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ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 01, 2010 3:03 pm

Royals Ship Tomko to Oakland for Cash

The Royals have dealt veteran pitcher Brett Tomko to the Athletics for 3000 points. This was done to help clear room on the roster for rookies Ziegler and Dinas as the team moves forward in becoming younger.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 01, 2010 3:31 pm

Spring Training 2009

The Royals come into spring training younger, and ready to go for the upcoming season. While they have lost veterans like Mark Grudzielanek and Brett Tomko, they are ready for a new era in Kansas City baseball with first and second round draft picks Anthony Ziegler and Ricky Dinas expected to be on the opening day roster. Everyone has been working hard this spring and are preparing themselves for the 2009 season.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 01, 2010 5:04 pm

Kansas City Royals - 2009

The Kansas City Royals come into 2009 with some new faces. With the retirement of Mark Grudzielanek, the Royals went out and got free agent Felipe Lopez to take his spot at second base. The Royals also have someone different on the bench. Angel Sanchez will be the backup middle infielder, taking the place of Alberto Callaspo from last year. Callaspo will be spending most of the year in AAA working on his power. Probably the biggest additions to the Royals in 2009 are Anthony Ziegler and Ricky Dinas in the starting rotation. Ziegler was the first round draft pick of the Royals last year, and Dinas the second round pick. Both will now be in contention for rookie of the year. Ziegler make his major league debut in three of the opening series in Cleveland, and Dinas will make his debut in the home opener against the Red Sox.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 01, 2010 5:09 pm

2009 Opening Day Roster

SP - Meche
SP - Bannister
SP - Ziegler*
SP - Davies
SP - Dinas*

RP - Hochevar
RP - Nunez
RP - Bale
RP - Gobble
RP - Mahay
RP - R.Ramirez
CL - J.Soria

CF DeJesus
2B F.Lopez
LF Teahen
RF J.Guillen
C J.Buck
3B A.Gordon
1B Gload
DH Butler
SS T.Pena

C M.Olivo
IF E.German
IF A.Sanchez
CF Gathright

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 01, 2010 5:39 pm

Kansas City Royals (0-0) @ Cleveland Indians (0-0)
Opening Day 2009

CLEVELAND -- The Royals have lost their first game of the season tonight, getting dominated by CC Sabathia. The Indians scored three runs in the first before Meche could record an out, two of those runs coming off a two-run homer by Travis Hafner. The only Royals run came in the second with an RBI double belted by Ross Gload. Sean Casey had a huge day in his Indians debut, with two RBI doubles. Grady Sizemore also made a splash with two-run homer as the Indians pummel the Royals.

Final Score:
Royals: 1
Indians: 8

WP - Sabathia (1-0) | LP - Meche (0-1) | SV -
HR: Sizemore (1) Hafner (1)

Meche: 6 2/3 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 3 ER, 6 K
F.Lopez: 2-4, 2B
A.Gordon: 1-4, 2B, R
Gload: 2-3, 2B, RBI

Sabathia: CG, 8 H, 1 ER
Sizemore: 2-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Michaels: 1-4, 2B, RBI, R
Hafner: 1-4, HR, 2 RBI
G.Santana: 1-1, 2B, 2 R
Casey: 2-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI, R
Choo: 1-3, RBI, R

BennyBaseball · **Posted:** Sun Aug 01, 2010 5:41 pm

Great job on the first season, keep it rolling

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:23 pm

Kansas City Royals (1-1) @ Cleveland Indians (1-1)
April 4, 2008

CLEVELAND -- The Royals lost today, Anthony Ziegler taking a loss in his major league debut. All nine runs scored by both teams in this game were scored on five home runs. Four of the five homers were two-run shots. Travis Hafner hit two of them, and Casey Blake hit one for the Indians. Ross Gload blasted a two-run shot, and John Buck had a solo shot for the Royals.

