Royals 5, White Sox 4
What youth movement? Today's Kansas City Star pointed out that of the 10 players who started last night's game, only one is under the age of 28: John Buck who is 25.
At any rate, it was nice to see a game where the Royals came from behind late in the game and didn't end up blowing it. They came close to blowing it, but they held on for the win.
Scott Elarton pitched great. He had spot-on command and was fooling the White Sox hitters all night. He pitched 6 innings giving up just 3 hits and one run with no walks and 2 strike outs. But, like always, the Royals offense couldn't get any runs for Elarton and so he gets a no-decision.
The Royals were trailing 2-1 going into the ninth but the Sox bullpen struggled walking four and giving up a bases-loaded double to Matt Stairs. That allowed the Royals to grab a 5-2 lead going into the bottom of the ninth.
Ambiorix Burgos came in for the save and got it but not before giving up a home run to Jim Thome to pull the Sox to within one. Burgos notched the save by getting Mackowiak to fly out to center. Whew.
That's two straight road wins for the Royals, but it still doesn't look like it's going to be enough to save GM Allard Baird's job.
It's becoming a daily occurance that owner David Glass is quoted as saying that there are significant changes coming. In today's Star, Glass says that even if the Royals play well this weekend against the White Sox, it won't sway him from making changes.
"Baseball people are amazing," he said. "You can have a really bad run. Then you win a couple of games all of a sudden, and everybody's whole attitude changes. Their demeanor changes.
"But it doesn't solve the problem, and we've got to fix the problem. We've got to have a winning team to put out there, and there's no reason why we can't do that."
Amen, Mr. Glass.
The Bell Curve
Actual Record: 7-20
Expected Record: 8-19
Runs Scored: 93
Runs Allowed: 156
Projected Record: 42-120
Pythagorean Record: 42-120
Pythagorean Winning %: .262
Let's go get 'em.
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