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ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2011 11:49 pm

lanceberkman wrote:

Out of curiosity, who's the next team behind you in the standings, and how far back are they?

The Tigers are currently four games back in second place.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:27 am

Oakland Athletics (20-12) @ Kansas City Royals (23-9)
May 5, 2012

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals won a wild one today where both teams scored a lot early. In the top of the first inning, Jack Cust blasted a three-run homer to give the A's an early lead. But in the bottom of the inning, after Mark Teahen and Nick Johnson both got RBI hits, Khalil Greene blasted a grand slam to make it 6-3. John Buck later hit a solo shot to make it 7-3. Then in the top of the second, Jeff Fiorentino hit a three-run triple and Vladimir Guerrero got an RBI single to tie the game at seven. But then the Royals blasted back with three homers in the bottom of the inning. Nick Johnson hit a two-run shot, and Khalil Greene and John Buck both hit solo shots, each of their second homers of the game. The Royals would get three more runs in the game as they roll over the A's.

Final Score:
Athletics: 7
Royals: 14

WP - Ziegler (4-0) | LP - G.Castro (2-2) | SV -
HR: N.Johnson (6) Greene 2 (5) J.Buck 2 (4) Cust (6)

Braden: 0 IP, 4 H, 6 R, 5 ER
Ellis: 2-5, R
Fiorentino: 2-4, 3B, 3 RBI, 2 R
Guerrero: 2-4, RBI, R
Cust: 2-4, HR, 3 RBI
Kubel: 1-4, 2B

Ziegler: 5 2/3 IP, 9 H, 7 R, 6 ER, K
DeJesus: 3-6, 2B, 2 R
F.Lopez: 2-6, 2 2B, 3 R
Teahen: 3-5, RBI, 2 R
N.Johnson: 3-5, 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 2 R
Butler: 0-4, RBI, R
Greene: 2-5, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 2 R
J.Buck: 2-5, 2 HR

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 15, 2011 12:56 pm

Kansas City Royals (25-9) @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (16-18)
May 8, 2012

ANAHEIM -- The Royals won a close one today as they continue to get great pitching performances from their starters. This game was scoreless until the seventh when Nick Johnson hit a sacrifice fly to bring home a run. He was followed by an RBI double by Billy Butler to score a second run. Kelvim Escobar dominated, allowing no runs through eight innings. Soria came in to close out the ninth, and although he gave up an RBI double to former teammate Jose Guillen, he got the job done for the save.

Final Score:
Royals: 2
Angels: 1

WP - K.Escobar (5-2) | LP - Danks (2-4) | SV - J.Soria (11)
HR:

K.Escobar: 8 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 3 K
DeJesus: 3-4, R
Teahen: 0-4, R
N.Johnson: 0-3, RBI
Butler: 1-4, RBI

Danks: 6 2/3 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, K
H.Kendrick: 1-4, R
Figgins: 2-4
J.Guillen: 1-4, 2B, RBI
Willits: 1-1, 3B

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:07 pm

I hope you guys are prepared for an unrealistic season, because I can't seem to lose anymore. :lol:

I keep winning every game I play AND sim, and there really is no way to make the difficulty any harder than it is. The problem is mainly that my pitching is too good. Does anyone have any suggestions to make pitching harder and make this a little more realistic?

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 15, 2011 2:02 pm

Kansas City Royals (29-9) @ Oakland Athletics (21-17)
May 12, 2012

OAKLAND -- The Royals winning streak continues as they defeat the Athletics today with some late runs. Khalil Greene drove in the first run in the second with an RBI double. Vladimir Guerrero tied the game in the fourth with a sacrifice fly to center, and Mike Sweeney gave the Athletics the lead in the fifth with an RBI single. Khalil Greene tied the game again in the sixth with his second RBI hit. Jphn Buck gave the Royals the lead for good in the seventh with a solo homer to center in the seventh. The Royals added three more runs in the ninth as David DeJesus hit an RBI double and Felipe Lopez hit a two-run single.

