Red Birds Sweep on Through!

After a weekend sweep by the Cardinals, there were a few positives for the Royals. Salvador Perez Was fresh off the DL on Friday as he went 2-3 with a single in his first at bat, a home run in his second, and reached base on a fielders Choice. Perez would sit out the next game and would return on Sunday where he went 1-4 with a walk. So 3 hits 8 at bats with a walk, 2 singles, fielders choice, and a home run. Not to bad in his first 2 games in the Majors. Now all that we need is Cain back in the line up and we can play with the team we had in spring. And hopefully after the All-Star break we can still make a run for at least second, but now lets look at the task at hand. And that is Tampa Bay, lets look at the series.

Tonight @ 7:10pm the Royals Luke Hochevar will take on the Rays Alex Cobb. Hoch is 4-7 this season with an ERA of 5.65 and for Cobb, he is 3-3 with an ERA of 3.82. Look for a good match up as Luke Hochevar seems to possibly have his form back on the mound and Cobb looks to make it 4-3 on the season after a little delay in the rotation as their game against the phillies was rained out thursday.

Tomorrow June 26, 2012 @ 7:10pm Bruce Chen will play host to Chris Archer. Chen is now 6-6 on the Season with an ERA of 4.81 and Archer is 0-1 with an ERA of 1.50. Chen looks to keep on rollin after a 5 2/3 inning start vs the Astros and Archer looks to grab his first win on the season. look for a good match up here between these two pitchers and a close game.

And Wednesday June 27, @ 1:10 pm Royals Pitcher TBA, will play host to the Rays Matt Moore. Moore is 4-5 on the year with an ERA of 4.13 and comes in to Kc on a no decision in his last outing last week vs. the Nationals. Look for a pretty good match-up here as I`m sure the Royals will pick a decent pitcher for this game. it will be close as Perez will play for the Royals as well.


My prediction for this series is the Royals will win 2-1 here. I say this because they Just got swept for the second time this season, and the last time they were swept, by the pirates, they went on a 4 game winning streak. which included a sweep of the Brewers at the K, look for a good series here as the Royals finish their last home stand until after the All-Star break. Not to mention I expect Salvador Perez to break out in this series as well.