Game Score: Royals 2, Twins 0 / Box Score
WP: Redman (8–8), LP: Garza (1–3)
Royal Home Runs: None
Royals Record: 48-85
Bob McClure taught Mark Redman how to throw a cutter (“like a football”) about four weeks ago, and Redman used it to his advantage against the Twins last night. Rather than setting up his change up with his normally sub-par fastball, he set it up with a the cutter and it was quite effective. The Twins never could figure him out. He pitched a complete game shutout—giving up only five hits, walking zero, and striking out three. His ERA is still 5.47, but it was 5.85 before the game. Maybe his new pitch will lead him to respectable numbers before the season is finished.
Our two runs came off the bat of unlikely sources. In the fifth inning, John Buck doubled in Emil Brown to give the Royals a 1–0 lead. Andres Blanco followed Buck with a sacrifice ground out to second that scored Ryan Shealy. Royal hitters were just 7-for-33 on the night, but with Redman pitching so well, that’s all we needed to pick up the win.
According to this article on the Royals website, the Royals have won nine of their last thirteen games against first and second place teams. And then we have this tidbit from an article in the Star this morning: “The last time the Royals had two complete-game shutouts on the same road trip was in 1994–when David Cone got both of them, a four-hitter at Seattle and a one-hitter at California.”
That seems so long ago, doesn’t it?
The Royals send Luke Hudson (6–5, 5.94) against Boof Bonser (3–4, 5.18) tonight in Minnesota. Hudson is 0–1 in his career against the Twins with a 13.50 ERA. Bonser is 0–1 against the Royals with a 12.00 ERA.
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