*** Official St. Louis Cardinals @ Kansas City Royals Game Thread (5/22) ***
 

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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> STL (27-15) </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
<tr><td> KC (27-14) </td><td> 3 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 2 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> X </td><td> 5 </td><td> </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
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Loss, (3-4) Lance Lynn 6IP 5R 5ER 1BB 4K 2HR
Carlos Villanueva 2IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K

VS.

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Win, (4-0) Chris Young 6IP 0R 0ER 2BB 2K
Franklin Morales 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 0K
Ryan Madson 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 1K
Jason Frasor 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 1K

Home Runs

STL

none

KC

Kendrys Morales, (5) - Bottom 1st 3-run homer to right
Kendrys Morales, (6) - Bottom 3rd 2-run homer to right

AL/NL Central

Final: NYM 1, PIT 4
Final: HOU 2, DET 6
Final: CIN 3, CLE 7
Final: MIL 11, ATL 0
Final: MIN 2, CWS 3
Final / 13: CHC 4, ARI 5

Starting Lineups

STL

1. Kolten Wong, 2B
2. Matt Carpenter, 3B
3. Matt Holliday, DH
4. Matt Adams, 1B
5. Jhonny Peralta, SS
6. Randal Grichuk, LF
7. Yadier Molina, C
8. Jason Heyward, RF
9. Peter Bourjos, CF

KC

1. Alcides Escobar, SS
2. Mike Moustakas, 3B
3. Lorenzo Cain, CF
4. Eric Hosmer, 1B
5. Kendrys Morales, DH
6. Alex Gordon, LF
7. Salvador Perez, C
8. Omar Infante, 2B
9. Paulo Orlando, RF

First

Giggity

Cardinals, prepare thy anuses.




Figuratively. Unless that's what you do in your homes. NTTAWTW

For another 20 hours or so. Then you'll be a half game back of the best team in the majors. :) Reclaim the crown bitches!!!

In. Let's go royals!

Let's rape the red birds!

F*** the Cardinals! :rockon:

Go Royals!

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WELCOME TO OUR NIGHTMARE REDTURDS!

Lil bro

In for anal surprise sex.

I approve of this post.

:thumb:

Prepared for a lot of you got lucky posts after Royal's win 4-0

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BRC started making excuses yesterday...

I don't know anything about Lance Lynn, you Cardinal fans weigh in his strengths and weaknesses that have watched him this season.

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I had tickets given to me for tonight and Sunday. I'd rather see the Astros. I've reached the point where this inter league series needs to end.

Such beautiful memories for my 5 year old self - lets sweep em!!!

He just throws fastballs. 92-94 MPH. It has a natural darting movement. Hitters can't square it up even though they know its coming. He use to have issues with composure but it looks like he has put that behind him.

He will be tough. For whatever reason hitters cant hit that fastball regularly. He can go 7-8 innings with 0 runs and 4 hits. Or if you work the counts and get his pitch count up you can get him out after 5-6 innings with a run or two.

In 2 years he could possibly get a $200 million contract from some team. He has flown under the MLB fan radar but not GM's.

Thanks BRC for your input that's what I was looking for not just a win and loss column and ERA number.

So you're saying we got a chance !

The Astros?....you must live in Arkansas

If he is on, he is one tough pitcher to get to. You can threaten him but, he seems to have this ability to make a pitch when he has to. Several times lately he has loaded the bases with 0 or 1 outs and nothing scored. He just made the perfect pitch.

Part of it is Yadi. He is getting old and you will be able to run on him this weekend. But, his ability to call a game is still the best in the game.

The tag sums up my feeling quite succinctly.

:evil:

Always wanted an older bro named Ferguson.

How have the Giants traditionally done against Lynn? That's probably the best comparison for the Royals' offense. I see he only has two regular season starts against them in the past 3-4 years and two postseason starts. ERA in the 5s, but that's a small sample size.

The Royals will put the ball in play and force defenses to make outs. They won't strike out very often in a men-on situation. Makes it tougher to get out of jams...

Royals 4
Cards 1

In ... rehearsal dinner tonight so I'll be watching on my phone but probably not posting much.

One of these nights Chris Young is going to get got, though (hoping it's not tonight) ... hopefully the irrational Royals guys like Pete aren't going to say things like, "wow Chris Young is a pussy I can't believe he didn't show up tonight in a big game!" ...but I'm sure that'll be the rhetoric

Lynn, Lackey, Wacha
No bitching about the starting pitching from the Cardinals fans. That's their top 3 this weekend.

Young, Duffy, Volquez
Cards are lefty heavy - Duffman better be ready. Other than that, I like the pitching this weekend. Wish we could had Ace in there, but oh well.

if Volquez has his pitches working like he did last time out ... he's a top 10 starter in baseball. Our 'ace' is Volquez.

