![]() Jimmy Lambert came on, issued a walk and gave up Pratto's bases-clearing double. After two outs and a walk, Melendez came through with his big hit to chase Bummer. Reliever Aaron Bummer allowed an RBI single by Michael Massey, followed by Bradley's double. “I've still got a lot to improve on.”Ĭease gave up a single, a hit batter and a walk to start the sixth. “It feels good, any way you can help the team,” Bradley said. had a two-run double in the sixth for the Royals and finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored. Andrew Vaughn had a two-run double for Chicago in the third that made it 3-1. Gavin Sheets homered for the White Sox, a 423-foot drive to center off Greinke in the sixth that tied the game at 4-4. Just working through some things right now but I think it’s close. Honestly, today was better than the last couple of starts. “Just got to keep feeling the process,” Cease said. The right-hander had a 2.20 ERA in 32 starts last season, when he finished second in AL Cy Young Award voting. You can see how it affects the whole game.”Ĭease (2-2) gave up seven runs on nine hits in five-plus innings as his ERA rose from 4.58 to 5.58. “Earlier this season we had some games where we hit the ball really hard, just right at people. ![]() “Balls are starting to fall,” Melendez said. The Royals are averaging nearly 7 1/2 runs per game in May. "The batters have done well throughout the competition at different stages, we just need to build partnerships.Jose Cuas (2-0) relieved Zack Greinke with two out in the sixth and retired the only batter he faced, then watched as Kansas City's offense handed him the victory. If we win tomorrow, we are back in the hunt so it's certainly not doom and gloom. "It can be quite difficult to score boundaries here, so we tried to get ourselves in a good position. Miller said afterwards: "I thought they were below par but losing wickets in our powerplay didn't help. Then Miller was caught off the bowling of Kagiso Rabada, and the burden fell on Buttler - who was dismissed by England teammate Archer attempting an in-to-out drive and nicking through to Roelofsen. Paarl needed 54 from the final five overs, with both Buttler and David Miller set. MI Cape Town were disciplined with the ball Four of the Royals' top five failed to score more than 4, and they found themselves 30 for 4 after seven overs.īuttler's 68 included nine fours, but Rashid Khan kept both him and his partners quiet through the middle overs - Khan's four overs went for 16, all of which were singles - and the required run rate edged ever higher. The Paarl reply started in the same blunt form as their opponents'. Imaad Fortuin, Lungi Ngidi, Adam and Tabraiz Shamsi all claimed two wickets. The South African international paired with Grant Roelofsen to turn 9 for 3 into 72 for 3, before the Royals got their claws back into their opponents.įerisco Adams had Roelofsen caught and, though George Linde added a quick 24, the lower middle order could not make the most of the platform handed to them by van der Dussen. MI Cape Town defended 142 at Boland Park Įarlier, van der Dussen resuscitated MI Cape Town's innings after another false start, which included another failure for Dewald Brevis (2 off 10 balls). Paarl Royals were defeated at home in front of a big crowd Jos Buttler made 68 and while he was at the crease the Royals always stood a chance, but once he was dismissed by Jofra Archer at the start of the 18th over, there was not enough left in the hosts' tank. ![]() That did not seem enough but Paarl Royals, in front of a sell-out home crowd, found the going tough in response. MI Cape Town ended a run of two defeats in a row with a disciplined bowling performance to defend a mediocre total at Boland Park.Ĭape Town, who went into the game of back-to-back losses to Sunrisers Eastern Cape, posted 142 for 9 batting first after losing the toss, with Rassie van der Dussen's 49 underpinning their innings. Paarl: MI Cape Town 142-9, Paarl Royals 129-6 - MI Cape Town won by 13 runs
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