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ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:04 pm

Toronto Blue Jays (56-72) @ Kansas City Royals (77-51)
August 27, 2010

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals have now won seven games in a row with a win over the Blue Jays today. Alex Rios hit into an RBI groundout in the top of the first, but Mark Teahen got that run back in the bottom of the inning with a solo homer. He was then immediately followed with a solo shot by Jose Guillen for a one-run lead. The Royals got one run each in the fourth and fifth innings to go up by three. The Blue Jays then hit back-to-back home runs of their own in the sixth with Vernon Wells and Jason Bay to make it a one-run game again. But the Royals got two solo shots of their own in the bottom of the sixth from Nick Johnson and Khalil Greene. Both teams scored once more as the Royals go on to win their seventh straight.

Final Score:
Blue Jays: 4
Royals: 7

WP - Meche (12-9) | LP - Garrett (4-4) | SV - J.Soria (39)
HR: Teahen (12) J.Guillen (30) N.Johnson (16) Greene (12) V.Wells (11) Bay (19)

Garrett: 5 2/3 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 5 ER
Eckstein: 2-5, 3B, R
V.Wells: 2-4, 2B, HR, 2 R
Bay: 1-4, HR
A.Hill: 2-4, RBI

Meche: 7 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 6 K
DeJesus: 2-4, 3B, R
Teahen: 3-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
J.Guillen: 2-4, HR
N.Johnson: 1-4, HR
Gload: 1-3, RBI
Greene: 1-4, HR
J.Buck: 1-3, 2B, R

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2010 3:05 pm

Kansas City Royals (79-52) @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (63-68)
August 30, 2010

ANAHEIM -- The Royals beat the Angels tonight thanks to some dominant pitching by Kelvim Escobar against his former team. Jose Guillen provided all the runs for the Royals in this game. He got an RBI single up the middle in the first to score Felipe Lopez. And in the third, he jacked a three-run homer to left field. The only Angels run came in the sixth with an RBI double by Moises Alou. Soria came in to close it out for his forty-first save of the season.

Final Score:
Royals: 4
Angels: 1

WP - K.Escobar (14-6) | LP - Montes (4-6) | SV - J.Soria (41)
HR: J.Guillen (31)

K.Escobar: 8 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 4 K
F.Lopez: 2-4, 2B, 2 R
Teahen: 1-4, R
J.Guillen: 2-4, HR, 4 RBI
N.Johnson: 1-4, 2B

Montes: 5 IP, 6 H, 4 ER
B.Abreu: 3-4, 2B, R
Alou: 1-4, 2B, RBI
Napoli: 2-3

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2010 3:26 pm

August in Review

The month of August was the best offensive month of the year for the Royals. They scored a total of 120 runs in the month, nearly twenty more than the next highest. They went 17-10 in the month, and are now 81-52 overall, just one win away from from their first winning record season since 2003. They have begun to separate themselves from the Indians and Tigers who are both five games back, but anything can happen with one month left of play. They have been getting plenty of offense and good pitching all year. Kelvim Escobar is leading the majors in ERA at 2.61, tied for first in wins at 14, and leading the majors in strikeouts with 196. Joakim Soria continues his closing dominance now 41 out of 42 in saves with a 1.26 ERA. Jose Guillen is fourth in the majors in home runs with 31 and also has 93 RBI, closing in on 100 for the season. And finally, David DeJesus is leading the majors in stolen bases with 40. The Royals plan to make plenty of call-ups for help in September as they continue their chase towards the post season.

BrewersFuzz · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2010 3:30 pm

Good to hear that you (and Jose Guillen) are doing good.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2010 3:37 pm

September Call-Ups

The Royals have made their September call-ups for 2010. They have brought up four pitchers, a catcher, four infielders, and an outfielder. For pitchers, they have brought up John Bale, Luke Hudson, Ryan Braun, and John Finegan. The only catcher is Luke Umbria. The four infielders are Shealy at first, along with Callaspo, Pena, and Sanchez who can play the middle infield positions. And finally, the lone outfielder call-up is Justin Ruggiano. All of these guys are excited to help get the Royals to the playoffs for the first time in twenty-five years.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2010 6:18 pm

Minnesota Twins (70-66) @ Kansas City Royals (83-53)
September 4, 2010

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals won today in a close pitcher's duel. The Royals got two runs in the second on back-to-back home runs by Nick Johnson and Ross Gload. Brian Bannister took a two-hit shutout into the ninth, but gave up a lead-off home run to Great Kennedy in the ninth. Soria came in after that home run an closed out the game.

Final Score:
Twins: 1
Royals: 2

WP - Bannister (8-9) | LP - Bonser (8-7) | SV - J.Soria (44)
HR: N.Johnson (17) Gload (12) G.Kennedy (16)

Bonser: 8 IP, 5 H, 2 ER
G.Kennedy: 1-3, HR

Bannister: 8 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 K
F.Lopez: 2-3
N.Johnson: 1-3, HR
Gload: 1-3, HR

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2010 6:47 pm

Kansas City Royals (85-53) @ Toronto Blue Jays (60-78)
September 6, 2010

TORONTO -- The Royals lost today in another close low-scoring game. The Blue Jays scored two in the first with an RBI double by Alex Rios and a no-out double play by Jason Bay to bring home another. The Royals got their only run in the second with an RBI groundout by Alex Gordon as that is the final score in this one.

