Team Meeting Sparks Club, Royals Beat Sox 7-1

Alert the presses: The Kansas City Royals scored seven runs tonight.

Without Eric Hosmer (hand contusion) and Lorenzo Cain (rest) I was afraid that that would be a tall task for Kansas City. Alas, it was not.

Mike Moustakas got the scoring started with a solo homerun in the second inning. The White Sox would rally in the fourth inning with a "Big Donkey" Adam Dunn homerun.

The game would be all Royals after that. The Royals would score six (!!!!!) runs after that. Back-to-back doubles by Billy "The Base-Clogger" Butler and Raul "Too Cool For You At 42" Ibanez started off the Royals four run sixth inning.

With the Royals up 3-1, Jarrod Dyson bunts to score Alcides Escobar, and according to the unwritten rules of baseball, you are not allowed to bunt while winning by more than two runs. Mmhhmmm, right.

Omar Infante would sacrifice Nori Aoki in to give KC a 5-1 lead. The scoring outburst would end on a Mike Moustakas two-run bomb to give the Royals a seven (!!!!) run lead.

In short: Mike Moustakas took a good, long look in the mirror, and decided that he can hit balls over the wall not just during BP.

The Royals still lack in one (more than that) department: We still left 14 guys on base. Since the start of the 'second-half' the Royals have left 41 men on base.

Before the game, Dayton Moore was interviewed. You know what that means: Writing material for Royals writers everywhere. I'll give you the gist of it: Our (Dayton and Ned) success is tied together. We've got a lot of holes, but we aren't going to change.

It isn't exactly word for word, but it's pretty close. I'm not sure what part of any of those statements actually make sense. You haven't made the playoffs in either of your tenures. You are also one game under .500 with the current guys on your roster, but you're convinced that these are the guys that will get your to the playoffs. Crazy, right?

A huge congratulations to Bruce Chen is in order, I think. Bruce Chen has now tied Mariano Rivera for all-time Panamanian wins leader.

The Royals will send James Shields to the hill tomorrow in the rubber game against Jose Quintanna. Quintanna is winless against the Royals in his career, which probably means we'll lose tomorrow.