FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN SIX GAMES IT TOOK EXTRA INNINGS TO DECIDE THE WINNER IN A KANSAS CITY ROYALS GAME.
ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN DETROIT IT WAS THE BOYS IN BLUE THAT FOUND A WAY TO COME OUT ON TOP 4-3 IN A TWELVE INNING AFFAIR WITH THE TIGERS TO WRAP UP A THREE GAME SERIES.
IT WA S A 12TH INNING HOME RUN FROM WILLIE BLOOMQUIST THAT LIFTED THE ROYALS TO THE VICTORY.
ON TOP OF WILLIE BLOOMQUIST'S GAME WINNING HOME RUN, KILA KA'AIHUE HIT A SOLO SHOT IN THE SEVENTH INNING. FOR BLOOMQUIST IT WAS JUST HIS THIRD HOME RUN OF THE YEAR AND ONLY THE 13TH OF HIS CAREER.
KA'AIHUE STARTED THE ROYALS COME BACK AS HIS SOLO SHOT MADE IT 3-1 BEFORE THE ROYALS ADDED TWO MORE RUNS IN THE EIGHTH IN PART THANKS TO KA'AIHUE.
HE SCORED MIKE AVILES ON A DOUBLE BEFORE SCORING HIMSELF ON A DOUBLE BY BRAYAN PENA.
ROYALS STARTER SEAN O'SULLIVAN LASTED SEVEN INNINGS ALLOWING THREE RUNS ON SEVEN HITS WITH ONE STRIKE OUT AND NO WALKS.
THE ROYALS TAKE TODAY OFF BEFORE THEY HEAD TO CLEVELAND FOR A THREE GAME SERIES WITH THE INDIANS.
