Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Blake Daniel Wood (born August 8, 1985 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA) is a major league baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Twice, the Kansas City Royals seemingly had a runner picked off first base.
Both times, a sure out turned into a stolen base.The Royals' failure to execute this fundamental play was a key factor in their 8-2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.With Baltimore nursing a 1-0 lead in the fifth inning, Xavier Avery drew a leadoff walk and broke for second as Royals starter Bruce Chen threw to first. Avery reached second before the throw from first baseman Eric Hosmer.Robert Andino followed with a perfectly placed bunt to put runners on the corners, and then it happened again. This time it was Andino who took off for second as Chen threw to first. Andino avoided the tag, and the Orioles capitalized on the gifts. J.J. Hardy hit a two-run double, Nick Markakis doubled in a run, Adam Jones hit an RBI single and Chris Davis topped it off with a run-scoring single."They really took advantage of their opportunities in that fifth inning," Royals outfielder Jeff Francoeur said. "Missing th...Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar is known for his fielding. Lately, he has been doing plenty of damage with his bat.Against the St. Louis Cardinals Friday night, Esc...
Melky Cabrera staked Kansas City to an early lead. His teammates made it stand up.Cabrera homered twice and drove in five runs as the Kansas City Royals tied a team ...
Casey Kotchman had an eventful night, hitting a game-winning homer and avoiding a whip cream pie in the face from teammate Evan Longoria during a postgame celebratio...
Luke Hochevar did his part with seven strong innings. It was the Kansas City Royals ' offense that came up short.Casey Kotchman led off the ninth inning with a home ...
The Alex Gordon who the Kansas City Royals drafted second overall in 2005 is finally reaching expectations six years later.Gordon matched his career-high with four h...
The Colorado Rockies are thankful all they lost was a game Sunday.Kansas City's Melky Cabrera homered twice and drove in five runs to offset Carlos Gonzalez's big da...
It had been an awful long time since Delmon Young and Trevor Plouffe played at Target Field, albeit for completely different reasons.Young had been on the disabled l...
After Royals starter Bruce Chen labored through five innings, Kansas City manager Ned Yost went to his bullpen hoping to find a couple of arms who were sharper out o...
Zack Britton did not get out of the first inning unscathed, but the Baltimore Orioles rookie left-hander made it into the sixth inning — a major improvement from rec...
Southpaw rookie Everett Teaford makes the second start of league career tonight when the Kansas City Royals host the Chicago game series at Kauffman Stadium .The Roy...
Eric Hosmer's RBI double over the head 6, in the second game of a four-game series.Hosmer's double capped off a 3-for-5 night. Mike Moustakas went 3-for-4 with a two...
Trevor Plouffe's RBI single in the bottom 0, in the season finale for both clubs.Carl Pavano (9-13) tossed a five-hit shutout for the Twins (63-99), who took the fin...
Robinson Cano belted a solo home run, Phil Hughes pitched six strong innings and the New York Yankees posted a 3-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals in the middle ...
The Kansas City Royals placed second baseman Chris Getz on the disabled list and purchased the contract of pitcher Will Smith from Triple-A Omaha.Getz left Monday ni...
Teams are supposed to play better at home than on the road, regardless of the sport. There's a certain familiarity to sleeping in your own bed, driving yourself to t...
Sean O'Sullivan and Blake Wood have agreed year contracts with the Kansas City Royals .The pitchers were just two of 12 players to sign a contract with the Royals fo...
The Los Angeles Angels were shut out for the ninth time, matching their total for all of last season. And there are still 92 games left on their schedule.Vin Mazzaro...
Chris Carpenter was hoping to put an end to the St. Louis Cardinals ' losing skid.Carpenter pitched eight innings, throwing 124 pitches, his most in nearly 10 years....
Vin Mazzaro didn't strike out a single batter and walked five, three of them leading off an inning — not exactly a recipe for success.What got him going through seve...
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