by Bill Pollock | Jul 31, 2011 | Sports Features
Matt LaPorta delivered a couple of knock out blows. His two-out, three-run homer beat the Royals 5-2 to move Cleveland within 1½ games of the AL Central lead. LaPorta connected off Royals closer Joakim Soria (5-4) on a 1-1 pitch. It was Soria’s sixth blown save...
by Bill Pollock | Jul 20, 2011 | Sports Features
Before Tuesday night’s Royals-White Sox game, manager Ned Yost held a 20 minute meeting and told his players that 20 games under .500 is not the type of ball that will be acceptable. Rookie Danny Duffy and the team responded with a 4-2 win over Peavy and the...
by Bill Pollock | Jul 19, 2011 | Sports Features
The Royals opened a series with the White Sox Monday night and lost 5-2, giving the Royals their 16th loss in the last 20 games against division rivals. Royals starter Kyle Davies pitched as well as he has all season, striking out a career high nine, but an error by...
by Bill Pollock | Jul 17, 2011 | Sports Features
Jim Thome hit his 596th career home run and Joe Nathan picked up the save for the second day in a row to lift the Minnesota Twins to a 4-3 win over the Royals. Thome’s tiebreaking three-run drive came off Felipe Paulino in the sixth inning, leaving him four shy...
by Bill Pollock | Jul 15, 2011 | Sports Features
The Royals come out of the All Star break on a sour note losing at Minnesota 8-4. Relief pitcher Blake Wood walked three and hit another batter while being charged with four runs in the seventh inning in relief of Bruce Chen who fell to 5-3. Chen gave up four runs on...
