Well its only spring training, but on the other hand, its SPRING TRAINING! Baseball is officially back, as the Royals hosted the Texas Rangers today in Surprise, Arizona. As for the results, they were a mixed bag. Being who I am, I'll start with the positives.
Billy Butler hit a home run in his first at bat, and ripped a single later in the game. He started at first and made a couple plays, a great sign early in camp. Newly acquired Mike Jacobs hit a three-run jack in the third inning, showing off the power that brought him here. Coco Crisp singled to lead off the game, Tony Pena Jr. actually took a walk, and light-hitting outfielder Mitch Maier hit a bomb in the ninth inning. I was more than happy to see them score 7 runs.
Unfortunately, the Rangers scored 12. Starting pitcher Horacio Ramirez, considered a likely candidate for the starting rotation, struck out the first batter he faced before getting shelled for 7 hits and 6 runs in 2/3 of an inning. To his credit, Ramirez was hindered by a heinous Mark Teahen error which rendered 3 of the runs unearned. This, the same Mark Teahen who was making his professional debut as a second basemen. It was the first of two errors on Teahen, who also hit into two double plays. Things did not go so well for Teahen.
Brandon Duckworth gave up back to back home runs, which he promptly redeemed himself for by surrending a mere triple to the next batter, Hank Blalock. The pitching staff gave up 20 hits. And Willie Bloomquist started in right field.
Besides that, I was just happy to have baseball back, however I could get it.
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