It was Gil Meche’s turn to take the mound, and see if he could be the one to bring the Royals out of this slump. And he found out early in this one, that he was NOT. Usually in a situation like this, you have to let the numbers speak for themselves. Meche pitched 3 and 1/3 and gave up 9 hits. The staggering result in 8 runs! (ALL of them earned) He gave up a grand slam to Casey Blake in the 4th inning to cap off a 5 run, 4th inning. That was after a 2-run, 3rd inning, and followed up by a 2-run, 5th inning. Not to mention the 2-run, 7th inning, and the 3 runs that they tacked on in the 8th inning for good measure. Ugly.
The final score in this little gem…your Kansas City Royals 1 … the Cleveland Indians 15.
This takes them to 9-11, losing 5 straight, and 6 of their last 7. Yikes!