September 18: Royals 11, White Sox 0
Posted by Jim Margalus on September 18th, 2009 | 0 comments
Mark Buehrle had never walked three consecutive batters before.
That’s how the Royals’ first run crossed the plate, and that’s all the offense they needed as the Sox lineup — with no Jermaine Dye, Alex Rios or Carlos Quentin — managed only three singles.
And only one of them left the infield. Luke Hochevar was simply too much.
Miguel Olivo — who has 14 walks to 119 strikeouts this season — drew the bases-loaded walk, and tossed two homers and five more RBI on top of his evening.
Jhonny Nunez gave up four runs and couldn’t get out of the eighth. Dan Hudson gave up his first big-league homer to John Buck in the ninth. Awesome.
Record: 72-76 | Box score | Play-by-play
