*** Official Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins Game Thread (8/15) ***
 

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<tr><td>Final</td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 2 </td><td> 3 </td><td> 4 </td><td> 5 </td><td> 6 </td><td> 7 </td><td> 8 </td><td> 9 </td><td> R </td><td> </td><td> E </td></tr>
<tr> <td> KC (67-54) </td> <td> 0 </td> <td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 5 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 6 </td><td> </td><td> 2 </td></tr>
<tr> <td> MIN (54-66) </td> <td> 0 </td> <td> 0 </td><td> 2 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 2 </td><td> 5 </td><td> </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
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Royals Magic Number: 41

http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/ima...s/80x80/kc.png

Win, (8-10) Danny Duffy 5⅓IP 3R 2ER 0BB 1K
Hold, (9) Aaron Crow ⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Hold, (5) Francisley Bueno ⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Hold, (13) Kelvin Herrera 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Hold, (26) Wade Davis 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Save, (37) Greg Holland 1IP 2R 2ER 1BB 1K

VS.

http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/ima.../80x80/min.png

Loss, (5-8) Ricky Nolasco 6IP 5R 5ER 1BB 3K
Caleb Thielbar ⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Jared Burton 1⅓IP 1R 1ER 0BB 2K
Brian Duensing ⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Ryan Pressly 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

Home Runs

none

Other Relevant Games

Final: SEA 7, DET 2
Final: NYY 0, TB 5
Final: TOR 5, CWS 11

Starting Lineups

KC

1. Norichika Aoki, RF
1. Lorenzo Cain, ph/RF
2. Omar Infante, 2B
3. Salvador Perez, C
4. Billy Butler, 1B
5. Alex Gordon, LF
6. Josh Willingham, DH
7. Mike Moustakas, 3B
8. Alcides Escobar, SS
9. Jarrod Dyson, CF

MIN

1. Danny Santana, CF
2. Brian Dozier, 2B
3. Joe Mauer, 1B
4. Kennys Vargas, DH
5. Trevor Plouffe, 3B
6. Kurt Suzuki, C
7. Oswaldo Arcia, RF
8. Eduardo Escobar, SS
9. Jordan Schafer, LF
9. Chris Parmelee, ph

I thought I was going to do something else tonight, but damn it, all I want to do is watch baseball.

In vegas, we're the 3rd-biggest road favorite tonight.

Bought my tickets just a few minutes ago! Can't wait to see Duffy pitch.

The Royals, in the past, have typically knocked Nolasco around pretty good. I think we win this one 7-2.

Nolasco will probably be on a roughly 80-pitch limit. He missed a month and is coming back from a sore elbow.

This.

Just ****ing win. I wish Ned would get a little more of Vermeil's fire in him.

I remember DV always saying: we'll play anyone, anytime, anywhere. We can go out in the parking lot an play right now if that's what you want.

In for the win, al.:thumb:

So, you're saying he'll only get through 7?

I will be IN the seats for Angels at Rangers (fireworks Friday), checking scores. Here's to improving our 2-4 record at Target this season.

He's actually owned KC this year. Hope his arm still hurts.

A tad bit nervous for this series, but Duffy on the mound I do like. Let's go grab our 19th win in the last 23 tonight!

The Royals have just been notified that our game on August 31st has been picked up by ESPN2 for Sunday Night baseball. The game time has been moved back from 1:10pm to 7:07 pm.

Royals always seem to have problems with the Twins. I know I'm asking for a lot, but I want to sweep them. I feel like they could do it.

Willingham needs to play angry vs his old club

I am also worried about this one......The Twins just seem to have the Royals number.

We are all worried because we finally have something to lose. Enjoy it. Embrace it.

True Values all over kc are selling out of brooms

As a team, we are batting over .330 against Nolasco

In his two home starts against KC this year, he's allowed two runs in 14 innings. He has three games all year where he's only allowed one run and the Royals account for two of them. Though they did get him for five in KC.

I think we will win this one

My prediction, Roi-Owls by 19

In. **** the stupid Twins(literally if your lucky enough to have that option tonight).

:LOL:

My jaded Royals side says that this is where we collapse, pissing ourselves against the league's worst.

But this is the new me...the me that uses analysis to determine that we will win at least 3 out of these 4 games as the Tigers and Mariners beat each other up.

Yep, me too!

quick question, now that your team is competing in baseball does football take a little bit of a backseat right now? For me it has, i used to be all into training camp and preseason football, but since my team is doing pretty good the last few years, my interest in preseason football has seriously diminished!

It does until October Classic...................or until the Royals are out of it.o:-)

That said, College Football will always be my drug of choice.

I've barely followed camp stuff from the Chiefs since the Royals starting tearing it up. And I'm very passionate about the Chiefs, but man it's been 29 years. This is historic and possibly awesome.

