How about BA? He wound up giving up 3 earned runs in 6 innings and at times he seemed to be back to old form. Today we got our first look at Anderson's new delivery. Guy Hansen changed Anderson's motion during spring training. Anderson ended up with a fatigued arm during the spring and saw limited action. I'm guessing that he was on a pretty tight pitch count today because he ended up throwing only 82 pitches.
"Yeah, it felt good, like the pitches had some late life on them and, for the most part, it was keeping my pitches down," Anderson said after the game. "I want to continue to build on it."
Sweeney continued his hot streak, going 3-4 with 2 more RBI. And somehow he stole second base with Jake Woods on the mound…a left handed reliever…I'm still trying to figure that one out.
The Royals posted a 4 spot in the second inning and never looked back. They picked up 17 hits and got outstanding relief work from Field, Cerda, and MacDougal.
The flight home tonight will be an enjoyable one. The Royals are 3-3 coming into the home opener tomorrow and they will be at home for 14 of their next 16 games.
Notes:
- The Royals are 337-380 all-time in April…
- BA was originally drafted by the Angles back in 1993 at the age of 20…he pitched for them from 1993 to 1995...
- Today was BA's 240th career start...
- BA is coming off a nightmare season in 2004: 6-12 with a 5.64 ERA…
- Terrence Long left in the fifth inning with a charlie horse in his right thigh…Emil Brown took his place in left and hit his second HR of the season…
Runelvys Hernandez (1-0, 1.29) takes the mound tomorrow against Ryan Franklin (0-0, 2.25) for Seattle. Go Elvis.
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