The Royals completed the three-game sweep of the Indians this afternoon with a little bit of a dramatic flair. After losing a three-run lead in the top of the eighth inning, Aaron Guiel came right back and hit a solo home run in the bottom half of the inning to grab the lead again. Angel Berroa followed him with a solo shot and that was it. Burgos closed the door in the ninth (after blowing the save in the eighth). Royals 10, Indians 8.We've now won 5 of our last 7 games. And this was our first three-game sweep of Cleveland in Kansas City since May 9-12, 2002. We last swept Cleveland in Cleveland on June 24-26, 2003. The Royals are now 238-233 all-time against the Tribe.
I'm not excited about how many runs our pitching staff gave up today though. Elarton gave up 5 ER in 6 IP. And Steve Andrade looked horrible, giving up 3 ER in 1.1 IP. But we won. And that's the object of the game.
The Royals offense has sprung to life even though we are missing our two best hitters. It seems like we have finally figured out that we aren't going to league the league in home runs. We're moving guys over. We're hitting line drives. We're actually working the count a little (but still not drawing many walks). And we're taking what pitchers are giving us.
Guiel was 2-for-4 today with the aforementioned home run. Berroa was 3-for-4. Bako was 2-for-4. Everybody else, except German, had at least one hit. And everybody, including German, had at least one RBI.
The Royals get a much needed off day tomorrow. Hopefully their bullpen can get a little rest because it's the last off day of the month. On Friday the Royals will open a series in Baltimore. Runelvys Hernandez (1-2, 4.91) goes against Kris Benson (4-3, 4.89).
Berroa Walk Watch: 1 walk in 32 games.
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