Yes

Don't give much of a shit about the Chiefs at the moment. I probably won't until the Royals are out of it altogether. Chiefs are bed-shitting assholes that don't deserve my attention.

The Royals are made in the same mold; but they're giving me hope right now.

Well my Dodgers been play off contenders a few times the last few years, we havent won since 88, so not that far off from the Royals lol We just havent been historically bad, but in the end its all about the WS or bust.

I used to read up on EVERYTHING training camp, every single website anything i could find, this year i've only watched a few videos on the Chiefs website n thats about it. I have no idea whats going on lol

I said this a week or so ago and I will say it again, the Royals have earned my undivided attention right now. Right now I couldn't care less about the Chiefs.

It seems a KC player that hasn't shown their stuff for awhile steps up and delivers.

I'm thinking it's Lo who'll lift high the Royals tonight.

Awesome.

Yes.

A sweep would be extraordinary

**** the Chiefs and Go Royals.

I've been just waiting to get off of work, eat an early dinner and then just watch this team all night.

Feels good man.

Smells like home!

Thanks for the GDT, alnorth.
Best in class, as usual.

I hope Duffy can come out strong and befuddle them at the plate. The kid is seriously one of, if not, my favorite Royals' players ever!

Not in tonight :(, get the W boys!

Yeah, but really anyone whose been around here long enough already knows the drill when it comes to the preseason. You can only get excited about the same canned media responses, overinflated camp position battles, and mediocre games that are so vanilla.

Sure, you can gleam useful nuggets of the new players and improvements, but the song and dance of it all gets stale because we all know the drill sans actual "news".

I don't says this based upon tempered expectation of the team. I would almost surely have a negligible or no greater degree of interest about TC & the preseason if the Chiefs were the Super Bowl favorite.

I've seen dress rehearsals a 1000x over. I'll readjust and get excited when they pull back the curtain on Opening Night. (Game 1)

Big Game James took BP tonight. Hit one into the front row of the upper deck.

I have a brother and nephew there for the Friday/Saturday night games.

The Mariners are already up 2-0 on the Tigers in the 2nd, and they have the bases loaded with nobody out.

3-0 Seattle, mid 2nd.

YOUR CHOICE TO BE A FAN/FAT SCOTT

Come on, please win tonight! Would be glorious to be 1.5 ahead of the Tiggers.

I'm worried about this road trip. I'd take 5-4 & be happy.

We are in for a losing night fellas. I put some money on 1.5+ for a Royals win.

We are ****ed now!

Shit. Might as well turn it off then

MLB is blacked out for me.

We're fine, I've got $250 on Royals 83 or more wins, and they won anyway.

Lewdog pick of death

So what, is Cain hurt again or something?

1st inning
 

Top 1st

Aoki grounds out to second
Infante pops out to second
Perez flies out to center

0 runs, 0 hits

Bottom 1st

Santana grounds out to pitcher
Dozier pops out to second
Mauer flies out to left

0 runs, 0 hits

We are only at 66! Anything can happen. Stop counting those chickens before their hatched!!!

4-0 Seattle, Bot 3. Good news, Felix Hernandez pitching tomorrow as well.

Felix against Price tomorrow. That's one to watch!

How much money, if you don't mind me asking?

$10. ROFL

Big spender here! I usually drop just a few small bets at an online sports betting site a few times a week during baseball season. Sometimes I'll go weeks without doing anything though. I'll go bigger for big time championship games or NFL if I get the urge. Or drop some money on a Sunday Night football game I will be watching to give me a rooting interest. Nothing too huge though.

Efficient Duffy today, plz.

Shields for DH!!!1!

What kind of catch was that Omar?

Beautiful.

3 pitches = 2 outs.

The motto tonight for both teams....swing often!

Mariners take a 5-1 lead.

6 pitches in one inning.

That is beautiful. Keep that up Duffman.

Twins are swinging tonight

2nd inning
 

Top 2nd

Butler walks
Gordon singles to center, Butler to second
Willingham strikes out (swinging)
Moustakas lines into a 3-6 double play, Gordon out at second

0 ruins, 1 hit

Bottom 2nd

Vargas lines out to second
Plouffe flies out to left
Suzuki doubles to left
Arcia strikes out (swinging)

0 runs, 1 hit

That was pretty damn efficient. :jester:

Indeed

If Detroit loses, they will be behind Seattle for the 2nd wild card

Can't argue with that. That was about perfect as one can ask for.

Hope he can be consistent.

They may be in freefall the rest of the season

Good AB, Butler.

Dayum.... that some big titties....

When ALex can do that, he's ustoppable

Time to put this scrub in his place.

Willingham... :shake:

Bad pitch to swing at Willy

Come on buck 99....

Bad luck there