He knocked out the mariners in 2.5 hours. In perhaps one of the greatest awful pitching match ups, Sidney Ponson went 7.1 innings while allowing just one run. He defeated Carlos Silva of the mariners. This was Ponson's first win of the year, he lowered his ERA to just under 6. Silva's on the other hand is approaching 9. Gotta love the pitching.
Seattle Mariners vs. Kansas City Royals - Recap - May 06, 2009 - ESPNOne of baseball's worst-hitting teams early in the season, the AL Central-leading Royals (17-11) have scored 36 runs during a five-game winning streak and are off to their best start since 2003."Early in the year, everybody was a little rattled because we weren't scoring runs," said Teahen, who hit his fourth homer in the third inning. "We knew we had a good-hitting team, stuck with our approach and it's paying off."The Royals quickly turned the matchup between surprising division leaders into a rout early. They battered Carlos Silva (1-3) and got 17 hits against a Mariners staff that had the AL's second-lowest ERA.