Final Score:
Royals: 1
Blue Jays: 2

WP - G.Guillen (5-12) | LP - Dinas (5-6) | SV -
HR:

Dinas: 6 1/3 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 4 K
Teahen: 2-4
J.Guillen: 1-4, R
A.Gordon: 0-3, RBI
J.Buck: 2-3

G.Guillen: CG, 9 H, 1 ER
Eckstein: 2-4, 2B, R
Rios: 1-4, 2B, RBI, R
Bay: 1-4, 2B
Zaun: 2-3, 2 2B

BrewersFuzz · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2010 7:38 pm

Ryan Braun is a pitcher? :shock:

dishnet34 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2010 7:41 pm

There's another Ryan Braun in the majors.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 01, 2010 2:25 pm

Kansas City Royals (86-55) @ Minnesota Twins (70-71)
September 9, 2010

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Royals lost today with the Twins making a comeback win. Felipe Lopez hit an RBI double in the second to get this one started. John Buck jacked a solo shot in the fifth to go up by two. But Ryan Garko got that run back in the bottom of the inning with an RBI single. Now this game would go to the ninth and Joakim Soria came in. Unfortunately, he just didn't have it today. He gave up an RBI single to Great White to tie it, and another to Nick Punto for the walk off win and just the second blown save of the season for Soria.

Final Score:
Royals: 2
Twins: 3

WP - Corpas (8-0) | LP - J.Soria (2-2) | SV -
HR: J.Buck (12)

Ziegler: 5 IP, 10 H, 1 ER, 6 K
DeJesus: 2-4, 2B, R
F.Lopez: 1-4, 2B, RBI
Greene: 2-4, 2B
J.Buck: 1-3, HR

B.Thompson: 4 IP, 7 H, 2 ER
Denorfia: 4-5
Punto: 2-5, RBI
Mauer: 2-4, 2B
Garko: 1-4, RBI
G.Kennedy: 1-4, 2B, R
White: 2-4, RBI, R

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:14 pm

Toronto Blue Jays (63-82) @ Kansas City Royals (87-58)
September 13, 2010

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals lost today, failing to make a complete comeback against the Blue Jays. The Jays got two quick runs in the first with RBI doubles by Jason Bay and Matt Stairs. Then, in the sixth Matt Stairs jacked a solo homer to go up by three. They got two more in the seventh and Matt Stairs jacked another solo shot in the eighth for a six run lead. The Royals tried making a comeback in the bottom of the eighth inning. Alex Gordon hit a lead-off home run for the Royals first run. Then later in the inning, Felipe Lopez jacked a three-run bomb still with no outs in the inning. After a double by Teahen, Jose Guillen came to the plate as the tying run, but the Royals couldn't get another run across the plate as they fall in game one of this series.

Final Score:
Blue Jays: 6
Royals: 4

WP - Marcum (8-5) | LP - Davies (10-11) | SV - B.J.Ryan (19)
HR: F.Lopez (10) A.Gordon (21) Stairs 2 (16)

Marcum: 7 IP, 9 H, 4 ER
Eckstein: 2-5, RBI
Rios: 2-5, RBI
V.Wells: 2-5, 2B, R
Bay: 1-5, 2B, RBI, R
Srairs: 3-4, 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBI
Rolen: 3-4, R
Overbay: 2-4, 2B, R

Davies: 6 1/3 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 5 K
DeJesus: 1-4, 2B, R
F.Lopez: 2-4. HR, 3 RBI
Teahen: 3-4, 2B
A.Gordon: 3-4, HR
J.Buck: 1-4, R

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:17 pm

Oh my gosh, this is frustrating. I'm TRYING to lose so the Tigers can catch up and make this a little more interesting, but they keep losing whenever I lose. :lol:

Longball714 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:19 pm

I've had the problem too. My teams usually do too well, and I usually end up like 15 games in front by August, so I S/L for losses so I don't have to pay my players as much :wink:

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:37 pm

Chicago White Sox (74-75) @ Kansas City Royals (89-60)
September 18, 2010

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals lost today as the White Sox beat up on Kelvim Escobar. In the first inning, Paul Konerko jacked a two-run homer for a quick two-run lead. Nick Swisher hit an RBI double in the third to go up by three. Jermaine Dye hit solo shots in back-to-back at bats in the fourth and in the sixth. And finally, Paul Konerko hit another solo shot in the eighth for six runs. Chuck James dominated today with a complete game win.

Final Score:
White Sox: 6
Royals: 0

WP - James (7-8) | LP - K.Escobar (14-7) | SV -
HR: Konerko 2 (37) Dye 2 (25)

James: CG, 7 H, 0 ER
Swisher: 2-4, 2 2B, RBI, R
Konerko: 2-4, 2 HR, 3 RBI
Dye: 2-4, 2 HR

K.Escobar: 7 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 4 K
N.Johnson: 2-4
Gload: 1-3, 2B

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:41 pm

Ok, the Indians right now are three games back and the Tigers are four games back. My next nine games are against those two teams. I play the Indians in Cleveland, the Tigers in Detroit, and the Indians at home.

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