Royals Go 3-4 on Trip

With the Royals 7-4 win in Houston yesterday, they won a series on the road for only the second time this season. At the Royals' current pace (a .279 winning percentage), they would win 45 games—which would keep them from breaking the 1962 Mets record for the worst record of all-time (40-120). We'd even beat the 2003 Detroit Tigers (43-119). Yes, the season has come down to this.

But maybe we've finally found a rotation that isn't laughable. Brandon Duckworth has been solid in his two starts with a 3.18 ERA. Bobby Keppel has shown great stuff and has a 3.64 ERA since joining the Royals. Scott Elarton finally got a win (his second of the season) in his last outing. Mike Wood had one of the best starts of his career his last time out and he has a 4.69 ERA. And Mark Redman seems to have figured out something because he's won his last three starts.

The offense is showing small signs of life as well. They scored 16 runs in Houston over the weekend. And defensively, we didn't commit any errors in the series with the Astros (although if the ball that dropped between DeJesus and Brown on Friday night isn't an error, then I don't know what an error is).

What does all this mean? Who knows. Playing good baseball for short stretches is inevitable for any team over the course of a 162-game season. Let's just hope that the momentum from the series with the Astros followed the Royals home to begin a new series against Pittsburgh tomorrow night. Speaking of which—it'll be nice to see Joe Randa play again, even if it is for the opposing team.