Final Score:
Royals: 6
Athletics: 2

WP - Dinas (4-0) | LP - Padilla (3-4) | SV -
HR: J.Buck (6)

Dinas: 8 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 4 K
DeJesus: 4-5, 2B, RBI, R
F.Lopez: 1-5, 2 RBI
N.Johnson: 2-4, 2B, R
Butler: 2-4, 2B, R
Greene: 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI
J.Buck: 2-4, HR, 2 R
Conti: 2-4, R

Padilla: 6 IP, 10 H, 3 ER, 2 K
Ellis: 1-4, R
Guerrero: 0-3, RBI
Kubel: 1-3, R
M.Sweeney: 1-3, RBI

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 15, 2011 5:06 pm

Cleveland Indians (13-29) @ Kansas City Royals (32-10)
May 16, 2012

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals won a wild one tonight against the Indians with an extra innings walk-off. The Royals scored two runs in the second on back-to-back solo home runs from Alex Gordon and John Buck. John Buck provided another run in the fourth with an RBI single. Mark Teahen extended the Royals lead to six in the fifth with a huge three-run blast. The Indians finally got on the board in the sixth with an RBI single from Jason Michaels, but Mark Teahen hit his second homer of the game in the seventh, a solo shot, to get that run back. Then the Indians unleashed with a huge six run eighth inning. J.J. Hardy hit a two-run double, Jason Michaels hit another RBI single, and Grady Sizemore capped it off with a three-run homer to tie the game 7-7. But then the Royals fought right back with a grand slam off the bat of Felipe Lopez in the bottom of the inning to give the Royals a four-run lead. The Indians, unfortunately, scored four of their own in the top of the ninth. Jason Michaels got yet another RBI single, Travis Hafner got an RBI double, and Grady Sizemore belted a two-run triple to tie the game once again. This game went into extras tied 11-11. Finally, the Indians scored in the fourteenth as Casey Blake hit into a fielder's choice that scored a run. But the Royals countered with an RBI single from Nick Johnson in the bottom of the inning, and the game continued tied 12-12. Finally, John Buck finished this one off with a walk-off solo homer in the fifteenth to give the Royals the win. This game had a total of 25 runs scored and 47 hits between the two teams.

Final Score:
Indians: 12
Royals: 13
F/15

WP - Gobble (3-0) | LP - Breslow (0-3) | SV -
HR: F.Lopez (4) Teahen 2 (10) A.Gordon (6) J.Buck 2 (8) Sizemore (6)

Carmona: 5 IP, 8 H, 6 ER, K
Hardy: 3-8, 2B, 2 RBI, R
Michaels: 3-5, 3 RBI, R
Hafner: 2-5, 2B, RBI, R
Sizemore: 4-8, 2B, 3B, HR, 5 RBI, 2 R
Casey: 4-6, 2 R
Gutierrez: 3-7, 2B, 2 R

Davies: 7 1/3 IP, 11 H, 7 ER, 3 K
DeJesus: 2-8, 3 R
F.Lopez: 4-8, HR, 4 RBI, 2 R
Teahen: 4-8, 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI
N.Johnson: 2-8, RBI
A.Gordon: 3-8, 2 2B, HR, 3 R
J.Buck: 6-8, 2 HR, 3 RBI

lanceberkman · **Posted:** Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:55 pm

ChiCubsFan4 wrote:

I hope you guys are prepared for an unrealistic season, because I can't seem to lose anymore. :lol:

I keep winning every game I play AND sim, and there really is no way to make the difficulty any harder than it is. The problem is mainly that my pitching is too good. Does anyone have any suggestions to make pitching harder and make this a little more realistic?

Can't you change the CPUs lock-on? You might try that, if possible.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Apr 16, 2011 12:18 am

Tampa Bay Rays (27-16) @ Kansas City Royals (33-10)
May 18, 2012

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals had another extra innings game today, but the score was a lot lower, and it resulted in a different outcome as the Rays beat the Royals. Carl Crawford got the game's first run with an inside-the-park home run in the fourth inning. Khalil Greene tied it in the seventh with a solo shot to left. The game went into extras tied 1-1 until Carlos Pena belted a long solo shot in the eleventh to give the Rays the lead. Scott Kazmir finished the game out for the win.

Final Score:
Rays: 2
Royals:
F/11

WP - Kazmir (5-2) | LP - Nunez (0-1) | SV -
HR: Greene (9) Crawford (10) C.Pena (15)

Kazmir: 11 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 2 K
Crawford: 1-5, HR
C.Pena: 1-5, HR
B.J.Upton: 3-5, 2B

Ziegler: 8 IP, 6 H, ER, K
F.Lopez: 1-5, 2B
Greene: 3-5, HR

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Apr 16, 2011 12:21 am

lanceberkman wrote:

ChiCubsFan4 wrote:

I hope you guys are prepared for an unrealistic season, because I can't seem to lose anymore. :lol:

I keep winning every game I play AND sim, and there really is no way to make the difficulty any harder than it is. The problem is mainly that my pitching is too good. Does anyone have any suggestions to make pitching harder and make this a little more realistic?

Can't you change the CPUs lock-on? You might try that, if possible.

