Yankees Complete Sweep

After going 5-for-32 against Yankee pitching today in a 10-3 loss, what the Royals really need is an off day. Well, they really need the off-season, but that's not going to happen for another month. I guess we'll have to settle for coming home to play the Twins.

Zack Greinke lost his 16th game of the season, giving up 7 ER and 10 H in 4 2/3 IP. His ERA climbed to 6.28 and unless something changes drastically, he'll end up with the worst season in the history of Royals starting pitchers.

Jeremy Affeldt's nightmare in August continued. He gave up 3 more runs in 1 1/3 IP and saw his ERA shoot up to 5.45. I liked the idea of Bell giving him the ball again today so quickly after getting hit hard last night. The game was already out of hand and this was a good chance for Affeldt to put yesterday out of his mind. Unfortunately, it didn't work out that way.

Instead, Jason Giambi drove in 7 RBI and the evil Yankees turned the tables on the Royals by sweeping us. The Red Sox must be kicking themselves right now knowing that they allowed this team to take two out of three from them.

On top of the poor performances all the way around today, David DeJesus sprained a joint in his shoulder making a diving catch. He's day-to-day, but isn't expected back for a couple of days at least.

Tomorrow night, D.J. Carrasco (5-7, 4.88) goes against Scott Baker (1-1, 2.77).