Will Smith pitched decent tonight. It wasn't as dominating as Guthrie was last night when he allowed only 1 runner to get into scoring position. Smith did what he needs to do every night in getting 5 Ks and only 1 BB. He still has a bit of an issue with the long ball as seen by the 1 HR he gave up tonight.

Royals pitching seem to be pitching better as a group since Sanchez was trade. Here are the stats for the entire staff for before and after the trade

Less strikeouts, but the rest of the stats show improvement.

Game Notes:

• The Royals got their 2 runs in the 7th from back to back to back doubles.
• Frenchy was in the running mood tonight. He got caught stealing and attempted a bunt late in the game.
• Everyone got on base at least once except Perez.
• Escobar had 2 steals
• Crow pitched the 8th and Holland the 9th. Each struck out 2 batters in their 1 inning of work.
• Hacker of the night: Sal Perez on seeing 9 pitches in 4 PAs. His AVG dropped below 0.300 on an 0-4 night.