• Home
  • News
    • Business
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
    • Legislature
    • Politics / Govt
  • Sports
    • The Bill Pollock Show
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support

Missourinet

Your source for Missouri News and Sports

You are here: Home / Sports / Johnny G. good!!!

Johnny G. good!!!

August 8, 2011 By Bill Pollock

The Royals salvaged a game from Detroit winning 4-3 yesterday, capping off a great weekend for Johnny Giovatella. He hit his first major league homer yesterday and doubled in the win.

Giavotella, who was promoted Friday after hitting .338 with Triple-A Omaha, went 5 for 11 (.455) with a .909 slugging percentage in his first three games.

“It does feel surreal,” Giavotella said. “This weekend has been almost magical. Everything I wanted to accomplish in baseball, it’s come true this weekend. To have my family here watching me, I couldn’t ask for anything more.”

Alex Gordon set the team’s assist record when he threw out Miguel Cabrera at second base. 18 times this season, Gordon has nabbed a runner at a base in just 109 games. Gordon then got kicked out of a game for the first time in his career when he flung his bat after getting called out on strikes in the eighth. Even he is impressed with Giavotella.

“He’s a little sparkplug. He’s a little guy, but has lot of energy. He was hitting down in Triple-A. He didn’t really change when he got up here.”

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Baseball, Kansas City Royals, Sports

Subscribe to our daily newsletter


Tweets by Missourinet

Sports

SLU gets needed A-10 win over Richmond

Hasahn … [Read More...]

Missouri State clinches 3rd seed in MVC

Missouri … [Read More...]

Whit Merrifield is convinced the Royals are going to make a run (AUDIO)

Whit … [Read More...]

Baseball expert say Royals first five hitters has big threat potential (PODCAST)

Thanks for … [Read More...]

Mizzou to face LSU on March 6 at home

The … [Read More...]

More Sports

Tweets by missourisports

Archives

Opinion/Editorials

TwitterFacebook

Copyright © 2021 · Learfield News & Ag, LLC