The Royals wrap up their brief two game set against the Mariners today in an unusual 5:40 start. John Bale (0-2, 5.84 ERA) gets the ball for the Royals and ex-Royal Miguel Batista (0-2, 6.00 ERA) will start for Seattle.
Today is the 61st anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball, always an important event. Trey Hillman, Jose Guillen, and Joey Gathright will be sporting the retired number 42 in honor of Robinson.
Box Score
The Royals are now 1 for 3 in closing out sweeps as the Mariners were all over John Bale scoring 5 runs in his 3 innings of work; Bales ERA now stands at 7.63 after three starts. The bullpen, who had 2 days of rest got a work out, Nomo, Mahey, Yabuta, Gobble, and Soria pitched 6 innings allowing 6 runs (4 by Nomo, 1 a piece for Mahey and Yabuta.
The Royals offense scored a season high 6 runs but the pitching also gave up a season high 11 runs-tough luck for the boys with bats. DeJesus and Pena had 2 hits and Grudz picked up 3 on the night. Billy Butlers hitting streak ended at 13 games.
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