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ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:09 pm

Oh yeah. I'm pretty sure he will win ROY.

BrewersFuzz · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:13 pm

Sweeet! That'll be awesome for his rep.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 07, 2011 12:09 am

Chicago White Sox (76-75) @ Kansas City Royals (94-57)
September 20, 2011

KANSAS CITY -- THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS ARE AL CENTRAL DIVISION CHAMPS FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE SEASON! Despite a loss to the White Sox today, the Royals have won the division thanks to a Cleveland Indians loss in Detroit as their magic number reached zero. Nick Swisher blasted a solo shot in the first to start things off. Felipe Lopez tied it in the third with an RBI single. Jim Thome gave the Sox the lead for good in the seventh with a solo homer. He was immediately followed by a solo shot by Paul Konerko to go back-to-back. The teams exchanged runs in the eighth as Juan Uribe hit a solo shot and Nick Johnson hit into an RBI groundout. The Royals lost by two.

Final Score:
White Sox: 4
Royals: 2

WP - James (11-4) | LP - Bannister (11-8) | SV - Meredith (24)
HR: Swisher (29) Thome (18) Konerko (29) Uribe (20)

James: 8 2/3 IP, 9 H, 2 ER
Swisher: 1-4, HR
Thome: 1-4, HR
Konerko: 1-4, HR
Uribe: 2-3, HR

Bannister: 8 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 4 K
DeJesus: 2-5, 2B, R
F.Lopez: 1-4, RBI
N.Johnson: 0-4, RBI
J.Bucl: 2-4, 2 2B, R

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 07, 2011 12:56 am

Kansas City Royals (97-58) @ Minnesota Twins (73-82)
September 24, 2011

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Royals came back against the Twins today for another win. Brad Hawpe blasted a two-run homer in the fourth to put the Twins up by two early. Alex Gordon scored in the fifth on a fielding error by Adam Eaton, and David DeJesus tied the game with an RBI single. Brad Hawpe came up swinging again in the sixth with a solo shot to give the Twins the lead again.Then the Royals came back in the seventh. Felipe Lopez and Nick Johnson both got RBI singles as the Royals win by one.

Final Score:
Royals: 4
Twins: 3

WP - Davies (13-8) | LP - Eaton (8-17) | SV - J.Soria (44)
HR: Hawpe 2 (22)

Davies: 8 IP, 8 H, 3 ER
DeJesus: 2-5, RBI
F.Lopez: 2-5, RBI
N.Johnson: 3-4, RBI
A.Gordon: 1-4, R
J.Buck: 2-4, 2 2B, 2 R
Conti: 2-4, 2B, R

Eaton: 6 2/3 IP, 13 H, 4 R, 3 ER
Punto: 2-4, R
Mauer: 2-4
Hawpe: 2-3, 2 HR, 3 RBI

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 07, 2011 1:36 am

Kansas City Royals (101-58) @ Chicago White Sox (79-80)
September 28, 2011

CHICAGO -- The Royals lost to the White Sox again tonight as the season is nearing a close. Paul Konerko blasted a solo shot in the second to get this one going. Alex Gordon tied it in the third with his own solo shot. Then Kelvim Escobar ran into trouble in the seventh. He gave up a solo homer to Jim Thome, a two-run double to Carlos Quentin, and an RBI single to Juan Uribe. Alex Gordon belted another homer in the ninth, but the Royals would still lose this game.

Final Score:
Royals: 2
White Sox: 5

WP - Olsen (9-8) | LP - K.Escobar (15-5) | SV -
HR: Thome (20) Konerko (31) A.Gordon 2 (24)

K.Escobar: 7 IP, 8 H, 5 ER
Teahen: 2-4
A.Gordon: 2-4, 2 HR
Conti: 2-4

Olsen: CG, 9 H, 2 ER
Thome: 1-4, HR
Konerko: 2-3, HR, 2 R
Pierzynski: 2-3, 2B
Quentin: 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI, R
Uribe: 1-3, RBI

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:10 am

New York Yankees (91-69) @ Kansas City Royals (101-59)
September 29, 2011

KANSAS CITY -- Aaron Harang and the Yankees beat the Royals tonight as there is now just one game remaining in the 2011 regular season. Julio Lugo provided the first run in this one with an RBI single in the second. Alex Gordon gave the Royals the lead in the bottom of the inning with a two-run homer. Hideki Matsui tied it up in the seventh with a solo home run. Felipe Lopez helped the Yankees take the lead with a fielding error that allowed Julio Lugo to score from second. Alex Rodriguez also hit an RBI double that inning. Johnny Damon added one more in the ninth with a solo homer off the right field foul pole as the Yankees win by three.

