3-3 Should Feel Better

This was one of those games you would rather lose 8-1 than blow a lead in the 12th.  Ugh this is also one of those days where you ask yourself "why do I care so much?" And "why am I still a Royals fan?"  Nevertheless the Royals should feel good about their first two series.

The starting pitching was very good in the first six games.  The pitchers didn't pitch deep into games but they were effective and didn't allow many runs.  Duffy looked the best but... it was against three major league caliber players and six number nine hitters.  All six of the starts have been encouraging and it appears the Royals new pitching coach is a keeper.  With all of this said there are still 156 more games where the starting pitching has a chance to suck.

Chen:  11 innings 2 ER's
Hochever:  6.1 innings 2 ER's
Sanchez:  5 innings 2 ER's
Mendoza:  5.2 innings 1 ER
Duffy:  6 innings 0 ER's

There's not a whole lot to say about the lineup.  Through 6 games they rank about 10th offensive numbers.  Besides Frenchie and Butler the lineup is struggling but it's way too early to make any conclusions.

The Royals have a day off before they start a 10 game home-stand.  This is a very crucial 10 games, if they struggle it could be the start of a long season, If they can win 6 or 7 games there is still hope.  As for the Royals' new announcer Rex Hudler, I really don't like him.  He is in a very tough situation though.  He hasn't been a Royals fan and cannot relate to the fans, he doesn't know what we've been through.  I'm trying to cut him some slack though, the anger should be directed at the Royals ownership and not him.

I'm still trying to develop a schedule on how often I should write and how I should organize it.  I know this isn't much but at least I didn't wait another two months to post again.