Fresh off their first home stand victory this season, the Royals, after a day off, head to Chicago to take on their division rival`s, the White Sox. The Royals ride in on a 2 game win streak as Chicago rides home on a 3 game sweep of the Tribe. And if a 2 game winning streak isn't enough, then you can't forget the fact the Royals are playing 1 game above .500 on the Road at 7-6. Not to Shabby..any who, today starts a new series. So lets lay it down, as the Royals begin their 5 game road trip.
Tonights match up will be the White Sox Gavin Floyd playing host to the Royals Felipe Paulino. Gavin Floyd comes into tonights game with a 2-3 Record and an ERA of 3.03. In his his last three outings Floyd has allowed 4 runs on 12 hits in 21 innings striking out 21 and walking 3 and is 1-1 in this time span. As for Paulino, he is 1-0 with an ERA of 0.00. In his first outing last saturday against the Yankees, As he retired the first 11 batters and pitched 6 shutout innings before Mijares allowed the one and only run in the 7th. So look for a close game tonight between these two, who are both on a little bit of a hot streak right now.
Tomorrow May 12, 2012, at 6:10pm, Eric Stults of the White Sox will play host to Luke Hochevar of the Royals. Eric Stults, while having no wins or losses, has an ERA of 3.00 and his only appearance this season was against the Indians on Wednesday, where he gave up 2 runs in 6 innings pitched. not to bad. Now on the other side of the hill, Hochevar is 2-3 with an ERA of 9.00. In Hoch's last start he gave up 7 runs on 7 hits in Just 2 1/3 innings, as he looks to capitalize on his last performance, look for yet another close game. As Hoch looks to make it too 3-3 and Stults looks to get his first win of the year.
Sunday, May 13, 2012, at 1:10pm, will be the final game of the series, as Phil Humber and the White Sox will play host to the Royals Danny Duffy. Humber is 1-2 on the season with an ERA of 3.83. Humber will be trying to come out of a post-perfect-game funk during which he`s allowed 20 earned runs on 21 hits in just 13 1/3 innings in just 3 starts, not to mention Humber has struggles against the AL Central at home thus far into the season. On the other hand, Duffy comes into Chicago with a record of 2-2 with an ERA of 4.00. As he lasted just 4 1/3 innings against Boston on Tuesday, where he gave up 4 runs (3 earned) on just 7 hits and walked 5. He is having a problem with his inability to throw strikes constantly, as its always been his downfall. look for a close game here too as Duffy looks to rebound and Humber looks to impress the home crowd and break his Slup against the AL Central.
I have the Royals winning this series 2 games to 1. As I see the bull pen for the Royals starting to come around as Greg Holland looks to head back up the the Majors after his solid outing down in Arkansas with the Naturals. As he will add Depth to a bull pen making a major rebound since the beginning of the season. Again tonight at 7:10 the Royals will take on the White Sox in Chicago. It`s Floyd taking on Paulino.
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