*** Official Kansas City Royals @ Oakland Athletics Game Thread (6/28) ***
 

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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 (44-28) </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 3 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 2 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 5 </td><td> </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
<tr><td> OAK (34-44) </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 2 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 3 </td><td> </td><td> 2 </td></tr>
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Win, (6-5) Jeremy Guthrie 6IP 2R 2ER 1BB 7K
Hold, (4) Franklin Morales 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Hold, (12) Kelvin Herrera 1IP 1R 1ER 0BB 1K
Save, (9) Wade Davis 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K

VS.

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Loss, (4-7) Jesse Chavez 5⅔IP 3R 3ER 2BB 4K
Fernando Rodriguez 1⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Edward Mujica 1IP 2R 2ER 0BB 1K 1HR
Fernando Abad 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K

Home Runs

KC

Salvador Perez, (12) - Top 8th 2-run homer to left

OAK

none

AL Central

Final: CWS 4, DET 5
Final: MIN 3, MIL 5
Final (Game 1): CLE 0, BAL 4
Final (Game 2): CLE 0, BAL 8

Starting Lineups

KC

1. Alcides Escobar, SS
1. Christian Colon, SS
2. Mike Moustakas, 3B
3. Kendrys Morales, 1B
4. Eric Hosmer, DH
4. Lorenzo Cain, ph/DH
5. Salvador Perez, C
6. Alex Gordon, LF
7. Alex Rios, RF
8. Omar Infante, 2B
9. Jarrod Dyson, CF

OAK

1. Billy Burns, CF
2. Eric Sogard, SS
2. Marcus Semien, ph/SS
3. Stephen Vogt, C
4. Ben Zobrist, 2B
5. Josh Reddick, RF
6. Billy Butler, DH
7. Ike Davis, 1B
8. Max Muncy, 3B
9. Sam Fuld, LF

Would be nice to win today, but it'd be a lie to say the A's didn't have the pitching matchup in their favor today.

I have a feeling that we own this guy today.

Another Guthrie start. How many more are we going to give him?

We don't exactly have a bunch of healthy pitchers just waiting to step in. Hopefully we will in a week or two.

I'm not ready to give up on Guthrie just yet, I know he capable of giving us a good start

Just following the game threads throughout the season, it seems that Guthrie gives 2 to 3 good starts, then blows up for a game, followed by 2 to 3 good starts.

He's actually fairly consistent with his inconsistency.

Sounds like a #5 starter to me. Truly, as #5's go, he's not that bad.

Exactly. In his last nine starts he has an era of 5.54. If you take out the blow up Yankees game his ERA his 3.5 in that same time span and that still includes his last start in which he gave up 6 runs.

We are 8-6 in his starts this season. We are 5-4 in his last 9 starts. In two of those losses we lost 2-1 and 3-2. There is not really any reason to complain about that out of your number five starter.

Cain out of the lineup, tweaked his hammy yesterday.

Medlen to Omaha for his next rehab start. 75 pitches.

@McCulloughStar: All Your Favorite Bands Lineup: Escobar 6, Moustakas 5, Morales DH, Hosmer 3, Perez 2, Gordon 7, Rios 9, Infante 4, Dyson 8, Guthrie 1.

No, no. Every other #5 in baseball has a 3.2 ERA and a 1.1 WHIP and tosses 220 innings a year.

When do we start worrying about Cain?

Now would be as good a time as any.

Depends on how much worrying you like to do in general. If you don't feel alive unless you are worrying about something that will spell doom for the Royals, then go for it. If you prefer to wait until there's a significant chance that we have a problem, then it is probably early to worry about Cain's health.

We usually don't hit guys like Jesse Chavez very well but we'll see

Not that it has bearing on today's game, but this has been an interesting series in that we beat Hahn who had been red hot and homered 2x when he doesn't give up homers, then beat Kazmir at home and Kazmir's era at home is was close to 1. If there was ever a game to hit Chavez well, maybe this is it.

Detroit getting pounded again. If they were smart, they would be sellers at the deadline. That team as we know it, is done for. It's only gonna get worse for them next year, when everyone is a year older.

Price getting hit hard by the ChiSux. 4-0

White Sux up 4-0 on the Tiggers.

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Maybe J.D. Martinez will share his "new swing" (read: Steroids) with Nick Castellanos and help them pull out of it.

lol. I'm not sure even 'roids could save Castellanos.

I still cant quite understand why Detroit is so bad, they have great hitters in Cabrera and Martinez. Price and Simon are pitching well enough, Annibal Sanchez has some bad luck. I guess the Verlander injury doesnt help him.

I still think they make a run

Giving Kacie the shocker?

Tight ass?

Most of the rest of their lineup hasn't done much, their bullpen is terrible, Verlander seems about done. I honestly don't think they have much of a run in them. I don't think their gonna Phillies out or anything but they'll strictly be in play for the 2nd WC, if that.

Verlander and Victor Martinez are stuck in some nice contracts too.. well nice for anyone but the Tigers.

