By the book

Bases loaded...Royals up two runs...7th inning....2-out....Miguel Cabrera due up. What do you do? If you're Trey Hillman you can either A) Bring in The Mexicutioner, Joakim Soria to quell the uprising because the game is obviously in the balance. Or B) You can bring in anybody else from the bullpen that has shown nothing but incompetence thus far.

Hillman predictably chose "B". Thank you sir. Juan Cruz shrinks away from pitching to Cabrera and Carlos Guillen lights him up with the game winning double.

The Royals are not a good baseball team. They are lucky to be in position in the late innings perhaps 3 times per week on average. Some of those opportunities will include times when they don't need Soria for a save opportunity. All too often Soria ends up pitching an inning in blowouts to "get his work in". Today was TRULY a spot where his skill level could have turned the tide in that ballgame. Juan Cruz is not as good as Joakim Soria....on nearly any day of the season.

Of course Cabrera could have gotten to Soria for the second time in a week....but if you're Trey Hillman I think you gotta go for it there w/your best guy against Cabrera/Guillen. "Saving" Soria for the 9th didn't help the Royales very much today.