Monday, April 9, 2007

Detroit Re-cap

One thing that we at heycameraman.net have learned from the first 7 days of the baseball season. 90% of area t-ball players have a better batting average than Alex Gordon.

Here is Brett's recap of the Detroit city recap.

Series Analysis

Detroit @ Kansas City


Friday April 6 KC 3-1 DET

Saturday April 7 KC 5- 6 DET

Sunday April 8 KC 2- 3 DET


Overall the series was a disappointment, falling 1-2 to Detroit. The Royals should’ve/could’ve won all three of those games, but that’s not how it turned out. The losses were especially troubling, not because of the offense, but the lack of pitching caused the Royals to blow the series

The statistical trend that’s starting to develop that will haunt the Royals this season if it continues is men left on base. During this three game series the Royals batters left 47 men on the bases. Come on guys knock get the RBI! The opposite end of that stat is a good one. The Royals are obviously getting on base and that in theory equal more runs.

The most frustrating loss of the series was the finale on Sunday. The Royals or I should say Mark Teahen( 2/3 HR, 2 RBI) and Brandon Duckworth(6 1/3 IP 0ER), played very well against the Tigers. Jeremey Bonderman is an outstanding pitcher and for the Royals to have him beat is excellent and the bullpen comes in. The Royals were leading 2-0 going into the 9th and then stand-in closer David Riske comes in. Next thing I know he lays a room service fastball to Pudge Rodriguez and he promptly knocks it out of the park. After the game when asked about the pitch Riske replied “I thought he was going to bunt, so I threw one right down the middle. I was thinking about fielding a bunt and getting the next guy out instead of making a high-quality pitch.” That is unacceptable for a veteran pitcher. Get well soon Dotel.
Game two was frustrating as well. That Saturday afternoon we got to see the other side of Gil Meche( 7IP 6ER 3HR.) Aside from Meche’s poor afternoon the Royals offence really battled hard for him getting 5 runs, but fell just shy. Reggie Sanders had a great game(3/4 HR, 2B, 2 RBI,) but it wasn’t enough to overcome the poor outing from Meche. A few positives from Meche’s outing, he went 7 innings and struck out 4.

The lone win from the series was the cause of an outstanding pitching effort from Jorge De La Rosa(7 IP, 1ER, 5K, 3BB.) The walk total is a bit high, but we will have to expect that from De La Rosa because his command is a bit shady, but I will take a start like that every time from him.

Other Notes


- Alex Gordon continues to struggle, batting .053 with 3 K

- Mark Teahen hit his first homerun of the season

- David DeJesus had an outstanding series 7/11 3BB, 3 Doubles

- Joakim Soria and Joel Peralta each pitched well in relief

- David Riske blew a save

- Esteban German is still a hitter 2/4 2 RBI


Coming up next…3 games in Toronto

Royals Fact: Hal McRae holds the record for most doubles in a season, 54.


Royals 2007 Record: 2-4


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