Game Date: August 27, 2006
Game Score: Blue Jays 10, Royals 6 / Box Score
WP: Lilly (11–11), LP: Perez (1–2)
Royal Home Runs: Sweeney (5)
Royals Record: 47-85
Odalis Perez was hit hard this afternoon in Toronto. He only lasted four innings after giving up six earned runs and walking three guys. The big blow came off the bat of Bengie Molina, who hit a grand slam in the bottom of the third inning. That put the Royals down 5–3. After Perez was removed from the game, Todd Wellemeyer gave up two runs in the fifth inning and the game turned into a slugfest after than. Unfortunately we couldn’t keep up.
We had several guys who had nice days at the plate: David DeJesus was 2-for-5; Mike Sweeney was 1-for-4 with a home run and 2 RBI; Esteban German was 2-for-4 with an RBI (he also played left field—Emil Brown moved to right since Sanders is out of the line up). In spite of what the Royals did offensively, the Blue Jays put up little league numbers against our pitching; they were 15-for-39 (a .385 average) with 10 RBI and 5 BB and 3 HR.
The Royals are off tomorrow. They’ll open a new series on Tuesday night in Minnesota—which is a little scary, considering that the Twins are 44–20 at home this season. Mark Redman (7–8, 5.85) will go against Matt Garza (1–2, 6.59). Redman is 0–3 in his career agains the Twins with a 6.00 ERA. Garza has never pitched against the Royals.
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