Ventura gets the nod on Monday. New York and ESPN game. Big stage again, hopefully he rises to the occasion again.

the Royals are playing to the point right now I think they're in for one of their patented runs

I'm thinking 15 out of 20 stretch coming up

they just look damn near unbeatable

Tickets are nearly gone from Royals.com and only 700ish on StubHub. Gonna be a packed house! Let's hope the blue outweighs the red...I'm betting it will.

Cardinals, Yankees, Cubs. Breeze through that and the national media will be a :holdman:

oh cool, just noticed that ESPN picked up our game on Monday to feature as their big memorial day baseball game.

I'll be there in dugout box seats tomorrow. Can't wait!

The 2015 Lynn is not the same Lynn that pitched last year. Those games he let his emotions get the best of him. That happens, you will smoke him fast. But, he is way better this year with maintaining focus.

Hamas or DJ could better explain why a 93-94 mph fastball is having so much success.

Ask any Cardinal fan, I couldn't handle the Lynn with all this talent folding at the first time someone makes an error or doesn't get a call from the ump. I wanted to trade him. Now the 2015 Lynn, if he maintains composure, he could possibly be a #1. He has really turned it around.

Our defense: showin' more agility than cats

Our offense: swingin' away with hot bats

Our pitcher: flashin' them dastardly nasty stats

MLB network picked up the Sunday game as their national game.

I-70 series!

We've seen Volquez a bajillion times.

Sounds a lot like Duffy.

Moose is 3-6 with 2 homers against Lynn.:hmmm:

Gordon is 5-7 with a double and Escobar is 2-6 with a double.

Everyone else in our lineup either has no hits against or hasn't ever faced him.

He's been damn good lately. I think this is what I heard on MLB, 1 earned run in his last 14 innings.

Duffy and Lynn are similar, Duffy probably has better stuff overall. Both should be solid #2s in a rotation.

Would you hold up a CP sign so we can see you ?

If the Lynn shows up that showed up for the last two games he pitched, you are going to be facing a #1. But, thats a big IF.

Last year Duffy's big breakout game was against STL. Hopefully he can get back to that tomorrow.

I'm looking forward to this one. I have a 20 dollar wager on the royals taking the series this weekend. Go blue!

I'm just glad the Duffy start is on my friend's wedding night so I don't have to worry about being sober through it

Its a good bet. We have our 3 best pitchers going but we are playing tired and no way we are as good as our record.

We are playing well just not at our best. The royals are playing great. That will be the edge to turn a game or two this weekend.

Historically, this is the best both teams have been playing when they played each other.

Destroy the birds!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Wolfpack Lineup: Escobar 6, Moustakas 5, Cain 8, Hosmer 3, Morales DH, Gordon 7, Perez 2, Infante 4, Orlando 9, Young 1. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/royals?src=hash">#royals</a></p>&mdash; Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) <a href="https://twitter.com/McCulloughStar/status/601835516569513984">May 22, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/STLCards?src=hash">#STLCards</a> lineup:
Wong 2B
Carpenter 3B
Holliday DH
Adams 1B
Peralta SS
Grichuk LF
Molina C
Heyward RF
Bourjos CF
Lynn P</p>&mdash; STLCardinalBaseball (@STLCardinals01) <a href="https://twitter.com/STLCardinals01/status/601850061685788673">May 22, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Duffy is getting skipped. Volquez and Ventura this weekend now.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Volquez will start tomorrow. Ventura will pitch Sunday.</p>&mdash; Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) <a href="https://twitter.com/McCulloughStar/status/601852555967102976">May 22, 2015</a></blockquote>
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:hmmm:

Whats a wolfpack?

Sore shoulder per McCullogh see the tweet in the Royals thread.

Just our beat writer being our beat writer. He does weird stuff like that all time though. Gets good information though.

Yay!

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That's awesome.

Thank you.

Will be watching this one with my buddies... in ballpark village.

Don't worry I'll be in blue.. and probably dead within the next 3 hours.

In case anyone hasn't caught on to this fact yet, the Cards are VERY familiar with Volquez. VERY FAMILIAR!!!!!!

They've seen his penor? Like that familiar?

VERY FAMILIAR!!!!111111uno1dos

Anybody ever sat in LOGE level before? Got tickets to there tonight for the first time.

Only a bajillion times.

Yeah, great seats and protected from any rain that should fall.

Lineups are out, we're rolling with the usual

Tech N9ne >>> Nelly.

Come at me Catholic school bros!

They should have a rap battle for the 7th inning stretch.

Those are my favorite seats in the stadium. Sat in them for every playoff game...