Final Score:
Yankees: 5
Royals: 2

WP - Harang (23-3) | LP - Meche (14-8) | SV -
HR: A.Gordon (25) Damon (21) H.Matsui (24)

Harang: CG, 6 H, 2 ER
Damon: 2-5, HR, 2 R
A.Rodriguez: 1-5, 2B, RBI
Posada: 2-5, R
H.Matsui: 2-4, 2B, HR
Lugo: 3-4, RBI, R

Meche: 7 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 5 K
Butler: 2-4, 2B, R
A.Gordon: 1-3, HR, 2 RBI

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:21 am

September in Review

The Kansas City Royals are headed to the postseason for the second season in a row. They finished the season great, going 20-8 in the month with a season high 113 runs scored in the month with only 75 runs allowed. A big part of those runs scored was their star rookie Chris Conti, who hit 5 homers and drove in 17 for the month as he wins rookie of the month honors. Nick Johnson, the Royals best hitter also finished with good stats. He finished with 29 home runs, and 119 runs batted in. As expected, David DeJesus led all the majors in stolen bases with 61. Joakim Soria also led all the majors in saves with 48. Kelvim Escobar was tied for third in wins in the majors with his 15-5 record. Kyle Davies led the majors in ERA with the only ERA under 2 at 1.99. The Royals steamed through September and hope to do the same in the postseason as they play the Red Sox in the first round.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:24 am

2011 Final Standings

AL East
Yankees
Red Sox
Rays
Blue Jays
Orioles

AL Central
Royals
Indians
White Sox
Tigers
Twins

AL West
Athletics
Mariners
Rangers
Angels

NL East
Phillies
Marlins
Mets
Braves
Nationals

NL Central
Cubs
Astros
Brewers
Reds
Pirates
Cardinals

NL West
Rockies
Dodgers
Diamondbacks
Giants
Padres

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:41 am

2011 Royals Stats

SP - K.Escobar: (210.0 IP) 15-5, 2.53 ERA, 227 K
SP - Meche: (201.2 IP) 14-8, 2.90 ERA, 197 K
SP - Davies: (208.1 IP) 13-8, 1.99 ERA, 208 K
SP - Bannister: (192.1 IP) 12-8, 2.85 ERA, 183 K
SP - Ziegler: (156.0 IP) 11-7, 2.37 ERA, 98 K

RP - Dinas: (103.0 IP) 6-6, 3.15 ERA, 71 K
RP - Hochevar: (55.0 IP) 4-3, 3.44 ERA, 55 K
RP - Finegan: (60.0 IP) 3-0, 1.35 ERA, 78 K
RP - Gobble: (64.0 IP) 6-4, 2.25 ERA, 79 K
RP - Nunez: (39.0 IP) 6-2, 3.46 ERA, 22 K
RP - J.Peralta: (102.2 IP) 10-5, 3.51 ERA, 112 K
CL - J.Soria: (74.2 IP) 48/55 SV, 3.62 ERA, 71 K

CF - DeJesus: .266 AVG, 6 HR, 40 RBI
2B - F.Lopez: .266 AVG, 10 HR, 69 RBI
LF - Teahen: .243 AVG, 17 HR, 81 RBI
1B - N.Johnson: .295 AVG, 29 HR, 119 RBI
DH - Butler: .248 AVG, 11 HR, 53 RBI
SS - Greene: .249 AVG, 22 HR, 69 RBI
3B - A.Gordon: .187 AVG, 25 HR, 67 RBI
C - J.Buck: .255 AVG, 17 HR, 48 RBI
RF - Conti: .211 AVG, 16 HR, 60 RBI

C - Miguel Olivo: .217 AVG, 4 HR, 7 RBI
2B/3B - E.German: .087 AVG, 0 HR, 1 RBI
SS/2B - A.Sanchez: .000 AVG, 0 HR, 0 RBI
CF - Gathright: .000 AVG, 0 HR, 0 RBI

