Tomko's strong start tops Twins

 
The Royals snagged a 3-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday to salvage the third game of the series in front of 21,765 fans at the Metrodome. [link]

Tags:

Related Stories
5

False Alarms

Prophecies of doom just a few days into the season and a sad (but real) exchange between Seth Everett and Hal Bodley are the reasons behind this post...just let me vent, ok?
1

Cups, underpants and tiger-related injuries

"New" stuff from the Twins' shop probably would have sold better last year.
5

It's Never Too Early to Change Your Mind About a Game-Changer

The Johan Santana deal still stinks but Carols Gomez is proving to be one fun player to watch. Kid's speed is orgasmic and changes how teams defend the Twins -- which could lead to all sorts of fun. Fun that will include a new single-season Minnesota record for steals. Don't think so? Chuck Knoblauch better enjoy it while he can 'cause the Carlos Counter to "Chuck" Knoblauch is ticking...
2

Royals Fanaticism Infused into my Wedding.

During the Royals loss to the Twins on Friday I was heavily involved in the Game Thread. One topic of discussion was our respective levels of fanaticism.  I mentioned that I made my wife place a Royals emblem with the phrase, "Lets Go ...
2

Royals vs. Twins - Recap - April 06, 2008

Tomko sets tone vs. Twins as Royals move to 4-2 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Kansas City Royals got off to a fast start, even with a first week on the road against AL Central rivals. Brett Tomko pitched five shutout innings, Alex Gordon hit a two-run ...
Related Blog Posts
Twins Territory ()Game Thread #7: Kansas City Royals
  Boof Bonser  (0-1) vs.  Brett Tomko  (0-0) Game Time 1:10 CT  Television  ...
Royally Speaking4-2 Road Trip
Well they salvaged the Twins series so they head home 4-2 and are currently a half game up on the Sox, who are taking on Detroit tonight. The offense is averaging less than four runs a game and that is just not acceptable. Now if the starters can ...
The LoHud Yankees BlogSchedule the biggest opponent this week
The players love to complain about the schedule and most of the time, it’s easy to ignore. When a guy making millions carps about lugging his Louis Vuitton travel bag onto a charter flight, my sympathy goes only so far. However, the Yankees ...
Royal ReflectionsGame 6
Game Date: April 6, 2008 Royals 3, Twins 1 / Box Score WP: Tomko (1-0), LP: Bonser (0-2), SV: Soria (3) Royal Home Runs: None Royals Record: 4-2 Brett Tomko was better today than any Royals fan could have imagined, the bullpen was ...
KC'S ROYAL FAN ZONEWeekend Wrap
The Royals ended there three game series on a positive note today with a 3-1 victory over the Twins. The victory stopped a two game losing streak to the Twins and improved the Royals record to AL 4-2. So the Royals end the first week with at least a ...
Related News Articles
Loud and clear: Royals changing signals
After Billy Butler was thrown out at second base Friday night trying to advance on a throw, the Royals revised their verbal signals.
Is Carlos Gomez Really Better Than Me?
It has been quite a while since my article listing the reasons why Joe Mauer is better than me, and I was thinking that it has been far too long since my last self-debasing article. So, after a lot of introspection, I have come up with just a few ...
Span makes big league debut
One of the final players cut in Spring Training, Denard Span had to wait a couple of weeks to rejoin the Twins. His wait to start once in Minnesota was much shorter.
Tomko leads Royals over Twins 3-1
Brett Tomko pitched five shutout innings, Alex Gordon hit a two-run single that put Kansas City ahead in the second inning, and the Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins 3-1 Sunday.
500 HR mark doesn't translate to World Series success
With Manny Ramirez and Gary Sheffield poised to enter the 500-home run club this season, I decided to take a look back at the fates of players’ teams in the seasons when they hit their 500th homers. As it turned out, none of them went on to win ...