The Kansas City Royals broke a 7 game losing streak with their win over the Toronto Blue Jays, today, by a score of 8-4, home at Kauffman Stadium. This is just what the team needed. A good, solid, come from behind, victory, at home, in front of their fans.
Grienke pitched very well and left the game after the 7th inning, with the lead. He only gave up one run, on 5 hits, striking out 4, in those 7 innings. The lead was lost, however, when the bullpen, came in relief, and gave up 3 runs in the 8th, losing the lead, and a win opportunity for Zack. When the Royals came to bat in the last half of that inning their lead was gone, and it looked all to familiar.
mlb.com: “That shows the type of team we are,” DeJesus said. “We lost seven in a row and we could have just bent over after that three-run inning they had, but Trey always says keep your head up and we kept grinding out at-bats in that eighth inning. Everybody did something right.”
The Royals did just that. Kept their heads up, and drove home 6 runs in the 8th inning, regaining the lead for good, and giving them their first win in 8 games, on a dandy today. To come from behind like that, against a pitching staff such as the Blue Jays, is another incredible compliment to the work ethic of this club. Keep plugging away and you will eventually be successful.
mlb.com: “Zack pitched well and [Nunez] just elevated a couple balls, but it was good to get a win coming from behind, the way we’ve been struggling,” Buck said. “That’s exactly what we wanted: a ‘W’ with all those ‘L’s’ looming over us.”