Royals 8, Palms 7 (11 innings)

The Palms looked to be on the cusp of victory twice in Kansas City. Troy Munoz had been dominant through most of the game before finally beginning to break down in the 7th. The Palms had a 4-1 lead at that point, and the Royals managed to push 3 runs across the plate to draw level. The bullpen had three shut down innings to set up a dramatic 11th inning. With two outs and two on, Nick Markakis hit a go ahead 3 run homer, bringing Manny Parra, who has been dominant to this point of the season into the game. He had allowed only 3 hits to this point of the season, but this was not his night. The Royals had already scored once, but were down to 1 our when Alex Gordon came up with 2 men on. Parra gave up his first homer of the season, end ended up allowing 4 runs in the bottom of the 11th as the Royals walked off winners.
 Kansas City Royals 8, Miami Palms 7
 Friday, May 23, 2014


 Miami Palms (23-27)                                      Kansas City Royals (1-0)                               
 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        6  1  2  0  0  1  6  0  0  0   .333      Gras rf         6  2  3  1  0  1  6  0  0  0   .500
 Markakis rf     6  1  2  3  0  1  4  0  0  2   .274      Escobar ss      5  2  2  1  1  1  0  1  0  0   .400
 Drysdale dh     5  2  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  1   .293      Hosmer 1b       6  1  2  1  0  1  7  1  0  0   .333
 Sohn lf         6  1  4  0  0  1  6  0  0  0   .244      Butler dh       5  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  2   .000
 Dupont 1b       6  1  4  2  0  0  5  1  0  0   .293      Gordon lf       6  1  3  5  0  0  3  0  0  1   .500
 Johnson 3b      6  0  2  2  0  0  1  2  0  6   .295      Sadan 3b        5  0  2  0  0  1  1  3  0  0   .400
 Johnson 2b      5  0  1  0  0  1  1  0  0  1   .271      Cain cf         5  0  1  0  0  1  4  0  0  2   .200
 Abreu ss        5  1  1  0  0  1  0  1  0  1   .239      Smythe 2b       5  0  1  0  0  1  2  0  0  2   .200
 Hayes c         4  0  0  0  1  0  8  0  0  0   .231      Pena c          5  2  2  0  0  0  7  0  0  3   .400

                 -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---                            -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---           
 Totals          49 7  16 7  2  6  32 4  0  11            Totals          48 8  16 8  2  6  33 7  0  10


                            1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 11     R  H  E
                            -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -      -  -  -
 Miami Palms                1  0  1  0  2  0  0  0  0  0  3      7  16 0 
 Kansas City Royals         0  0  1  0  0  0  3  0  0  0  4      8  16 0 



 LOB- Miami Palms 11, Kansas City Royals 10; 2B- Dupont(11), Johnson(5); HR- Markakis(6),
 Gras(1), Gordon(1); RBI- Dupont 2(19), Johnson 2(15), Markakis 3(26), Gras(1),
 Escobar(1), Hosmer(1), Gordon 5(5); RLSP- Johnson 4, Markakis 2, Drysdale, Butler,
 Cain, Smythe 2, Pena 2; 

 
 


 Miami Palms                   IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 Munoz                         7.0  11 4  4  2  5    4.36 
 Harding                       2.0  0  0  0  0  1    2.76 
 Otterloop                     1.0  1  0  0  0  0    7.36 
 Parra(L 0-1)(BS,1)            0.2  4  4  4  0  0    3.38 

 Kansas City Royals            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 Duffy                         5.0  10 4  4  1  4    7.20 
 Coleman                       2.0  1  0  0  1  0    0.00 
 Crow                          2.0  0  0  0  0  2    0.00 
 Davis(W 1-0)                  2.0  5  3  3  0  0   13.50

 Pitches-strikes- Munoz 105-68, Harding 13-10, Otterloop 7-5, Parra 10-8, Duffy 79-53,
 Coleman 22-13, Crow 23-15, Davis 28-18; Batters faced- Munoz 34, Harding 6, Otterloop 4,
 Parra 6, Duffy 26, Coleman 8, Crow 6, Davis 11;

 Player of the Game: Alex Gordon

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