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ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 07, 2010 12:45 am

Well, I just played a game against the Blue Jays. I lost. And it was a really frustrating game. I'm beginning to consider simulating the rest of the season. Or maybe playing less games. Or maybe playing the same number of games, but posting less stories. What does everyone think? I just want to get this horrid season over with sooner.

cooldude1045 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 07, 2010 12:47 am

You can go ahead and play less games, it's fine when you don't have a chance of a record anywhere near good.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 07, 2010 12:47 am

Yeah, I want to get to the offseason and start spending some money.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 07, 2010 1:37 am

Kansas City Royals (49-71) @ Baltimore Orioles (63-57)
August 16, 2009

BALTIMORE -- The Royals beat the Orioles today, defeating Jake Peavy. After an RBI hit by Nick Markakis in the first, Billy Butler gave the Royals the lead in the second with a two-run single. The Orioles took the lead again in the fifth with RBI hits from Melvin Mora and Aubrey Huff to make it 3-2. David DeJesus tied it up in the seventh with an RBI groundout, but the Orioles got that run back in the bottom of the inning with a solo blast off the bat of Nick Markakis for his second RBI of the game. Finally, the Royals broke through in the eighth with four runs. Billy Butler got another two-run single for a four RBI game, and Tony Pena got a two-run double. Soria closed it out in the ninth, and the Royals win two of three and the series.

Final Score:
Royals: 7
Orioles: 4

WP - Gobble (5-1) | LP - Peavy (8-7) | SV - J.Soria (29)
HR: Markakis (17)

Davies: 6 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, 3 K
DeJesus: 0-5, RBI
A.Gordon: 2-4, 2 R
Gload: 3-4, 2B, 3 R
Butler: 3-4, 4 RBI, R
T.Pena: 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI

Peavy: 7 1/3 IP, 14 H, 7 ER
B.Roberts: 2-5, 2 R
Mora: 1-4, 2B, RBI, R
Markakis: 3-4, HR, 2 RBI
Huff: 2-4, RBI

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 07, 2010 2:16 am

Tampa Bay Rays (56-71) @ Kansas City Royals (53-74)
August 24, 2009

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals lost today, getting shut out by Edwin Jackson of the Rays. The Rays only scored three runs. Carl Crawford provided the first run with a solo homer in the fourth. Jason Bartlett hit an RBI double in the eighth, and Carlos Pena jacked a solo shot in the ninth for the Rays three runs. The Royals were unable to provide any offense against Edwin Jackson who dominated them today.

Final Score:
Rays: 3
Royals: 0

WP - E.Jackson (7-10) | LP - Meche (5-11) | SV -
HR: Crawford (19) C.Pena (28)

E.Jackson: 9 IP, 5 H, 0 ER
Crawford: 2-4, HR
C.Pena: 1-4, HR
Longoria: 1-3, 2B, R
Bartlett: 3-3, 2 2B, RBI

Meche: 9 IP, 9 H, 3 ER
F.Lopez: 2-4

BennyBaseball · **Posted:** Sat Aug 07, 2010 11:26 am

ChiCubsFan4 wrote:

Yeah, I want to get to the offseason and start spending some money.

Haha, I simmed the last two months of my Twins season.

Speaking of my Twins…you know what happened to them. Let's keep a good log going.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 07, 2010 3:54 pm

Texas Rangers (55-76) @ Kansas City Royals (54-77)
August 29, 2009

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals managed to make a comeback win against the Rangers today, despite the rainy weather. The Rangers scored first with three runs in the third inning. Felipe Lopez got the Royals on the board in the fourth with an RBI double, but got injured on his slide into second and had to be taken out of the game. The Rangers then added another in the seventh, and one more in the eighth with a solo homer off the bat of Josh Hamilton. Finally, the Royals got something going against Padilla in the eighth. Billy Butler got an RBI single to make it 5-2, and after Tony Pena, David DeJesus, Esteban German, and Mark Teahen got three straight RBI singles to tie the game at five. And finally, we go to the ninth. Alex Gordon lead-off with a single, and Joey Gathright came in to pinch run for him. Gathright stole second easy, and after Ross Gload hit into a fielder's choice and no one was out, there were runners on first and second for Billy Butler who hit a line drive up the middle. Gathright rounded third for home, Hamilton came up throwing, and on a close play at the plate, Gathright was safe for the walk-off win.