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:53 am

League Leaders

Pitching Stats

ERA
Davies (KC) - 1.99
K.Escobar (KC) - 2.53
Bannister (KC) - 2.85

Wins
Harang (NYY) - 23
Moyer (PHI) - 17
K.Escobar (KC) - 15
5 Others with 15

Strikeouts
Sabathia (CLE) - 243
K.Escobar (KC) - 227
Harang (NYY) - 223

Saves
J.Soria (KC) - 48
F.Rodriguez (PHI) - 35
Chamberlain (NYY) - 33

Hitting Stats

AVG
M.Ramirez (BOS) - .381
Posada (NYY) - .367
Mauer (MIN) - .357

Home Runs
C.Jones (FLA) - 44
M.Ramirez (BOS) - 42
D.Ortiz (BOS) - 38

Runs Batted In
Holliday (FLA) - 160
D.Wright (NYM) - 148
M.Ramirez (BOS) - 147

Stolen Bases
DeJesus (KC) - 61
K.Matsui (HOU) - 45
Victorino (PHI) -42

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:55 am

In case you didn't catch it, Manny Ramirez got the American League Triple Crown.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 07, 2011 3:03 am

2011 MLB Postseason

Boston Red Sox (88-74) vs. Kansas City Royals (102-60)

Oakland Athletics (82-80) vs. New York Yankees (92-70)

Chicago Cubs (90-72) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (97-65)

Florida Marlins (89-73) vs. Colorado Rockies (92-70)

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 07, 2011 10:43 pm

ALDS - Boston Red Sox (0-0) @ Kansas City Royals (0-0): Game 1
October 5, 2011

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals took a tough loss in the opener of this division series against the Red Sox. The Royals got two runs in the second with an RBI double by Khalil Greene and RBI groundout by John Buck. Kelvim Escobar took a no-hitter into the sixth against the Red Sox before being broken up on a double by Dustin Pedroia. Two batters later, David Ortiz crushed a home run into the right field stands to tie the game. Jason Varitek homered in the seventh to give the Sox the lead, and Ortiz hit another home run in the eighth to make it a two-run lead. John Buck hit his own solo shot in the eighth to make it close again, but the Royals would fall by just one.

Final Score:
Red Sox: 4
Royals: 3

WP - Lester (1-0) | LP - K.Escobar (0-1) | SV - Okajima (1)
HR: J.Buck (1) D.Ortiz 2 (2) Varitek (1)

Lester: 8 IP, 5 H, 3 ER
Pedroia: 1-4, 2B, R
D.Ortiz: 2-4, 2 HR, 3 RBI
Varitek: 1-4, HR
Youkilis: 1-3, 2B

K.Escobar: 6 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
Butler: 1-3, 2B, R
Greene: 1-3, 2B, RBI, R
J.Buck: 1-3, HR, 2 RBI

ChiSoxBoy · **Posted:** Fri Jan 07, 2011 11:03 pm

Rough loss. You'll bounce back with Meche on the hill

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:13 am

ALDS - Boston Red Sox (1-0) @ Kansas City Royals (0-1): Game 2
October 6, 2011

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals have won game two with an incredible ending! Jacoby Ellsbury made it 1-0 Red Sox in the second with an RBI single. Nick Johnson tied it up in the fourth with a solo homer to center. The Royals scored two more in the fifth. David DeJesus got an RBI sacrifice fly, and the Red Sox shortstop Alex Cora committed a fielding error allowing a run to score from third. Khalil Greene blasted a solo shot in the sixth to cushion the lead to three. David Ortiz hit an RBI single and J.D. Drew an RBI double in the eighth to make it a one-run game. With the one run lead, the Royals still decided to bring in Joakim Soria to close it in the ninth. He couldn't do it. On the first pitch of the inning, Jason Varitek blasted it out to tie the game. The game went to the bottom of the ninth, and after getting the first two outs, Julian Tavarez was trying to send this one into extras. Chris Conti had other plans as he got a pitch that he hit to the opposite field and barely over the left-field wall to win the game for the Royals!

Final Score:
Red Sox: 4
Royals: 5

WP - J.Soria (1-0) | LP - Tavarez (0-1) | SV -
HR: N.Johnson (1) Greene (1) Conti (1) Varitek (2)

Schilling: 5 1/3 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER
Pedroia: 3-4
J.D.Drew: 1-4, 2B, RBI
D.Ortiz: 1-4, RBI
Varitek: 1-4, HR, 2 R
Ellsbury: 1-3, RBI
Cora: 2-4, R

Meche: 7 2/3 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
DeJesus: 0-3, R
Teahen: 2-4, 2B
N.Johnson: 1-4, HR
Greene: 1-4, HR
A.Gordon: 1-4, 2B
J.Buck: 1-4, R
Conti: 2-4, 2B, HR, 2 R

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