The ninth inning of this game had no business being remotely interesting, let alone with the bases loaded, two down, in a one-run game. Yet here we were mere moments ago, watching helplessly as Scott Alexander loaded the bases after Kelvin Herrera was pulled—again—due to injury—again—leaving Alexander to clean up the mess. And Alexander delivered. […]
Day: September 1, 2017
The Callups
The Royals announced their first wave of call-ups to the majors for September. The players are: Paulo Orlando Terrance Gore Raul Mondesi Cam Gallagher Andres Machado The first four on this list should come as no surprise, but one name that was included and another that wasn’t may surprise some fans. First, the one name […]
Series Preview: Royals at Minnesota Twins, September 1-3
The Royals now have an opportunity to make things right. After a terrible stretch of baseball has left them way on the outside looking in, they get the opportunity to face the team currently leading the Wild Card chase in the Minnesota Twins. A big series here could help propel them back into legitimate contention. […]
Friday Notes
Woof. On July 30th, the Royals completed their series victory over Boston with a 5-3 win highlighted by Alex Gordon hitting a game-winning RBI triple. The Royals improved to 55-48 and were two games out of the division lead. When we look back on the 2017 season, that might have been the peak. Since then, […]
Diamonds in the Rough 8-31-17
The Royals affiliates went 2-3 on Thursday night. HR Roll Call: Ryan O’Hearn (22), Jack Lopez (5), MJ Melendez (4) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Brewer Hicklen 3-4 2R, 2b, RBI, SB BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Colin Rodgers 6 IP 5 H 0 R 0 ER 2 BB 5 K 8-4 GO-FO 83p/50k NW […]