with a complete game shutout of the Cardinals today, allowing seven hits.

Final Score:
Royals: 5
Cardinals: 0

WP - Davies (10-1) | LP - E.Santana (2-4) | SV -
HR:

Davies: CG, 7 H, 0 ER, K
DeJesus: 2-5, 2 2B, 3 RBI
Teahen: 3-4, 2B, R
Greene: 1-4, RBI
A.Gordon: 2-4, 2B, 2 R
Umbria: 2-4, RBI, 2 R

E.Santana: 6 2/3 IP, 8 H, 4 ER
Baldelli: 2-4, 2B
C.Duncan: 2-4

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 11, 2011 4:52 pm

Ok, I am now desperate to lose some games. Does anyone know any way, any settings I can change, to help me lose more of the games I sim. I'm really starting to run away with the division and I want this to be a lot closer.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 12, 2011 12:31 am

Kansas City Royals (47-21) @ Minnesota Twins (38-30)
June 18, 2013

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Royals have extended their winning streak to six games thanks to a plethora of offense against the Twins. The Twins actually got on the board first with a three-run homer by Brad Hawpe in the first inning. Luke Umbria got the Royals a run in the second with an RBI double, Alex Gordon made it a one-run game in the fourth with an RBI single, and Felipe Lopez gave the Royals the lead in the fifth with a two-run double. Lopez would eventually score himself later in the inning to give the Royals a two-run lead. The Twins would tie it in the sixth with back-to-back solo shots from Ryan Garko and Justin Morneau to make it 5-5. The Royals then took command in the eighth with three runs, including an opposite field solo shot by Chris Conti. The Royals won with a four run lead thanks to an RBI double by Billy Butler in the ninth.

Final Score:
Royals: 9
Twins: 5

WP - K.Escobar (6-4) | LP - Misch (1-1) | SV -
HR: Hawpe (14) Garko (8) Morneau (10) Conti (6)

K.Escobar: 8 IP, 15 H, 5 ER, 4 K
F.Lopez: 1-5, 2B, 2 RBI, R
Teahen: 3-5, 2 2B
N.Johnson: 0-5, RBI, R
Butler: 3-5, 3 2B, RBI, 2 R
Greene: 2-5, 2B, RBI, R
A.Gordon: 2-4, RBI, R
Umbria: 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI
Conti: 2-4, HR, 2 R

Bonser: 6 IP, 10 H, 5 ER
Denorfia: 2-5, R
Punto: 3-5, R
Hawpe: 2-5, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
Garko: 1-5, HR
Morneau: 3-4, HR
J.Buck: 2-4, 2B

BrewersFuzz · **Posted:** Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:43 am

That's what I'm in trouble with. They win all the games I sim! Then, I just can't bring myself to MAKE myself lose. I'm anxious for an answer if there is one.

Also, tell Kyle Davies way to go! He has been AWESOME this year!

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 12, 2011 12:26 pm

BrewersFuzz wrote:

That's what I'm in trouble with. They win all the games I sim! Then, I just can't bring myself to MAKE myself lose. I'm anxious for an answer if there is one.

Also, tell Kyle Davies way to go! He has been AWESOME this year!

Yeah, he's actually leading the majors in complete games and shutouts by far.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:25 pm

Arizona Diamondbacks (31-41) @ Kansas City Royals (49-23)
June 22, 2013

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals beat the Diamondbacks again today as they continue to succeed in interleague play. The Royals scored three in the first on a sacrifice fly by Nick Johnson and a two-run single by Alex Gordon. Mark Teahen capped off the Royals offense in the fifth with a two-run homer to center. The Diamondbacks finally got on the board in the seventh with a solo homer by Chris Snyder. They got three more in the eighth on an RBI double by Maicer Izturis and a two-run homer by Eric Byrnes to make it a one-run game, but that was not a problem for Joakim Soria who pitched a scoreless ninth for the save.

Final Score:
Diamondbacks: 4
Royals: 5

WP - Dinas (6-3) | LP - Whiteman (2-5) | SV - J.Soria (23)
HR: Teahen (5) Byrnes (6) C.Synder (5)

Whiteman: 2 2/3 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, K
Winn: 2-5, 2B, R
M.Izturis: 1-5, 2B, RBI
Byrnes: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI
C.Snyder: 2-4, 2B, HR

Dinas: 7 1/3 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 4 K
Teahen: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
N.Johnson: 1-3, RBI
A.Gordon: 1-4, 2 RBI
Conti: 2-3, 2B, R

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