Royals 8, A's 7, 10 innings
It's a streak! The Royals have won two straight and three of their last five games. Not bad. Denny Bautista was staked to an early lead when the Royals jumped on Oakland starter Brad Halsey in the first inning. David DeJesus hit a leadoff homer and the Royals batted around scoring four runs.
Denny Bautista struggled though, giving up eight hits and six runs in 4 1/3 innings. The A's took a 7-6 lead in the fifth inning. The Royals didn't give up and tied the game in the ninth on Matt Stairs' RBI single. In the tenth, the Royals manufactured the go ahead and winning run. Angel Berroa doubled and advanced to third on John Buck's sac bunt. The A's intentionally walked DeJesus and Mark Grudzielanek singled in Berroa for the go ahead run.
Ambiorix Burgos, who is fighting his way back as the closer after struggling, was able to nail down the game in the bottom of the tenth.
The Bell Curve
Actual Record 13-37
Expected Record 14-36
Runs Scored 200
Runs Allowed 324
Projected Record 43-119
Pythagorean Record 45-117
Pythagorean Winning% 0.275
Let's go get 'em
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