Good idea. I honestly didn't think of that. :oops:

Thanks for the tip.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Apr 16, 2011 1:04 am

Kansas City Royals (35-11) @ Cleveland Indians (15-31)
May 22, 2012

CLEVELAND -- The Royals encountered another extra innings affair tonight, but came out on top this time. Travis Hafner belted a three-run homer in the first to give the Indians an early three-run lead. John Buck brought the game within one in the fourth with a two-run double, and Nick Johnson gave the Royals the lead in the fifth with a two-run shot. Travis Hafner tied the game 4-4 in the seventh with an RBI single and the game remained tied until the ninth when David DeJesus belted an RBI double. Unfortunately, Joakim Soria blew the save as he gave up a solo home run to J.J. Hardy in the bottom of the inning. Luckily, it didn't take long for the Royals to take care of the Indians for good. In the tenth, Alex Gordon hit an RBI double, and John Buck launched a three-run homer for a four-run inning and a Royals win.

Final Score:
Royals: 9
Indians: 5
F/10

WP - J.Soria (2-0) | LP - G.Soriano (0-1) | SV -
HR: Hardy (5) Hafner (7) N.Johnson (7) J.Buck (9)

Meche: 6 2/3 IP, 11 H, 4 ER, 2 K
DeJesus: 4-5, 2B, RBI, R
N.Johnson: 1-5, HR, 2 RBI
Butler: 3-5, 2 R
Greene: 2-5, 2 R
A.Gordon: 1-5, 2B, RBI, R
J.Buck: 2-5, 2B, HR, 5 RBI
Gathright: 2-5, R

Sabathia: 6 IP, 8 H, 4 ER
Hardy: 4-5, 2B, HR, 3 R
Michaels: 3-4, R
Hafner: 2-4, HR, 4 RBI
Blake: 3-4

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Apr 16, 2011 1:56 am

Kansas City Royals (37-13) @ Tampa Bay Rays (29-21)
May 26, 2011

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Royals lost a tough one today as the Rays walked-off against them. Both teams exchanged three-run home runs in the first, Nick Johnson for the Royals and B.J. Upton for the Rays. The game would remain tied until the sixth when Alex Gordon gave the Royals the lead with a solo home run. But the Rays reclaimed the lead in the bottom of the inning as Akinori Iwamura and Carlos Pena went back-to-back with solo homers. With their backs to the walls, Mark Teahen came up clutch for the Royals in the ninth with an RBI single to tie the game 5-5. Then, in the bottom of the ninth with two on, Carl Crawford lined one down the right field line just fair for a walk-off home run.

Final Score:
Royals: 5
Rays: 8

WP - Lindstrom (1-1) | LP - J.Peralta (2-4) | SV -
HR: Crawford (12) Iwamura (9) C.Pena (17) B.J.Upton (7) N.Johnson (8) A.Gordon (7)

K.Escobar: 7 1/3 IP, 11 H, 5 ER, K
DeJesus: 3-5, 3 2B, 2 R
F.Lopez: 1-5, R
Teahen: 1-5, RBI
N.Johnson: 2-5, HR, 3 RBI
A.Gordon: 1-4, HR

Garza: 6 IP, 9 H, 4 ER
Crawford: 1-5, HR, 3 RBI, R
Iwamura: 2-4, HR, 2 R
C.Pena: 2-4, HR, 2 R
B.J.Upton: 3-4, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
Bartlett: 3-4, 2B, R

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Apr 16, 2011 2:55 am

Baltimore Orioles (26-27) @ Kansas City Royals (38-15)
May 29, 2012

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals won today in epic comeback fashion against the Baltimore Orioles. The Orioles exploded for seven runs against Kyle Davies in the second on tons of base hits. Then the Royals began their comeback in the bottom of the second. Nick Johnson blasted a solo homer, and later John Buck belted a two-run shot. David DeJesus provided the next two runs with a solo homer in the third and RBI single in the fourth. Felipe Lopez also got an RBI single in the fourth to make it a one-run game. Billy Butler tied it in the seventh with an RBI single, and this game went into the ninth tied 7-7. After five shutout innings by Leo Nunez, David DeJesus did his part to give him the win with a walk-off solo home run in the bottom of the ninth.

