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ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:55 pm

Boston Red Sox (68-86) @ Kansas City Royals (100-54)
September 24, 2013

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals powered their way to a win today over the Red Sox. Manny Ramirez hit an RBI double in the first to put the Red Sox up by one, but the Royals stormed back with four in the bottom of the inning. Billy Butler hit an RBI single and Khalil Greene blasted a three-run homer. Kevin Youkilis hit an RBI double in the second for another Sox run, but the Royals scored another four in the third on two-run homers by Billy Butler and Alex Gordon. Jason Varitek smacked a solo homer in the top of the fourth, but Nick Johnson countered in the bottom of the inning with his own solo jack. The Royals added on two more in the sixth with back to back solo home runs by Nick Johnson and Billy Butler, the second of the day for each of them. The Red Sox scored the final three runs of the game on a two-run single by Jacoby Ellsbury in the seventh and a solo home run by Manny Ramirez in the eighth. Luke Hudson came on to pitch the ninth, and while it looked scary with the bases loaded and Manny Ramirez batting, he managed to get Manny to ground sharply to third to end the game with a 5-4-3 double play.

Final Score:
Red Sox: 6
Royals: 11

WP - Basner (5-6) | LP - Schilling (0-2) | SV -
HR: N.Johnson 2 (46) Butler 2 (11) Greene (21) A.Gordon (17) M.Ramirez (16) Varitek (25)

Schilling: 2 1/3 IP, 8 H, 8 ER
Ellsbury: 3-5, 2 RBI, R
M.Ramirez: 2-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
Varitek: 2-4, 2B, HR, 2 R
Youkilis: 1-4, 2B, RBI
Sedlacek: 3-4, 2B, R
Estrella: 2-3, R

Basner: 6 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, BB, K
DeJesus: 2-5, 2B, R
F.Lopez: 2-5, R
N.Johnson: 2-5, 2 HR
Butler: 5-5, 2 R, 4 RBI, 3 R
Greene: 2-5, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
A.Gordon: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2011 4:14 pm

Detroit Tigers (54-104) @ Kansas City Royals (104-54)
September 28, 2013

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals beat the Tigers today with a couple of big innings and big hits. Nick Johnson hit one of these big hits in the first in the form of a three-run homer. Ronny Cedeno got the Tigers on the board in the third with an RBI single. Chris Conti got that run back in the fifth with an RBI double. The Tigers scored two in the sixth with RBI hits from Clete Thomas and Jayo, but Luke Umbria jacked a two-run homer in the bottom of the inning to get those runs back. Billy Butler made this game a blowout in the seventh with a grand slam homer to center. Derrek Lee managed to hit a two-run shot off Soria in the ninth, but the Royals still won by five.

Final Score:
Tigers: 5
Royals: 10

WP - Dinas (13-4) | LP - Bonderman (13-13) | SV -
HR: N.Johnson (48) Butler (12) Umbria (3) D.Lee (26)

Bonderman: 5 2/3 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 4 ER
Cedeno: 1-5, RBI
D.Lee: 1-5, HR, 2 RBI
Ordonez: 2-5, 2 2B, R
Polanco: 2-4, 2B, R
C.Thomas: 2-4, RBI, R
Jayo: 2-4, RBI

Dinas: 5 1/3 IP, 11 H, 3 ER
N.Johnson: 1-4, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
Butler: 2-4, 2B, HR, 4 RBI
Umbria: 2-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Conti: 1-4, 2B, RBI

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2011 4:38 pm

September in Review

After a not so good August, the Royals turned it around and made September their best month of the season. They went 21-7 with a season high 142 runs scored and a very good 82 runs allowed. Their month record was so good thanks to finishing the month on an eight game winning streak. Nick Johnson had an explosive offensive month, raising his batting average to close to .300 and now having 48 home runs and 153 RBI. Kyle Davies made his last start of the season, finishing with a 2.04 ERA and a 20-3 record with 235 strikeouts over 220 innings pitched. Jaokim Soria has reached 40 saves for the season and is still leading the majors in the category. The Royals also continue to blow the rest of the majors away with their running game. David DeJesus is leading by far with almost 80 stolen bases with Felipe Lopez and Mark Teahen a ways behind him at second and third. The Royals still have one more game to be played in the regular season, and then it's on to the playoffs!

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2011 5:39 pm

Cleveland Indians (78-83) @ Kansas City Royals (107-54)
October 1, 2013

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals finished their 2013 season with a loss to the Indians, getting dominated by ace CC Sabathia. Travis Hafner, who had a huge game, hit his first of three homers in the fourth. He was immediately followed by a solo shot by Bill Hall to go back-to-back. Billy Butler drove in the Royals only run in the bottom of the fourth with an RBI single. The Indians scored two more in the fifth with another solo home run by Travis Hafner and an RBI single by Nick Markakis. Travis Hafner hit his third and final solo homer in the seventh, and Nick Markakis belted his own solo blast to complete the scoring for the game. CC Sabathia pitched well, completing the game for the win over the Royals to finish the season.

