Nice comeback

In KC's remarkable 11-10 win yesterday Kyle Davies reverted to his pre-2008 form and got rocked for 5 ER's in just 1.1 innings. It will be interesting to see if he can bounce back in his next outing. But Davies didn't get a loss because the offense refused to quit and that was nice to see. How many times this year have we seen KC get down early and basically seem to surrender? I don't know if it's because they are playing the Inferior League or if Mike Aviles has been the sparkplug this team has been missing but they are showing some life out there right now.

Tim Lincecum continued his string of poor performances against the AL and gave up 6 hits and 5 ER's in 5 innings, he did have 8 K's so at least he had that going for him. I do remember his name being thrown around a little leading up to the 2006 draft but now it seems like everyone and his brother were wanting KC to draft him. I wanted Hochevar and so far I am pleased with what he has done in his brief career. It's just way to early to pass judgment on this draft but one thing to remember is that Lincecum would not be dominating the AL like he has the NL. I'm sure he would certainly be better than the career 8.55 ERA (smallsamplesizealert, 4 starts 20 IP) he has in interleague play but how much better we really don't know.

The legend of Mike Aviles continues to grow, Sparkplug had a double and 3 RBI's in the win. He is now batting .328/.353/.625 with 12 extra base hits and 12 RBI's in 17 games. KC is 10-7 in his starts. Defensively, he seems to be holding his own. While I realize there are no perfect defensive stats he is comparable to TPJ in fielding pct (.967 vs .969) and range factor (3.92 vs 3.91).

KC is currently 9-3 vs the NL this year and are on pace to have their best interleague season ever.

• 1997: 6-9
• 1998: 9-7
• 1999: 6-12
• 2000: 8-10
• 2001: 8-10
• 2002: 5-13
• 2003: 9-9
• 2004: 6-12
• 2005: 9-9
• 2006: 10-8
• 2007: 10-8