Final Score:
Rangers: 5
Royals: 6

WP - J.Peralta (3-0) | LP - C.J.Wilson (1-5) | SV -
HR: Hamilton (14)

Padilla: 7 1/3 IP, 8 H, 5 ER
Kinsler: 2-5, RBI, R
Hamilton: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI
Bradley: 2-4, 2 RBI
Broussard: 3-4, R

Bannister: 7 IP, 11 H, 5 ER
DeJesus: 2-4, 2B, RBI, 2 R
F.Lopez: 1-2, 2 2B, RBI
E.German: 1-2, RBI, R
Teahen: 1-4, RBI
Gload: 1-4, 2B, R
Butler: 2-4, 2 RBI, R

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 07, 2010 11:52 pm

August in Review

The Royals had a way better month of August than they did July. They were under .500 in the month, but only by one game going 13-14 for the month. The offense was able to do better, scoring a total of 91 runs, thirty more than last month, and tied for their second best offensive month of the season. The Royals now twenty games under .500 on the season at 57-77, and seventeen games back in the division. Here are the division leaders going into the final month of the season. The Yankees are pulling away from the Red Sox in the AL East. The Indians and Tigers are tied for first in the AL Central. The Angels lead the Mariners by two games in the AL West. And the current front runners for the wild card are either the Indians or Tigers. In the NL East, the Mets hold a close one game lead on the Braves. In the central, the Reds continue to dominate, having the lowest magic number in the majors at twenty. In the NL West, the Rockies lead with the Dodgers very close behind at one game, but are the current leader for the wild card. Let's hope the Royals can finish strong, and have a good season in 2010.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 08, 2010 12:00 am

September Call-Ups

The Royals have made nine call-ups this year. Ramon Ramirez and John Bale are back with the major league roster as well as relievers Ryan Braun and Luke Hudson. They have called up rookie catchers Matt Tupman and Luke Umbria. And finally, they have brought up first baseman Ryan Shealy, infielder Alberto Callaspo, who spent most of last year with the major league team, and outfielder Justin Ruggiano. Maybe some good young talent is what this team needs to win right now.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 08, 2010 12:26 am

Bannister throws Perfect Game

Brian Bannister has thrown a perfect game against the Texas Rangers! Just the twentieth perfect game in major league baseball history. He got Ben Broussard to ground out to first to end the game for his tenth win of the season. He is now 10-8 on the season.

Once again, I did not actually play this perfect game. I don't know why my game keeps simming perfect games. This is getting ridiculous.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 08, 2010 12:58 am

Kansas City Royals (62-81) @ Cleveland Indians (77-66)
September 10, 2009

CLEVELAND -- John Finegan was stellar in his first big league start today as the Royals shut out the Indians. The Royals didn't get on the board until the fourth when Billy Butler got an RBI double, and Tony Pena grounded into a double play that scored the runner from third. They would get one more in the seventh with an RBI single off the bat of Felipe Lopez. John Finegan, the Royals second round draft pick from this year, made his first major league start today, and boy did he pitch well. He went seven strong innings allowing zero runs on just four hits to a dangerous Indians lineup. He got his first major league win in the process.

Final Score:
Royals: 3
Indians: 0

WP - Finegan (1-2) | LP - C.Lee (8-5) | SV - J.Soria (33)
HR:

Finegan: 7 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 4 K
DeJesus: 1-5, R
F.Lopez: 2-5, RBI
J.Guillen: 2-4, R
A.Gordon: 1-4, R
Butler: 1-4, 2B, RBI
T.Pena: 2-4, RBI

C.Lee: 7 1/3 IP, 11 H, 3 ER
Choo: 2-3

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 08, 2010 1:55 am

Minnesota Twins (68-79) @ Kansas City Royals (66-81)
September 14, 2009

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals have now won six games in a row thanks to a dominant pitching performance by Kyle Davies tonight. The only runs scored in this game were on a two-run double by Mark Teahen in the sixth inning. Kyle Davies pitched a complete game shutout allowing just seven hits. It was his twelfth win of the season, and sixth straight for the Royals.

