Dotel Gives up Six Runs in Nine Hits- on Top it All!!

Royals Catcher John Buck showed it all when he was infuriated after popping out to the catcher in the fifth Sunday. He then walked slowly to the dugout while slamming the end of his bat over and over off his cleat walking off the field.

The display represented alot of the ire the team was suffereing in its fourth straight loss, 7-4, to the Mariners at their own, Kauffman Stadium. After an 8-2 winning stretch recently, this Kansas City club has dropped its last four games by a combined score of 36-10.

Of the losing streak following the winning streak Buck said-"It's bad," later. "Obviously we had some good momentum going, but it got stopped real quickly."

Manager Buddy Bell after pondered it all, lamented "Unfortunately, we are not swinging the bats well enough to bang with these kinds of guys,"

All this writer has to say about that observation is "Duh!"