Final Score:
Indians: 6
Royals: 1

WP - Sabathia (17-6) | LP - Ziegler (8-5) | SV -
HR: Hafner 3 (10) B.Hall (28) Markakis (4)

Sabathia: CG, 6 H, ER
Hafner: 3-4, 3 HR
B.Hall: 2-4, 2B, HR, 2 R
Markakis: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI

Ziegler: 5 IP, 10 H, 4 ER, 4 K
Teahen: 1-4, R
Butler: 1-4, RBI
Conti: 2-3

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2011 6:28 pm

2013 Final Standings

AL East
Rays
Blue Jays (WC)
Yankees
Orioles
Red Sox

AL Central
Royals
Twins
White Sox
Indians
Tigers

AL West
Athletics
Mariners
Rangers
Angels

NL East
Phillies
Marlins
Mets
Braves
Nationals

NL Central
Astros
Cubs
Reds
Pirates
Brewers
Cardinals

NL West
Rockies
Dodgers (WC)
Giants
Padres
Diamondbacks

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2011 6:44 pm

2013 Royals Stats

SP - K.Escobar: (194.0 IP) 14-8, 3.20 ERA, 240 SO
SP - Meche: (212.2 IP) 15-8, 2.75 ERA, 250 SO
SP - Davies: (220.2 IP) 20-3, 2.04 ERA, 235 SO
SP - Ziegler: (156.1 IP) 8-5, 3.05 ERA, 141 SO
SP - Dinas: (172.2 IP) 13-4, 2.87 ERA, 147 SO

RP - Basner: (88.1 IP) 5-6, 4.18 ERA, 70 SO
RP - Finegan: (69.2 IP) 9-2, 3.88 ERA, 80 SO
RP - Nunez: (58.1 IP) 3-1, 4.47 ERA, 37 SO
RP - Hochevar: (46.2 IP) 2-2, 2.70 ERA, 42 SO
RP - Gobble: (65.0 IP) 11-3, 1.80 ERA, 69 SO
RP - J.Peralta: (108.0 IP) 5-8, 2.67 ERA, 102 SO
CL - J.Soria: (74.2 IP) 40/45 SV, 2.41 ERA, 70 SO

CF - DeJesus: .278 AVG, 5 HR, 68 RBI
2B - F.Lopez: .252 AVG, 11 HR, 89 RBI
LF - Teahen: .257 AVG, 11 HR, 89 RBI
1B - N.Johnson: .291 AVG, 48 HR, 153 RBI
DH - Butler: .259 AVG, 12 HR, 63 RBI
SS - Greene: .248 AVG, 21 HR, 70 RBI
3B - A.Gordon: .241 AVG, 18 HR, 60 RBI
C - Umbria: .248 AVG, 4 HR, 58 RBI
RF - Conti: .262 AVG, 17 HR, 71 RBI

C - M.Olivo: .417 AVG, 1 HR, 4 RBI
2B/3B - E.German: .250 AVG, 1 HR, 7 RBI
SS/2B - A.Sanchez: .214 AVG, 0 HR, 2 RBI
CF - Gathright: .381 AVG, 0 HR, 2 RBI

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2011 6:52 pm

League Leaders

Pitching Stats

ERA
Harang (NYY) - 2.03
Davies (KC) - 2.04
Duke (PHI) - 2.23

Wins
Davies (KC) - 20
Duke (PHI) - 20
Cook (HOU) - 20

Strikeouts
Sabathia (CLE) - 276
Meche (KC) - 250
Harang (NYY) - 249

Saves
J.Soria (KC) - 40
Street (TOR) - 39
Putz (MIN) - 34

Hitting Stats

Batting Average
Pujols (CHC) - .378
Delgado (NYM) - .351
Posada (NYY) - .348

Home Runs
N.Johnson (KC) - 48
A.Rodriguez (NYY) - 41
Pujols (CHC) - 40
1 more with 40

Runs Batted In
N.Johnson (KC) - 153
D.Wright (NYM) - 142
Utley (PHI) - 139

Stolen Bases
DeJesus (KC) - 77
F.Lopez (KC) - 58
Teahen (KC) - 48

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2011 6:56 pm

2013 MLB Postseason

Toronto Blue Jays (88-74) vs. Kansas City Royals (107-55)

Tampa Bay Rays (88-74) vs. Oakland Athletics (91-71)

Los Angeles Dodgers (90-72) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (94-68)

Houston Astros (88-74) vs. Colorado Rockies (91-71)

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2011 7:20 pm

ALDS - Toronto Blue Jays (0-0) @ Kansas City Royals (0-0): Game 1
October 5, 2013

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals won game one of the playoffs today behind a dominant pitching performance by Gil Meche in game where both pitchers were amazing. Mark Teahen drove in all three runs in this game on singles: one in the third and one in the fifth. Gil Meche was incredible, pitching a complete game three-hit shutout to win game one of the division series.

