Jose Lima on the other hand was up in the strike zone for the three innings that he lasted and Dmitri Young blasted two home runs off of him (and hit one more off MacDougal) to complete the hat trick. Let's hope Lima figures out his control problems before his next start at Los Angeles vs. Kelvim Escobar on April 9th.
The Royals are staring the season with a four man rotation: Lima, Hernandez, Greinke, and Bautista. Brian Anderson will be added to the rotation in the fourth spot the next time through.
Mark Teahen looked the part of a rookie in his major league debut. He was credited with one error, but he misplayed several balls and he looks slow at third in comparison to Joe Randa—who incidentally hit a walk-off home run to give the Reds an opening day victory. Teahen, hitting in the nine hole (how many third basemen hit in the nine hole?), looked like he was in the right place in the batting order, going 0-4. We'll definitely need some patience with Teahen, both in the field and at the plate. He's only 23 and appears to be loaded with talent.
A few other notes:
- David DeJesus got two hits at the top of the line up.
- Matt Stairs went 2-3 in the five hole.
- Calvin Pickering went deep for the first home run of the season for KC.
All in all, a poor way to start the season. But we've got Elvis back and he goes against Mike Maroth tomorrow afternoon in Detroit. Go blue.
2 comments:
Yep, so far, so good. It was nice to see Teahen get his first hit...and DeJesus is smoking hot right now.
I'd love to see Elvis make it through the 6th or 7th, but he's starting to labor a little.
And look at Sweeney go...another RBI...and there goes Maroth!
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