May 22, 2012

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Royals blank the Yanks

May 22, 2012 By

Following up on his six innings of four-hit ball on May 5 against the Yankees, Royals starter Felipe Paulino allowed no runs on six hits and two walks in 6.2 innings, while striking out eight as he pitched consecutive starts to shut out New York both times as the Royals won 6-0 on Monday night.

It wasn’t like the Yankees didn’t have chances, they are just not producing. New York stranded runners at the corners in the first, had bases-loaded and no outs in the third, stranded runners at third in the fourth and sixth plus left two on in the seventh and another in the ninth.

Mike Moustakas and Jeff Francoeur homered and drove in two runs apiece for the Royals who gave manager Ned Yost his 600th career managerial win.

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Mules lose baseball regional final

May 21, 2012 By

The Central Missouri Mules rallied to win game one on Sunday, but came up just short in game two against St. Mary’s in the South Central Regional Championship in Warrensburg, MO. The Mules won the opener 9-5 to force the winner take all title game, but gave up a late lead and fell 12-9 in game two.

The Mules (48-9) fell behind 3-0 in the third inning of game one on an M.P. Cokinos three-run home run, but came back to plate two in the bottom of the inning. Bret Schwartz (Blue Springs, Mo./Blue Springs HS) had an RBI groundout to get UCM on the board and Jordan Coons (Jefferson City, Mo./Jefferson City HS) had an RBI single to pull the Mules to within a run.

The Rattlers (48-9) added single runs in the fifth and sixth innings to build a 5-2 lead. The Mules came right back in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game on Brad Wilson’s (Jefferson City, Mo./Helias HS) three-run homer, the first of his career. Central Missouri went in front with a single run in the seventh on Coons’ RBI single. The Mules added three more in the eighth to open a 9-5 lead.

UCM went in front 1-0 in the top of the first of game two.  The Rattlers came back in the second with three runs to take a 3-1 lead. Tyler Migl had an RBI single to tie the game and later scored on a wild pitch to give St. Mary’s the lead. The Rattlers plated three more runs in the fourth to open a 6-1 lead.

The Mules came right back in the top of the fifth with four runs to pull within 6-5, but St. Mary’s responded to score two runs on a Mario Maldonado home run to push their lead back to three at 8-5. The Mules scored four runs in the top of the sixth to regain the lead until the eighth when St. Mary’s scored four runs to capture the lead for good. C

The Mules end their season at 48-9. It is the 14th consecutive season with 40 or more wins and UCM has had at least 44 wins in all five years under head coach Tom Myers.

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St. Louis kid beats Cardinals with pinch hit homer

May 21, 2012 By

Scott Van Slyke grew up in St. Louis cheering for the Cardinals and going to games with friends in high school. On Sunday night, the kid hit his first major league home run against the Cardinals who were swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers, losing 6-5 Sunday night.

Van Slyke’s homer came against Mark Rzepczynski in the seventh with the Cardinals holding a 5-3 lead. With two runners on, Van Slyke was given the green light on 3-0 and cleared the bases. Van Slyke called it special coming against his hometown team.

The Cardinals were down 2-0 in the fifth when they finally got to starter Chad Billingsley.

Daniel Descalso led off with a single and Rafael Furcal reached on an error by Billingsley. Skip Schumaker followed with a two-run triple, then scored the go-ahead run when Carlos Beltran beat the relay to first from shortstop Justin Sellers on a potential inning-ending double-play. Furcal added a two-run bloop single that made it 5-2 in the sixth.

Rookie Matt Adams was added to the roster after the club put Lance Berkman on the 15 day DL with a sore knee. Adams lined the first pitch he saw in the major leagues for a base hit. He finished with two hits on the night.

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Rookie shuts down Royals

May 20, 2012 By

Wade Miley pitched seven innings for Arizona and scored one of their runs on a bunt single in the first as the Diamondbacks beat the Royals 2-0.  Miley is now 5-1 after holding the Royals to five hits while walking two and striking out three. It was the Royals 17th loss in 22 home games this season.

Jeff Francoeur had four of Kansas City’s seven hits to match his career high. It was Francoeur’s first four-hit game since last Aug. 23 at Toronto.

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Former Cardinals pitcher calls out Cleveland fans

May 20, 2012 By

Former Cardinals pitcher Chris Perez, now one of the Cleveland Indians leaders and closer, ragged on fans in Cleveland for their lack of support and booing the home team.

His comments came after a recent save in which he was booed for allowing a couple of batters on base before ending the game. The Indians have only one sellout this season…Opening Day.

In an article on ESPN.com, Perez said, “The fans are going to come, I know that,” Perez said. “It’s just a slap in the face when you’re in first place and last in attendance. Last. Not 25th or 26th. Last.”

Perez also objected to the hometown fans booing Indians players saying that was one of the reasons they can’t get big free agents. At the same time, he mentioned the loyal fan base of Cardinals nation. “Nobody wants to play in front of 5,000 fans. You had a choice of playing in St. Louis where you get 40,000 like (Carlos) Beltran chose to do, or you can come to Cleveland.”

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