Final Score:
Blue Jays: 0
Royals: 3

WP - Meche (1-0) | LP - Tsuda (0-1) | SV -
HR:

Tsuda: 8 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, K
Stairs: 1-3, 2B

Meche: CG, 3 H, 0 ER, 3 K
DeJesus: 1-4, 2 R
Teahen: 2-4, 3 RBI
Umbria: 1-3, 2B
Conti: 1-3, R

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2011 8:10 pm

ALDS - Toronto Blue Jays (0-1) @ Kansas City Royals (1-0): Game 2
October 6, 2013

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals are now just a win away from moving on to the league championship series. They won tonight with another good starting pitching performance. Mark Teahen, who provided all the runs yesterday, got the Royals going tonight with a solo homer in the first. The Royals added four more in the third with a three-run blast from Felipe Lopez and a solo shot by Nick Johnson to go up by five runs. Gregg Zaun drove in the Blue Jays' first run in the fifth with an RBI double and David Eckstein added two more in the seventh with a two-run single to make it a two-run game. Felipe Lopez added one last run in the seventh with an RBI double. Joakim Soria came in in the ninth and closed out the victory.

Final Score:
Blue Jays: 3
Royals: 6

WP - K.Escobar (1-0) | LP - Gerrett (0-1) | SV - J.Soria (1)
HR: F.Lopez (1) Teahen (1) N.Johnson (1)

Garrett: 5 IP, 8 H, 5 ER
Stairs: 1-4, 2B, R
Zaun: 3-4, 3 2B, RBI, R
Eckstein: 1-3, 2 RBI

K.Escobar: 8 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 6 K
DeJesus: 2-4, 2 R
F.Lopez: 2-4, 2B, HR, 4 RBI
Teahen: 2-4, 2B, HR
N.Johnson: 2-4, HR

BrewersFuzz · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2011 9:01 pm

Blue Jays, Royals, Athletics, Dodgers, and Astros all in the playoffs? This IS the future. :lol:

lanceberkman · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2011 9:49 pm

Let's go Astros! Ba-ba-bambam-ba! Let's go Astros! Ba-ba-bambam-ba!

AgentP · **Posted:** Sat Oct 29, 2011 9:57 pm

lanceberkman wrote:

Let's go Astros! Ba-ba-bambam-ba! Let's go Astros! Ba-ba-bambam-ba!

LightningMan117 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 30, 2011 12:47 pm

BrewersFuzz wrote:

Blue Jays, Royals, Athletics, Dodgers, and Astros all in the playoffs? This IS the future. :lol:

^This

Congrats to the Royals for another playoff appearance. May your future be bright.

-Bud Selig

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 30, 2011 1:24 pm

ALDS - Toronto Blue Jays (0-2) @ Kansas City Royals (2-0): Game 3
October 8, 2013

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals were unable to complete the sweep against the Blue Jays tonight as Kyle Davies gets out-dueled by Rick Vanden Hurk. The Jays scored two in the second with an RBI triple by Cressend and an RBI groundout by Gregg Zaun. The Royals tied it in the fourth with a two-run homer by Nick Johnson. In the seventh, Matt Stairs provided the go-ahead and winning run for the Blue Jays with a solo homer. With one out in the bottom of the ninth, Nick Johnson lined a single up the middle. He was lifted for pinch-runner Esteban German who stole second base. Then, as Billy Butler lined a hard base hit into center, it looked like the Royals would tie it. German rounded second and Vernon Wells came up throwing and barely nailed German at home for the second out of the inning. Butler got to second on the play, but the Royals would not be able to get him in.

Final Score:
Blue Jays: 3
Royals: 2

WP - Vanden Hurk (1-0) | LP - Davies (0-1) | SV -
HR: N.Johnson (2) Stairs (1)

Vanden Hurk: CG, 7 H, 2 ER
Stairs: 2-4, HR, 2 R
Cressend: 1-3, 3B, RBI, R
Zaun: 0-3, RBI

Davies: CG, 6 H, 3 ER, 4 K
F.Lopez: 2-4, 2B, R
N.Johnson: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI
Butler: 2-4

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