Finally, the home opener is upon us. Now we get the chance to see our boys in person and for many of us it will be our first look at the renovations taking place at Kauffman. Taking the mound for the Royals will be Brian Bannister (1-0, 0.00) vs. Phil Hughes (0-0, 3.00) and the Yankees. First pitch is scheduled for 3:10 pm if weather permits.
Box Score
The Royals started the home stand off with a 5-2 win over the Yanks, and Brian Bannister improved to 2-0 working 5 innings and allowing 2 runs. Both Bannister and Hughes had to throw a lot of pitches as the home plate umpire really squeezed the strike zone. The bullpen put in another stellar performance pitching 4 innings of shut out ball.
The offense again did just enough to win scratching out single runs in the 1st, 2nd and 4th and putting up 2 runs in the 5th; Gload came through with the big hit, a 2 run single off Ohlendorf. Several Royals put up 2-hit games including Gathright, Grudzielanek, Teahen, Butler, Gordon and Gload.
The Running game was fantastic tonight with 5 steals, 3 of those from Gathright; DeJesus must be itching to get back into the line-up before Gathright steals his job.
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