October 1, 2014

Small Ball Wins

The Royals collect seven stolen bases and four sacrifice hits, beating two home runs by Oakland 9-8. Of course, the big 12th inning triple by Eric Hosmer got the winning inning going as the Royals staged their third comeback of the night to win the game. It took a long time to get back to the playoffs, and a long time to finish the game, but the Royals farm system came through. Hosmer went three for four with two walks, Billy Butler drove in two runs, Mike Moustakas had a big hit and scored a run, and Salvador Perez had the game winning hit. An amazing night in the mid-west.

3 thoughts on “Small Ball Wins

  1. David Pinto Post author

    Alex Hayes » If Lester ends up signing with the Red Sox again, it will be a huge coup for the Red Sox.

    As far as the A’s were concerned, Lester was not the problem. That was a good move, as he pitched well when the rest of the team was falling apart.

    The A’s process was good. They recognized that they were not as strong as their record appeared, and made moves to correct that. It just didn’t work, and Beane will look very bad for that.

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  2. M. Scott Eiland

    As a Dodger fan, I am concerned (read: “terrified”) that the results of the AL Wild Card game are going to egg Don Mattingly into more incidents of Stupid Bunting Decisions.

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