Luke Hudson - April 8 vs Chicago
As I was watching this game, I realized that sometimes the results in the boxscore don't really match what happened in the game.
Just check out Luke Hudson's line in yesterday's game against Chicago.
1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
Most of the time, you'd think that the pitcher in question was throwing the ball pretty good, right? Me too, except this time we'd be wrong.
AJ Pierzynski, who looked absolutely foolish against Denny Bautista, rips the second pitch from Hudson into right, giving the Sox only their second hit on the day.
Next up is Joe Crede. After falling behind 1-2, he lashes a drive to right center that Reggie Sanders is able to run down for the first out, primarily because it is slicing back towards him.
Rob Mackowiak is the next batter and he just turns on the first pitch from Hudson, nearly taking Doug Mientkiewicz's glove off, but luckily for KC, Grudzielanek is backing him up and is able to make the play as Dougie scrambles back to first in time for the throw. Pierzynski, meanwhile, makes it into scoring position at second base.
So, now it's two outs, man in scoring position for Juan Uribe. On the 1-1 pitch, Uribe launches a ball to deep left center that Shane Costa is able to run under only because the wind blowing in from left kept the ball in the park. Any other day, that ball is over the fountains, because that thing was mashed.
Sure, Hudson did get the job done in this case, but as you can see it could have been much different if it wasn't a very windy afternoon at the K.
Was it the breath of the baseball gods? Could the Royals finally be starting to get some breaks for them rather than seemingly always against them?
Nah, it was just a windy day, but I'm sure all of us Royals fans and the Royals will certainly take whatever help we can get at this point! :)
GO ROYALS!!
Just check out Luke Hudson's line in yesterday's game against Chicago.
1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
Most of the time, you'd think that the pitcher in question was throwing the ball pretty good, right? Me too, except this time we'd be wrong.
AJ Pierzynski, who looked absolutely foolish against Denny Bautista, rips the second pitch from Hudson into right, giving the Sox only their second hit on the day.
Next up is Joe Crede. After falling behind 1-2, he lashes a drive to right center that Reggie Sanders is able to run down for the first out, primarily because it is slicing back towards him.
Rob Mackowiak is the next batter and he just turns on the first pitch from Hudson, nearly taking Doug Mientkiewicz's glove off, but luckily for KC, Grudzielanek is backing him up and is able to make the play as Dougie scrambles back to first in time for the throw. Pierzynski, meanwhile, makes it into scoring position at second base.
So, now it's two outs, man in scoring position for Juan Uribe. On the 1-1 pitch, Uribe launches a ball to deep left center that Shane Costa is able to run under only because the wind blowing in from left kept the ball in the park. Any other day, that ball is over the fountains, because that thing was mashed.
Sure, Hudson did get the job done in this case, but as you can see it could have been much different if it wasn't a very windy afternoon at the K.
Was it the breath of the baseball gods? Could the Royals finally be starting to get some breaks for them rather than seemingly always against them?
Nah, it was just a windy day, but I'm sure all of us Royals fans and the Royals will certainly take whatever help we can get at this point! :)
GO ROYALS!!
posted by Rob @ 8:45 AM
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