Game Recap #5 Milwaukee Brewers @ Kansas City Royals

As expected when seeing two teams not particularly known for their offense, we had a low scoring game when the Kansas City Royals hosted the Milwaukee Brewers. Milwaukee starter Randy Wolf looked to be proving this point wrong early after allowing lead off hitter Alex Gordon aboard in the first inning with a double, and Gordon easily scored later on a groundout from Billy Butler. Both sides stayed cold in the second inning, and then it was Kansas City starter Jonathan Sanchez's turn to get into a bit of trouble in the third inning. Sanchez surrendered bunt singles to all of Edwin Maysonet, Norichika Aoki, and Carlos Gomez, before Aramis Ramirez put one in the outfield to get Maysonet home. After a long lull in the scoring, Ryan Braun singled off of reliever Kelvin Herrera, allowing Maysonet to get home again and give the Brewers a lead in the seventh inning. Milwaukee extended their lead in the ninth inning as Brayan Pena committed a throwing error that allowed Aoki to come. With their backs against the wall in the bottom of the ninth, the Royals came out swinging with a well-hit Alcides Escobar triple off of Brewers closer John Axford that scored both Eric Hosmer and Mike Moustakas to tie the game at 3. Through the first nine, Maysonet seemed to be the x-factor in this game, getting on base twice and scoring each time, while also stealing a base. Milwaukee wouldn't recover, yielding a walkoff walk to Mike Moustakas two innings later, and as Billy Butler crossed the plate, the Royals notched a 4-3 win. This effectively breaks the curse we had been placing on home teams since the outset of our trip. Tim Collins was given the win, while Kameron Loe was assigned the loss here, and now we rest in Des Moines, Iowa before a long travel over the next couple of days.