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After scoring 11 runs the day before against Milwaukee, they had another decent outing Friday scoring 8 runs against a tough Seattle team. Meche looks in Regular Season shape as he went 6 and 2/3 innings, only allowing 2 runs on 6 hits, for his 3rd win this spring.  Here come the bats.  Both Jose Guillen and Alex Gordon slammed 2-run home runs off Bedard.  Adding to the injury was both Mark Teahen and Mark Tupman having 2 hits apiece.  Another star of this game would have to be Alberto Callaspo, who went 2-5, with 1 RBI, 2 runs scored, and hit a solid triple. 

It is very nice to see those bats of Kansas City come alive.  Noone has ever said they didn’t have the talent to get it done, but it is nice to see that they are giving themselves great examples for repitition at the plate.  As much as it is exciting to see this sudden spurt behind the plate, the pitching is slowly becoming the story with this years Royals. 

On Thursday, in that 11-3 victory over the Brewers, there is a stat that sticks out to me more than every other.  In the box scores it shows that Tomko pitched a decent game allowing 3 runs (2 earned) over 4 innings, and then the bullpen pulled a goose egg for the remainder of the game.  Duckworth, Musser, and Peralta all pitched 1 inning of scoreless ball, allowing three hits, and striking out 2 collectively.  Nomo pitched for 2 innings, striking out 3. 

On Friday, in the 8-3 win over the Mariners, the bullpen did it again.  The trio of Ron Mahay, Yasuhiko Yabuta, and Joakim Soria combined for 1 earned run, in 2 and 1/3 innings, after the previously mentioned outing that Gil Meche gave the team before that. 

It just keeps looking better as the spring goes on.  Now the bats are catching fire, as the pitching is starting to form into it’s own.  Pretty exciting to be a Royals fan. Bring on the regular season.