Final Score:
Orioles: 7
Royals: 8

WP - Nunez (1-1) | LP - Cherry (1-2) | SV -
HR: DeJesus 2 (7) N.Johnson (9) J.Buck (11)

Patton: 4 2/3 IP, 11 H, 6 ER, K
Pierre: 2-5, 2 RBI, R
O.Hudson: 3-5, 2B, RBI, R
B.Roberts: 1-5, RBI
Huff: 2-5, R
L.Scott: 1-5, RBI
Doumit: 3-4, 2B, R
S.Moore: 2-4, RBI, R
J.Jones: 2-, R
L.Hernandez: 2-4, RBI, R

Davies: 4 IP, 13 H, 7 ER, 5 K
DeJesus: 3-5, 2 HR, 3 RBI
F.Lopez: 1-4, RBI
Teahen: 2-4, 2B, R
N.Johnson: 2-4, HR
Butler: 1-4, RBI
Greene: 3-4, 2B, 2 R
J.Buck: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Apr 16, 2011 3:21 am

May in Review

The Royals exploded in the month of May this year. They went 21-6 and improved their major league best overall record to 40-15. They have been able to do this with a surprisingly high amount of offense. They have five batters with 30 or more RBI and Nick Johnson is leading the team with 44 driven in. David DeJesus continues to run as he has 22 stolen bases on the season, leading the majors. The Royals starting pitchers are also doing well as they have three starters with six wins. Joakim Soria is leading the majors in saves with fourteen out of sixteen opportunities. The season is still young and the Royals continue to dominate. It will be interesting to see where they are as we approach the midpoint mark of the season.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Apr 16, 2011 5:59 pm

Seattle Mariners (29-26) @ Kansas City Royals (40-15)
June 1, 2012

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals won on a walk-off today against the Mariners as their wins continue to pile up. Felipe Lopez belted a solo shot in the first to give the Royals an early 1-0 lead. Freddy Sanchez tied it in the third with an RBI single, but Mark Teahen got that run back in the bottom of the inning with an RBI double. The Royals got two more in the fifth on back-to-back RBI doubles by Mark Teahen and Nick Johnson. The Mariners got two of their own with back-to-back solo homers from Jose Lopez and Adam Dunn. Freddy Sanchez drove in the tying run in the seventh with an RBI triple, and scored the go ahead run on a wild pitch to make it 5-4 Mariners. The Royals came back in the bottom of the inning with an RBI double by Nick Johnson to tie it, and a two-run blast from Alex Gordon gave the Royals the lead in the eighth. Soria came in to shut the door in the ninth, but he blew the save once again as he gave up a two-run homer to Adam Dunn. The game went to the bottom of the ninth, and Nick Johnson ended it with a solo homer to left.

Final Score:
Mariners: 7
Royals: 8

WP - J.Soria (3-0) | LP - Dickey (1-1) | SV -
HR: F.Lopez (5) N.Johnson (10) A.Gordon (8) J.Lopez (5) Dunn 2 (24)

F.Hernandez: 6 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 K
F.Sanchez: 3-5, 3B, 2 RBI, 2 R
F.Lopez: 1-5, HR
Dunn: 2-5, 2 HR, 3 RBI
E.Chavez: 2-5, 2B
Sexson: 3-5, 2B
Y.Betancourt: 3-4
Ichiro: 3-3, 2B, R

Dinas: 6 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, 2 K
F.Lopez: 1-5, HR
Teahen: 3-5, 3 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R
N.Johnson: 4-5, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI
Greene: 1-4, 2B, R
A.Gordon: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI
Conti: 1-4, R

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Apr 16, 2011 6:35 pm

San Francisco Giants (30-29) @ Kansas City Royals (44-15)
June 5, 2012

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals lost to the Giants today with the start of interleague play. The Giants got two runs in the second with RBI hits from Dave Roberts and Jose Castillo. Nick Johnson hit a solo shot in the bottom of the inning to make it a one-run game. Dan Ortmeier hit a bases clearing double in the fifth to make it 5-1 Giants. Felipe Lopez got an RBI single in the bottom of the inning, but Dan Ortmeier got another RBI with a hit in the seventh. Billy Butler drove in the final run of the game with an RBI double in the eighth.

Final Score:
Giants: 6
Royals: 3

WP - Westbrook (4-5) | LP - Ziegler (6-1) | SV - Correia (11)
HR: N.Johnson (11)

Westbrook: 8 IP, 10 H, 3 ER
D.Roberts: 2-5, RBI
J.Castillo: 3-5, RBI, R
Beltre: 1-5, R
R.Weeks: 2-5, 2B, 2 R
Ortmeier: 2-5, 2B, 4 RBI
M.Anderson: 2-4, 2B
Aurilia: 1-4, R
Holm: 2-4, R

Ziegler: 4 IP, 12 H, 5 ER, 3 K
F.Lopez: 1-4, RBI
Teahen: 1-4, R
N.Johnson: 1-4, HR
Butler: 2-4, 2 2B, RBI
Greene: 1-4, 2B
A.Gordon: 2-4, R

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