On the second straight day that the Royals offense has life, they are met with some Texas winds that stirred it all up. The Royals could not overcome the 7 early runs scored on Brian Bannister in the first 2 innings. “I felt like I was pitching on the moon tonight,” Bannister said about tonight’s performance.
The scoring for Texas happened early and fast. Bannister gave up a 2-run shot to Milton Bradley in the first, and luckily got out of the rest of the inning. It was the second where he was really in trouble. Rookie Brandon Boggs hit his first home run of his career, a solo shot in the first part of the inning, creating the third run of the game for Texas. After a couple of really poor pitching sequences, Bannister then found himself with bases loaded, and staring at a hungry Josh Hamilton. Hamilton gave the Rangers their 4, 5, 6, and 7th runs of the game on a grand slam.
Ironically, the scoring did not stop there for the Rangers. They scored 2 runs in the fifth inning by a home run off the bat of Murphy with 1-man-on, against Peralta. Making that 9 runs scored from home runs today.
Why not add 2 more runs in the 7th inning, courtesy of, again, a 1-man-on, home run off the bat of Laird, against Yabuta with 2 out. This makes a shocking 11 runs scored from home run shots by the Rangers today.
The offense looked good tying their highest output of the season with 9, but it was not enough to beat the Rangers today. The Royals look to take the series tomorrow, as they play a day game. First pitch is scheduled for 2:05 pm EST. Hopefully the bats can stay hot, and the pitching gets things straightened around.