Game 12 vs. Arizona

I love being at the ballpark on a Sunday afternoon – especially one as beautiful as today – but I’m less enthusiastic about the on-field lollygagging that tends to go on. This game was a case in point.

To be sure, it had a moment or two. Mike Moustakas and Alcides Escobar both made impressive plays in the field. Jeff Francoeur hit a triple, one of the few times “hope you miss it” actually worked. And later he almost threw out Gerardo Parra at the plate.

Overall, however, it was a disappointing game. The Royals slipped back into a pattern common last year: getting on base frequently but somehow never managing to make it all the way around to the plate. What good does a triple do you when it comes with two outs in the inning and the next batter (a slumping Alex Gordon) grounds out?

Speaking of Gordon: he got robbed on an inning-ending called third strike in the eighth. At that point we trailed by just two, but that proved to be more than enough.

Sigh.

The box score:
 

DIAMONDBACKS (2) AT ROYALS (0)

DIAMONDBACKS         AB  R  H BI  ROYALS               AB  R  H BI
Gerardo Parra         2  1  0  0  Johnny Giavotella     4  0  0  0  
Ryan Roberts          3  0  0  0  Alcides Escobar       4  0  0  0  
Justin Upton          3  0  1  1  Mike Moustakas        4  0  1  0  
Miguel Montero        4  0  1  0  Billy Butler          2  0  0  0  
Chris Young           4  0  0  0  Jeff Francoeur        4  0  4  0  
Jason Kubel           3  0  0  0  Alex Gordon           4  0  0  0  
Paul Goldschmidt      4  1  1  0  Eric Hosmer           3  0  0  0  
Aaron Hill            3  0  1  0  Brayan Pena           4  0  1  0  
John McDonald         4  0  1  1  Jarrod Dyson          4  0  1  0  
TOTALS               30  2  5  2  TOTALS               33  0  7  0

DIAMONDBACKS                  000 010 010 -- 2  
ROYALS                        000 000 000 -- 0  

LOB--DIAMONDBACKS 7, ROYALS 9. ERR--Eric Hosmer. 2B--Paul
Goldschmidt. 3B--Jeff Francoeur. HBP--Billy Butler.
SACF--Justin Upton. SACB--Ryan Roberts. SB--Gerardo Parra,
Justin Upton.

 DIAMONDBACKS                    IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR
Wade Miley                        7    6    0    0    2    3    0
David Hernandez                   1    1    0    0    0    3    0
J.J. Putz                         1    0    0    0    0    1    0
 ROYALS                     
Nate Adcock                       5    5    1    1    1    3    0
Kelvin Herrera                    2    0    0    0    0    2    0
Greg Holland                      1    0    1    1    1    0    0
Louis Coleman                     1    0    0    0    2    0    0

WP--Greg Holland. SO--Aaron Hill, Ryan Roberts, Justin
Upton, Chris Young, Paul Goldschmidt, Alex Gordon, Alcides
Escobar (2), Jarrod Dyson, Mike Moustakas, Johnny Giavotella
(2). BB--Aaron Hill, Gerardo Parra (2), Jason Kubel, Billy
Butler, Eric Hosmer.

Buck Seat: W (Wayside Waifs volunteer, in honor of Bark at the Park)
Guard: HS JROTC
Anthem: HS band

Umpires:
H: Carapazza
1: Davis
2: Cuzzi
3: Gibson

Time: 1:10
Temp: 72