Berroa's Mistake Costly

I think somebody needs to event a new statistic called "Games Potentially Lost Because of Bad Decisions or Horrible Plays." We could call it GPLBBDHP for short. Well, that's not really short. How about just GPL? Since nobody has started keeping track of such things, I can't say for sure, but I'd bet that Angel Berroa would lead the world in this category. He did it again yesterday.

The Royals were down 4-2 with one out in the seventh inning, when Berroa ripped a ball down the third base line, scoring Shane Costa from second base. But Berroa kept running, even though Garret Anderson was on the ball in a hurry. Berroa was out by so many feet that he wasn't even in the picture on television when Adam Kennedy stuck his glove in front of second base. So, we were down 4-3 with two outs and nobody on rather than being down 4-3 with one out and a guy on first. Huge, huge mistake, and we never scored again after that. Royals lose 4-3.

Bobby Keppel struggled with his control. He has a tendency to get balls up when he struggles and major league hitters are always going to make you pay when you do that. Keppel gave up 4 ER in 5.1 IP and he walked three guys. Not the start we were hoping for from him, but the thing is, he lasted more than five innings (a rarity for our rotation) and he kept us in the game. Affeldt, Dessens, and Sisco put zeroes on the board behind Keppel.

Matt Stairs had another home run—his sixth of the season, which means he is second on the team in home runs even though he only has 115 at bats.

Tonight, the Royals send newly acquired Brandon Duckworth (0-0, 0.00) against Jered Weaver (3-0, 1.86).

Berroa Walk Watch: 3 walks in 59 games.