At 12:05 Brian Bannister will take the mound against Kenny Rogers and the Tigers. The Royals are looking to start the season 2-0 for the first time since 2003, in fact, the Royals havn't won an opening season series since the 2003 season.
So there it is, the Royals first opening series win since 2003 and murderer's row didn't phase Bannister as he shut down the Detroit Tigers going 7 innings and allowing 0 ER, 4 K's and 0 BB's. Bannister worked quick and got help from some overly aggressive Tiger hitters needing only 85 pitches.
The offense again struggled early as Rogers kept them off balance but three doubles by Grudzeilanek, Guillen, and Butler produced two runs in the 5th. In the 8th Butler came through with his second big 2-out hit and scored Gathright and then Teahen got Butler home with a single to center.
A couple of curious bullpen decisions by Hillman in the late innings as he again brought Nunez in to pitch the eighth and then brought in Soria to close out the game in a non-save situation. The moves worked, and I'm not about to start questioning Hillman after two games; lets just hope we get an easy win tomorrow and these two guys can have a rest.
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