Inter League--Reds

Wow, that was quite a first game with the Reds. Down 4-0. Take the lead 5-4. Give up the lead. Get the lead back and win 6-5. Good, very good win. Yuni came through again. Double and two run homer. Yuni is hitting well. Again the hatred for the guy is beyond my understanding. I remember watching Tony Pena try to play that position. He couldn't hit his weight. Yuni is hitting well. He is full of lapses in the field, but you don't drive in runs with your glove. I've yet to see that done. Now the Royals made a poor choice by not cutting off a throw early in the game that allowed a runner to get to second. That runner promptly scored. Yuni missed that play. No way DDJ was going to gun the runner at the plate. Cut that off and save the base. Oh well. That is the breaks. I yelled at the TV, it was a poor fundamental play. The Royals need to tie up all of those loose ends if they are EVER going to be competitive. I was watching Wood give up the lead and thinking the Royals could have won if they were more like the Reds fundamentally. Well the bull pen with Farnsworth, Wood, Tejeda, Texeria, Hughes, Marte and Soria held off the Reds in that wiffle ball park. They did give up one run but they pitched well. The game remained tight until the 11th. Billy walked and got to second with another walk. Billy comes around third on a single to center. It looked like he was going to get gunned by about a yard. Well, those fundamentally sound Reds cut the ball off and he scored the winning run. Go Royals. Series is very winnable. Their bull pen is tired and we should score runs. Go for it Royals get three in Cincinnati!!
Bannister going against Cueto. Royals will get a whole barrel of runs. They will need them. Royals 9-8 That would be three games in a row that they won by one run. Lets see shall we.
Nope! 11-5 loss. Wow, the Reds bull pen was just as decimated but the Royals left Bannister out there to give up 11. Not the positive part of the game. The ability to climb out of a four run hole is a positive. That was a great inning. It was all they did. I'm guessing they are preparing for Zack's start tomorrow. 8 innings without a run will be exactly what happens tomorrow. Oh well Betancourt will surpass Billy in RBI's here shortly. That has to be concerning. We are all pinning the future hopes with Billy in the middle of the lineup. Maybe Yuni should bat fourth. He and Guillen are more productive. That frustrates me about Billy. Sure he is hitting 320, awesome. He has 5 homers and 30 RBI's. He also has grounded into an incredible 17 double plays. HMM, a few more homers and a few less "hard hit" ground balls and then his line would more resemble a clean up hitter. Right now he looks like a slap hitter in the stats. Come on Billy. You can still hit 300 AND produce a few more runs.
Zack going to get any support?Will he pitch worth a damn?
Yes, they will get runs. Yes Zack will pitch worth a damn. Billy finally hit a home run and drove some in some runs. I love the kid the Royals just need him to be more Steve Balboni and less Willie Wilson. He will get it done. I'm still going to watch the race between Billy and Yuni with RBI's. It shouldn't be close, but if it is then the Royals are getting a great year from the SS correct?
Royals win the series with the first place Reds. They rested the bull pen today. They get the Astros at home. Here we go Royals. Lets sweep the Astros and set up the dog days as the quest for 500! Yost gets this team to 500 the job has to be his. They are better since he took over. Trey, remember him, was just not very good. This team is managed and I will be anxious to see how the summer goes. I really need the Royals to be interesting, otherwise I will have to actually work around the house. Go Royals!!