08/19/2004 9:41 PM ET
Royals rained out; makeup Aug. 28
By Dick Kaegel / MLB.com
KANSAS CITY -- The Royals' game against the Seattle Mariners was rained out Thursday night.
Because this the Mariners' only visit to Kansas City this season, the game will be made up in Seattle as part of a doubleheader starting at 1:05 p.m. CT on Saturday, Aug. 28, the commissioner's office announced.
The game was called at 6:45 p.m., 25 minutes before the scheduled starting time.
The Mariners left immediately for a series in Detroit. They split two games here against the Royals.
Royals manager Tony Pena said he would merely back up his scheduled pitching rotation. Right-hander Mike Wood, who was scheduled to start against the Mariners, will start Friday night against the Texas Rangers instead.
"We just have to make a decision on what we'll do on the 28th," Pena said. "We know that (Darrell) May will pitch the first game but we have to decide who'll pitch the second game."
That could be left-hander Jimmy Gobble, who has been pitching at Triple-A Omaha since being optioned on July 29. Gobble, 2-1, has a 5.27 ERA in three starts for Omaha.
Gobble, in 20 games for the Royals, was 6-8 with a 5.75 ERA.
Moving the game from Kansas City to Seattle means that a four-game series there becomes a five-game series.
This was the Royals' second rainout at home this season. A June 9 game against the Montreal Expos also was washed out but played the next day as part of a doubleheader, which the Royals lost.
This rainout pushed left-hander Brian Anderson back to Saturday's game and Zack Greinke to Sunday's game against the Rangers. May will start Monday at Anaheim.
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This
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this says it was posted at 9:41PM so I wonder why its taking so long for them to come out with a line on the game...