  Who let the dogs out? In the first inning in Philadelphia since the 1980 World Series, the Royals scored 4 runs. They didn't look back again for the entire game, as they broke the Phillies' back hard and early. The 10 runs were helped along by 2 Matt Stairs homeruns (that day off must have done wonders) and another homer by Benito Santiago. Berroa and Stairs each got 3 hits, Harvey and Randa got 2 apiece. Graffinino, Beltran, Santiago, and Relaford each contributed with a hit. In fact, Kelly Stinnett (who took over for Santiago after he got hit by a pitch on the back of his hand - X-Rays pending) and George we're the only defensive players without a hit. (Mike Sweeney and Dee Brown both pinch hit and got nada) The 10 points don't seem like much when considering the context, especially when looking at 2 seperate occurances of loaded bases with 0 outs... those 2 events gained the Royals a grand total of 1 run. After the first botch base-loading, Matt Stairs hit a homer to begin the next inning. Had a 2-out walk or hit, and we're talking about a 14-4 game, or even more.
You can view the boxscore, courtesy of ESPN.com urlLink HERE Also, with the third consecutive win (the first time that's happened), and with the Twins losing, the Royals are back to only 10 games out of first, and only four games out of the cellar. [Note: the White Sox won and are 0.5 games out. ] As an outlook on the remaining 2 games in this Phillies series, tomorrow, the Royals sent out young Zach Grienke to do battle with the Phillies' 8-game winner, Eric Milton. On Sunday, the Royals face Kevin Millwood, a 4-game winner this year. IF (an IF the size of Texas and Alaska's child, should they mate) the Royals can take advantage of Grienke as field general tomorrow, they have a very real chance of having a road sweep (the first this season), a sweep period (the first one in awhile), and a road series victory (Atlanta yesterday was their first).
I don't want to jinx what the Royals are doing thus far, but with big bats like Harvey and Sweeney not exactly IN the action, can you imagine what this ballclub could look like at home, with a DH, with the big bats a'cracking? I'm sure that's something that would put the sparkle back in Kansas City's eyes. 