Final Score:
Royals: 3
Indians: 6

WP - Carmona (1-0) | LP - Ziegler* (0-1) | SV - R.Betancourt (1)
HR: Hafner 2 (3) Blake (1) J.Buck (1) Gload (1)

Ziegler: 5 1/3 IP, 9 H, 6 ER, 3 K
J.Buck: 1-4, HR
A.Gordon: 1-4, 2B, R
Gload: 1-3, HR, 2 RBI

Carmona: 8 IP, 7 H, 3 ER
Michaels: 2-4, 2 R
Hafner: 2-4, 2 HR, 4 RBI
V.Martinez: 2-4, 2B, R
Blake: 1-3, HR, 2 RBI

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 01, 2010 9:44 pm

Boston Red Sox (4-0) @ Kansas City Royals (2-2)
Royals Home Opener

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals defeated the Boston Red Sox in their home opener today with a walk-off victory. The Red Sox got on the board early with a two-run homer by Manny Ramirez. The Royals were getting one-hit shutout until the sixth when Felipe Lopez belted a solo shot off Tim Wakefield. Lopez had the only other hit at the time with a double earlier. Up by only one run, the Red Sox extended their lead by one in the top of the ninth with a solo shot by Manny Ramirez, again. The Red Sox brought Jonathan Papelbon in to close it out in the ninth, but the Royals had other plans. Alex Gordon got an RBI single to bring home Teahen. Billy Butler got an RBI single to score Jose Guillen and tie the game. And finally, with the bases loaded, David DeJesus hit an RBI single between short and third to bring home the winning run. Dinas was great in his major league debut, going five innings with the only runs he allowed being the two-run homer by Manny Ramirez.

Final Score:
Red Sox: 3
Royals: 4

WP - R.Ramirez (1-0) | LP - Papelbon (0-1) | SV -
HR: F.Lopez (1) M.Ramirez 2 (3)

Wakefield: 7 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 15 K
Ellsbury: 1-3, R
M.Ramirez: 2-4, 2 HR, 3 RBI

Dinas: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3 K
DeJesus: 1-5, RBI
F.Lopez: 2-3, 2B, HR
Teahen: 1-4, R
J.Guillen: 1-4, R
A.Gordon: 1-4, RBI, R
Butler: 2-4, RBI

Longball714 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:14 pm

Yeah, Wakefield's tough... great win though!

ChiSoxBoy · **Posted:** Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:41 pm

Isn't Wake's knuckler like a 16 or something?

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 02, 2010 2:05 pm

Dangit. I just got perfect gamed again. This time, I got perfect gamed by Josh Beckett. This time, I played the ninth inning to try to break it up, but I couldn't.

cooldude1045 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 02, 2010 3:13 pm

Wakefield's Knuckleball is level 6 by default, but like anything, it can decrease in old age.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 02, 2010 5:43 pm

Detroit Tigers (6-3) @ Kansas City Royals (4-5)
April 11, 2009

KANSAS CITY -- The Tigers beat the Royals today, extending their lead in the division. The Tigers jumped out to a quick and large lead, scoring five runs in the first three innings off Kyle Davies while the Royals only scored one, but later in the game, the Royals started eating away at that lead. They scored two in the seventh with an RBI double off the bat of Alex Gordon, and a sacrifice fly to center by Billy Butler to bring home a run. And finally, in the ninth, the Royals scored one more with an RBI single by Ross Gload. After Gload's single, the Royals were down by one with one out and runners on the corners, but Billy Butler hit into a 4-6-3 double play to end the game.

