Indians 8, Royals 3: Game story "Greinke handed a 3-2 lead to Horacio Ramirez starting the seventh...

Indians 8, Royals 3: Game story "Greinke handed a 3-2 lead to Horacio Ramirez starting the seventh and the left-hander immediately got in trouble." There's no part of that sentence -- Greinke having a lead, Ramirez immediately getting into trouble upon entering the game -- that wasn't 100% predictable when we all woke up yesterday morning. I'd have been less surprised if Ramirez had been magically transformed into a right-hander before the game than I would have been if he had come in and actually held the lead.

ShysterBall, who also happens to be a Braves fan.

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ouch

by I need more Esteban on May 22, 2009 12:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Interesting thing I noticed today

Royals relievers have allowed fewer runs per 9 than anyone in the league, but we are 2nd in blown saves, despite having the fewest leads handed to the pen by the starters than any team except Oakland.

Poor usage? Bad luck? Sample size anomaly?

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on May 22, 2009 1:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

no offense

leads to many close games like this one. Where one run may lead to blown save.

Example: the game on sunday. Cruz came in to clean up a mess with no outs and runners on the corners I believe. He gets a pop out for the first out, then the double play grounder that wasn’t, which allowed the run to score and gave Cruz the blown save. He then got the last out. He literally did everything perfect, but still got the blown save.

by wildthang on May 22, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs