Royals Win Number 60

Game Date: August 31, 2007
Royals 9, Twins 4 / Box Score
WP: Davies (2-3), LP: Garza (3-5)
Royal Home Runs: Gload (6)
Royals Record: 60-73

Win number 60 hardly seems like something to celebrate, but when you think about last season, and the fact that we only won 62 games, then you'll see some significance. Seventy wins seems like a certainty now, and the jokes about 100-loss seasons seem to be fading.

The Royals got out of the gate early yesterday. With one out in the first inning, Ross Gload hit a sacrifice fly to give the Royals a 1-0 lead. Billy Butler followed him with an RBI double. After an Alex Gordon single, Emil Brown hit a sacrifice fly to score Billy Butler. So the Royals had a nice three-run inning to start the game. The Twins clawed their way back into the game, but in the sixth inning, the Royals blew it open with five runs, capped off by a two-run home run by Gload.

Kyle Davies was adequate (giving up two earned runs in five innings, throwing 91 pitches) and the combination of John Bale, Ryan Braun, and Joel Peralta allowed just one run over the final four innings. Davies was optioned to Wichita after the game to make room for Mike Sweeney (which turned out to be a great move--more on that in the next post), but Davies is expected to make his next start for the Royals in Texas on Wednesday night.