These are those types of games that you hate to lose. The close ones that could have gone either way. The key to winning these types of games is to give your pitcher just enough run support to get the job done. That did not happen today, as the Yankee bats were silenced by a young buzz saw, by the name of Kyle Davies. Does that name sound familiar?
Kyle Davies was on the mound for his first Major League appearance as a Royal (after 2.5 years with the Braves), about a year ago, against your New York Yankees, when Alex Rodriguez finally pulled that monkey off his back and hit his 500th Home Run. Ironic how time changes things. He looked confident, and poised, shutting down these mighty, Yankee bats.
Normally an 8 inning, 9 scattered Hit, 2 Run, and 4 K’s outing would be good enough for a Win on any team in the league. Not today, as Darrell Rasner picked up his third lose of the season, taking him to 3-3 on the year.
The only run support came from Melky Cabrera’s bat, as he drove home Robinson Cano in the 7th inning, starting a late inning run that fizzled out, leaving that as the only Run scored in the inning, and in the game, losing this one 1-2.
This lose puts them at 6.5 games out of first place in the East. They are only, however, 1 game away from eclipsing Toronto, and sliding into third place. Finishing the rest of this home stand strong, put together a few wins in a row, and who knows what can happen?