Their offense is VERY reliant on power from Cabrera and JD Martinez.

Anthony Gose has fallen off quite a bit, and Rajai Davis is still just a short-side platoon guy.

Castellanos is horrible. Victor Martinez is not the same. Kinsler is not having a good year. Iglesias has a good BA and is a solid player, but his lack of SB ability limits that impact a little bit.

So if Cabrera and Martinez aren't crushing the ball, they struggle to score.

The bullpen remains a dumpster fire. And the rotation is not covering up mistakes like it could a year ago. Price has been great, but no one else in that rotation has been consistent (Simon and Greene were great early and bad late, Sanchez was awful early and a little better recently).

Did big Bill manage to make it in the lineup this time?
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Country Breakfast Bowl day. Greg Holland says he already ate out of his. The closer joins me at 2:30 on Royals Live. <a href="http://t.co/CK4hTQAT1c">pic.twitter.com/CK4hTQAT1c</a></p>&mdash; Joel Goldberg (@goldbergkc) <a href="https://twitter.com/goldbergkc/status/615239435005788160">June 28, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Shit, Butler's bowl at home is practically 3x bigger than that flimsy bowl.

In for the sweep maybe?

Are the A's still mentally fragile and fearing the Royals????

God, those A's uni's are awful. Look like a beer league softball team.

Maybe...

On another note..I went to a D-Backs game while I was down there. Let me say that has to be one of the shittiest fields I have ever seen. There was more dead grass in RF than live grass. Whoever takes care of the turf there should be fired.

Tigers just won in walk of fashion.

The ****ing White Sox blew a 4-0 lead and lost to Detroit on a walk off HR.

No ****ing way.

I hate the Chisox. Greasy bunch of pants wetters.

I've only ever been to early season Dbacks games when usually the roof is open and last August with the Royals in town. Grass looked fine in August. Wonder what's up?

Ew, why is Morales batting 3rd? 5th is his spot

P.S. I know Cain is out today

How come these dudes all need pills to get a boner? Their wives are all going to be servicing the pool boy....

And the Twins are winning 1-0

Hoz has a bad finger, so he's DHing today. Morales can play first OK. Give Hoz a little break. I would have set him out, let Salvy DH and play the backup catcher, but that's just me.

Jeff ****ing Samadzija blew it of course. What a pile of shit that guy is.

Yup. Single, walk, single, HBP and a 3 run double in the 8th, them McCann homered in the 9th to win it.

The White Sox are my most hated AL Central team. Even when I want those south side criminal bastards to win, they can't help me out.

Yes, this.

you got to be bleeping kidding me /hawk

If Butera and Dyson were in the lineup with no Hosmer, this thread wouldn't have gotten past 3 posts without someone saying, "welp Ned with the white flag lineup today".

I guess the A's sat Lawrie so we couldn't throw at his ****ing head right before leaving town...

There goes the no-hitter

You bitch about that but not Escobar batting 1st when he should bat like 7th, and Gordon batting 6th when he should bat 1, 2 or 3?

I've said in the past I don't like Escobar leading off either. I'm fine with gordon batting 3rd as well.

Voght was unhappy he went all Salvy Perez and swung at garbage.

Lol, there goes the PG rating to this game as well.

There you go Guts

Guthrie looks pretty hittable today. I'd get Madsen ready around the 3rd....

Alright, get some runs now. :thumb:

Have we spotted them a run yet? That seems to be the new norm.

This Lee's Summit Honda Chick: When she smiles and says "We treat you like family." Are you buying that smile? You think she means it? And Cheryl Bass in the Cable Dahmer Chevy: Her mascara is scary. She looks like she's been dead for a few days.

Careful with that, people around here don't like going to our interchangable put-them-in-any-situation-and-it-works bullpen

FWIW, Mil and Min tied at 1.

Royals give away a Moose flying over the railing bobble head.
A's have "Hello Kitty" Bobble heads.

This is another example of how much they suck.

You're gonna have to provide photos of this.

Brews tie the Twinks at 1 in the 8th

Hard to imagine us winning this game to be honest. I just don't have a lot of confidence in Guthrie.

It's a failure pile in a sadness bowl...

One thing about billy he married a homely chick and seems to love his family.

4 pitch walk to Butler???? :facepalm: DP please

Looks like the Salvador Perez from playing everyday is starting early.

Don't bother google imaging Billy's wife....she's a dog.

Chris Getz has a hot wife. He married way outta his league.

**** the swing.. it was a strike right down the pipe. Ump..damn

Guthrie is pitching better now. Hopefully he can get into a groove.

Ump was distracted when I mentioned Chris Getz' wife...

A's meltdown

She is a disgusting gold digging whore as all athletes wives and girlfriends are /Clay

Chris Getz wife......

oh my...

Way to get pissed and strike out the side Jgut! :thumb:

Chevy, Ford, Kia, Honda, Subaru, where's Jan, the Toyota chick?