With that as the backdrop, the Royals completed a come-from-behind victory in the 10th when Alex Gordon, capping a 2-for-5 night, blasted a two-run homer to right-center. He now has eight on the year and is batting .243. Not bad, considering his season average stayed below .200 until June 14.Overall, the game was highly entertaining, about as nice a three-hour diversion as one could have asked for -- well-pitched on both ends (Brian Bannister's last three starts: 21 innings, four earned runs), rallies for both sides, executed hit-and-runs, infield singles, double plays, plays at the plate and extra innings... but not too many extras as to bore the 24,880 who made it out.
Not all was perfect, however: Joey Gathright, recently recalled (to my approval), lost two balls in the lights, in the 2nd and 4th. The error in the 4th cost the Royals a run. For that, we'd like to paraphrase Chip Diller: Thank you Hanky Dome! May I have another?
What a terrible place to play baseball. The groundbreaking ceremony for the new stadium can't happen fast enough (it was scheduled for today, but postponed). The days of artificial turf and ash-colored roofs are over, unless you're the franchise in Tampa Bay, in which case you have many other problems.
Gathright made a running snag of a line drive to end the game, securing the save for new closer Joakim Soria, so all's forgiven.
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