Final Score:
Tigers: 5
Royals: 4

WP - Verlander (1-1) | LP - Davies (1-1) | SV - T.Jones (3)
HR:

Verlander: 8 IP, 7 H, 3 ER
Granderson: 1-5, 2B, R
Renteria: 1-5, 2B, RBI, R
C.Guillen: 2-4, 2B, RBI, 2 R
Polanco: 2-4, 2B, RBI
Sheffield: 2-4, RBI
I.Rodriguez: 4-4, 2B, RBI

Davies: 6 IP, 11 H, 5 R, 4 ER
J.Guillen: 1-4, 2B, R
J.Buck: 2-4, 2 R
A.Gordon: 3-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI, R
Gload: 1-4, RBI

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:08 pm

Kansas City Royals (4-9) @ Boston Red Sox (9-4)
April 15, 2009

BOSTON -- The Royals beat the Red Sox tonight in a game that went back and forth to start, but then the Royals started pulling away. No runs were scored until the fourth inning when the Royals scored two in an RBI single by Tony Pena and a sacrifice fly by David DeJesus. But, the Red Sox scored two of their own in the bottom of the fourth to tie it with a two-run single by Jason Varitek, and another to take the lead with an RBI single by Julio Lugo. The Royals re-took the lead in the sixth when Billy Butler hit a two-run single, and they never looked back. They would go on to score three more runs, two on solo home runs by Jose Guillen and Tony Pena.

Final Score:
Royals: 7
Red Sox: 3

WP - Bannister (3-0) | LP - Delcarmen (0-1) | SV -
HR: J.Guillen (2) T.Pena (1)

Bannister: 6 1/3 IP, 11 H, 3 ER
J.Guillen: 3-5, HR, 2 RBI
Butler: 3-5, 2 RBI
T.Pena: 4-4, HR, 2 RBI

Hansen: 3 1/3 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 1 ER
J.D. Drew: 2-4, 2 2B, R
Varitek: 1-4, 2 RBI, R
Lugo: 2-4, RBI

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:03 pm

Chicago White Sox (9-8) @ Kansas City Royals (7-10)
April 19, 2009

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals beat the White Sox tonight in epic comeback and walk-off fashion. Early in the game, Meche was a little wild, and with Carlos Quentin on third, he threw a wild pitch allowing him to score the first run of the game. Luckily, the Royals got that run back as well as two more in the bottom of the inning when Jose Guillen blasted a three-run jack. Jermaine Dye brought this game back within one in the second with a solo shot, and gave the Sox the lead in the third with a three-run bomb for a two-run White Sox lead. Mark Teahen brought this game within one in the bottom of the inning with a solo shot, but Pedro Feliz got that run back for the Sox in the fourth with his own solo blast. The Royals AGAIN brought this game within one in the fifth when Jose Guillen jacked a solo shot, his second of the game, and 200th career home run. But Juan Uribe AGAIN got that run back for the Sox in the seventh with HIS own solo home run. The White Sox then went up by three in the eighth with an RBI single by A.J. Pierzynski. Then, the Royals comeback began. In the eighth, Ross Gload jacked an opposite field solo home run to bring this game back within two. Then, in the bottom of the ninth with runners on second and third, Royals newcomer Felipe Lopez dumped a single into center scoring both runs to tie the game. This game then went into extra innings. Ross Gload led-off the bottom of the tenth with a single. Billy Butler moved him over to second with a sacrifice bunt. And finally, Esteban German, who came into this game in the ninth, blooped a single into the outfield to score Gload and win the game.

Final Score:
White Sox: 8
Royals: 9
F/10

WP - Mahay (1-0) | LP - MacDougal (0-1) | SV -
HR: Teahen (3) J.Guillen 2 (4) Gload (2) Dye 2 (4) Feliz (1) Uribe (2)

Danks: 5 IP, 8 H, 5 ER
Thome: 3-4, R
Dye: 4-5, 2 HR, 4 RBI
Feliz: 3-5, 2B, HR
Uribe: 1-4, HR

Meche: 6 IP, 9 H, 7 R, 6 ER
F.Lopez: 2-5, 2 RBI, R
Teahen: 1-5, HR, 2 R
J.Guillen: 3-5, 2 HR, 4 RBI
Gload: 3-5, HR, 2 R
T.Pena: 3-4, 2B
E.German: 1-1, RBI, R

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