Final Score:
Twins: 0
Royals: 2

WP - Davies (12-7) | LP - Slowey (3-4) | SV -
HR:

Slowey: 5 2/3 IP, 6 H, 2 ER

Davies: CG, 7 H, 0 ER, 2 K
DeJesus: 1-4, R
F.Lopez: 3-4, 2B, R
Teahen: 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 08, 2010 3:08 am

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (74-76) @ Kansas City Royals (68-82)
September 18, 2009

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals won tonight with a walk-off win in extra innings against the Angels. The Angels scored first in the second with RBI doubles from Casey Kotchman and Howie Kendrick. Down 3-0 in the fifth, the Royals scored their first run on a wild pitch with a runner on third. They then added two more that inning with an RBI hit from Felipe Lopez, and a fielder's choice that Mark Teahen hit into. Bobby Abreu reclaimed the lead for the Angels in the sixth with a solo home run and this game would go to the bottom of the ninth with that score and Francisco Rodriguez coming in to close it out. Mark Teahen got an RBI single that inning to tie it up and send this one into extras. Finally, in the thirteenth with runners on first and second, Esteban German lined a singled into the outfield for a walk-off win.

Final Score:
Angels: 4
Royals: 5
F/13

WP - J.Peralta (4-0) | LP - F.Rodriguez (6-3) | SV -
HR: B.Abreu (22)

Garland: 8 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 2 ER
B.Abreu: 1-6, HR
Alou: 2-5, 2 2B, 2 R
Hunter: 2-5, 2B
Kotchman: 3-4, 2 2B, RBI, R
H.Kendrick: 1-5, 2B, 2 RBI

Ziegler: 5 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 4 K
DeJesus: 2-6, 2 R
F.Lopez: 1-6, RBI
Teahen: 1-6, 2 RBI
Gload: 3-6, R
Umbria: 2-6, R
T.Pena: 3-4, R
E.German: 1-2, RBI

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 08, 2010 4:32 pm

Kansas City Royals (73-88) @ Detroit Tigers (91-70)
September 30, 2009

DETROIT -- The Royals ended their 2009 season with a loss against the first place Tigers tonight. The bright part of tonight's game was Mark Teahen who belted three home runs to add to his team lead. He hit his first homer in the first with a solo shot to make it 1-0, but Curtis Granderson tied it up in the bottom of the inning with a lead-off home run, and the Tigers got another that inning with an RBI double by Miguel Cabrera. Gary Sheffield added a third run in the second with an RBI double, but Mark Teahen tied it up in the fourth with his second homer of the night with a two-run shot to right. Placido Polanco reclaimed the lead for the Tigers in the bottom of the inning with a two-run triple to make it 5-3. Mark Teahen made it 5-4 with his third homer in the sixth, a solo shot, but the Tigers got that run back as well as another in the bottom of that inning with back-to-back blasts from Gary Sheffield and Ivan Rodriguez. David DeJesus added one more in the seventh with an RBI single, but were unable to make a comeback against the Tigers.

Final Score:
Royals: 5
Tigers: 7

WP - Galarraga (5-1) | LP - Dinas (4-13) | SV - T.Jones (29)
HR: Granderson (30) Sheffield (26) I.Rodriguez (12) Teahen 3 (24)

Dinas: 3 IP, 8 H, 5 ER
DeJesus: 2-4, 2B, RBI
Teahen: 3-4, 3 HR, 4 RBI
J.Guillen: 1-4, 2B
Gload: 1-4, 2B

Galarraga: 5 IP, 7 H, 4 ER
Granderson: 1-4, HR
Renteria: 2-4, R
M.Cabrera: 2-4, 2B, RBI
Polanco: 3-4, 3B, 2 RBI, R
Sheffield: 2-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
I.Rodriguez: 1-4, HR

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 08, 2010 4:53 pm

September in Review

For the second year in a row, September was the Royals' best month of the season. They went 16-12 for the month and finished with an overall record of 73-89, very similar to last season. They finished nineteen games back of the Tigers who won the division. Their offense was able to produce more with their second best offensive month of the season, and the pitching continued to do well. Once again, they finished with the fifth worst record in the majors and will get fifth pick in the 2010 Draft next season. For the first time in major league history, there will be TWO tiebreaker games played, both in the west. In the AL West, The Angels and Mariners finished tied for first, both with records of 82-80. And in the NL West, both the Dodgers and Rockies finished in first with records of 90-72. Only one from each matchup can make the playoffs as none of those teams would be in the lead for the wild card. As for other division leaders, the Yankees finished with the best record in the American League at 95-67, and the Red Sox will get the wild card just two games back. And in the AL Central, the Tigers won the division at 92-70. In the National League, the Mets claimed the NL East at 94-68 with the Braves just two games back taking the wild card. And finally, in the Central, with the best record in all of baseball at 96-66, the Cincinnati Reds are headed to the post season. It will be interesting to see who wins the tiebreakers and who shines in the 2009 post season.

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