Palms 11, Royals 3

The Palms finished off their winningest season on record, backed by one of the greatest offensive performances in baseball history (for the season, though their 18 hit, 11 run performance in the finale wasn't bad). Blake Johnston nabbed his 17th win, and Carlos Ruiz homered and drove in 5. Ruiz's was the final home run of the season, while Frank Sohn had the final runs batted in and put out, Billy Dupont had the final hit, Kelly Johnson had the final at bat and Tim Byrdak through the final pitch, to Billy Butler. The Royals should be commended for continuing to fight, getting three baserunners and scoring a run with 2 outs in the 9th with a huge deficit in what ended up being a lost season.
The Palms will now face the winner of the Indians and Red Sox game Wednesday evening. They have announced that Troy Munoz will move to the bullpen for the series, with a rotation of Kyle Blume, Lucas Harrell, Blake Johnston and Don Schoppe slotted to start.
 Miami Palms 11, Kansas City Royals 3
 Sunday, September 29, 2013


 Miami Palms (100-62)                                     Kansas City Royals (1-6)                               
 Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave     
 ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---     
 Crisp cf        5  3  3  1  0  0  3  0  0  0   .287      Lough lf        5  1  2  0  0  0  4  0  0  0   .333
 Prado 3b        5  3  3  2  0  0  1  1  0  0   .330      Gras 2b         4  0  3  0  1  0  0  2  0  0   .750
 Ruiz c          5  2  3  5  0  0  1  0  0  0   .313      Perez 1b        5  0  1  1  0  1  7  1  0  0   .250
 Drysdale dh     5  1  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  1   .301      Butler dh       5  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  3   .467
 Sohn lf         5  0  1  2  0  1  6  0  0  0   .320      Cain cf         4  0  0  0  0  0  3  0  0  2   .450
 Markakis rf     5  1  1  0  0  1  4  0  0  1   .331      Sadan rf        4  0  2  0  0  0  4  0  0  0   .143
 Dupont 1b       5  1  4  0  0  0  7  1  0  0   .300      Kotteras c      4  1  2  0  0  0  5  0  0  2   .500
 Korb ss         5  0  1  1  0  0  2  2  0  1   .312      Smythe ss       4  1  2  2  0  0  1  1  0  1   .346
 Johnson 2b      5  0  0  0  0  3  2  2  0  4   .258      Falu 3b         4  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  2   .000

                 -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---                            -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---           
 Totals          45 11 18 11 0  5  27 7  0  7             Totals          39 3  13 3  1  1  27 6  0  10


                            1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10     R  H  E
                            -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -      -  -  -
 Miami Palms                0  0  0  4  2  3  0  0  2         11 18 0 
 Kansas City Royals         0  0  0  2  0  0  0  0  1         3  13 0 



 LOB- Miami Palms 7, Kansas City Royals 10; 2B- Dupont 2(33), Ruiz(34), Crisp 3(50),
 Markakis(39), Drysdale(28); 3B- Prado(4); HR- Ruiz(24), Smythe(2); RBI- Prado 2(74),
 Ruiz 5(89), Crisp(75), Sohn 2(123), Korb(19), Smythe 2(5), Perez(4); GIDP- Perez(1);
 RLSP- Johnson 3, Markakis, Drysdale, Butler, Kotteras, Falu, Cain; 

 DP- Miami Palms 1; 
 


 Miami Palms                   IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 Johnston(W 17-9)              7.0  9  2  2  0  1    4.34 
 Byrdak                        2.0  4  1  1  1  0    3.77 

 Kansas City Royals            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 Chen(L 0-1)                   5.0  9  6  6  0  2    8.10 
 Herrera                       1.0  4  3  3  0  1   49.50
 Hochevar                      2.0  1  0  0  0  1    0.00 
 Holland                       1.0  4  2  2  0  1    9.00 

 Pitches-strikes- Johnston 79-54, Byrdak 27-18, Chen 69-52, Herrera 17-11, Hochevar 19-13,
 Holland 16-12; Batters faced- Johnston 29, Byrdak 11, Chen 24, Herrera 7, Hochevar 7,
 Holland 7;

Player of the Game: Kyle Blume

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