Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 05, 2004
Billy Goat?

Billy Koch came into the ninth with a 7-3 lead to nail down Guillen's first win as a manager. Politte had walked the first two batters, then Koch gave up a double to Benito Santiago (new acquistions seem to be doing well today). It's 7-4 now with men on 2nd and third.

Koch comes back and strikes out Guiel. One down, two on.

Update: And Koch is out of the game. Marte is in for the save. Guillen made the move because Pena pinch hit with Matt Stairs. Now Stairs is out of the game. But I guess the closer role isn't that clear cut on the White Sox. I think that's a good thing.

Update: Of course, it helps if the pitcher you bring in keeps the ball in the park. Mendy Lopez takes Marte deep to right center to tie the game at 7. The Royals fans are going wild.

Update: They're going even more wild now. Beltran smacks a two-run shot off Marte to seal the victory for the Royals. Not the way Guillen wanted Koch and Marte to work together. Tony Pena looks like he just won the World Series. A great way for the Royals to start the season.

Correction: Koch did not walk the first two batters of the inning. Politte did. Sorry about that.


Posted by David Pinto at 05:48 PM | Games | TrackBack (1)
Comments

it definitely was a *great* first day for the royals. to be fair to koch, it was cliff politte that walked the first two batters of the inning. koch gave up a double and got a strikeout. though none of the three chicago pitchers that inning could particularly throw a good strike to save their hides..

..which of course is just fine for a royals fan.

Posted by: Joe Blow at April 5, 2004 06:53 PM