Bullpen shuts the door

Royals 5 Rangers 3
W-Gobble (2-2), L-Park (2-4), S-Huisman (1)
Royals Season Record: 13-24

Don’t look now, but here comes our pitching. Gobble, who has been our best starting pitcher this season so far, gave up 3 runs in 6 1/3 innings and our revamped bullpen shut the door. Justin Huisman continues to impress, pitching the final two innings and only allowing one base runner to pick up his first save of the season. His ERA is still 0.00.

Chan Ho Park was wild, giving up 4 BBs and hitting three of our guys. We were up 2-1 in the 7th inning when Park hit Sweeney. It was nice to see Juan Gonzalez make him pay by hitting a three run jack. Ken Harvey hit his 4th HR of the season and Angel Berroa hit his 2nd.

We are a long way from turning this season around, but it happens one game at a time and with a mini winning streak going, we’re doing what we need to do. And help is on the way. Zack Greinke is going to make his major league debut this Saturday in Oakland. If you can’t get excited about watching that one, then something is wrong.

Greinke isn’t the only starting pitcher that we ought to be noticing in Omaha. Jamie Wright is 6-2 with a 2.51 ERA in 8 starts. And Chris George is 1-2 with a 1.98 ERA in 5 starts. It’s getting harder to ignore them. It’s a good feeling to know that we have a few options now.