*** Official Houston Astros @ Kansas City Royals ALDS Game 2 Thread ***
 

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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> HOU </td><td> 1 </td><td> 2 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 4 </td><td> </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
<tr><td> KC </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 2 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> X </td><td> 5 </td><td> </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
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Series Tied, 1-1

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Scott Kazmir 5⅓IP 3R 3ER 1BB 4K 1HR
Oliver Perez 0IP 1R 1ER 1BB 0K
Blown Save Josh Fields ⅔IP 0R 0ER 1BB 2K
Loss Will Harris ⅔IP 1R 1ER 0BB 0K
Tony Sipp ⅔IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Pat Neshek ⅔IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K

VS.

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Johnny Cueto 6IP 4R 4ER 3BB 5K 1HR
Win Kelvin Herrera 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Hold Ryan Madson 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Save Wade Davis 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 1K

Home Runs

HOU

Colby Rasmus - Top 3rd solo shot to center

KC

Salvador Perez - Bottom 2nd solo shot to left

Other Games

Final / 14: TEX 6, TOR 4 - TEX leads, 2-0
Final: CHC 0, STL 4 - STL leads, 1-0
Final: NYM 3, LAD 1 - NYM leads, 1-0

Starting Lineups

HOU

1. Jose Altuve, 2B
2. George Springer, RF
3. Carlos Correa, SS
4. Colby Rasmus, LF
5. Evan Gattis, DH
6. Luis Valbuena, 3B
7. Chris Carter, 1B
8. Jason Castro, C
8. Jed Lowrie, ph
9. Jake Marisnick, CF
9. Preston Tucker, ph
9. Carlos Gomez, pr

KC

1. Alcides Escobar, SS
2. Ben Zobrist, 2B
3. Lorenzo Cain, CF
4. Eric Hosmer, 1B
5. Kendrys Morales, DH
6. Mike Moustakas, 3B
7. Salvador Perez, C
8. Alex Gordon, LF
8. Jarrod Dyson, pr/LF
9. Alex Rios, RF
9. Paulo Orlando, RF

In for the win!

Mojo! #yostseason

Como vs Alnorth.

There can only be one.

Mods please delete thread.

thanks.

This is the One True Thread.

Al North sits through 100s of Royals games carefully curating each thread. He deserves the postseason game threads. CoMo is being a pain in the ass intentionally.

You've lost my respect. You have no imaginary rights. Al has the imaginary rights.

everyone needs to come over to my thread and post as it's the first original game 2 thread.

Como ain't havin it.

CoMo has a micropenis. Poor guy.

rights? lmao

Why the hell are the 2 AL games earlier than the NL? KC has a late game tonight, then must play a game 2 before the NL teams play their games.

What the hell is this shit?

You promised not to tell.

Are you drunk? Or just being a dick for your own amusement?

You started game one. You lost. The unwritten rules say, **** you. You know that. Mojo rules, beeyotch.

One thing is for sure: we must all come together before tomorrow's game.

Oh yeah. We have a lotta pressure. We gotta rise above it. We gotta harness in the good energy, block out the bad.

Harness. Energy. Block. Bad. Feel the flow.

Neither sir.

Are you drunk or are you just being a dick? Seems like you're the one doing all of the insulting.

Come on dude.

???

Just stop being a jerk. You are flirting with a ban and I don't want to see you get banned. Don't be that guy.

Please and thank you.

Love,
eDave

Cueto's got this tomorrow.

If the Royals win (and assuming the mods delete the other garbage), alnorth has to make every thread from here on. Even if they aren't updated, wtf cares. No bigger Royals fan on this board.

Unless someone else starts a thread first.

always been that way.

carry on...

I'm not doing anything wrong. You're just whining.

You don't want to see him get banned?

Are you some sort of Puritan sent forward in time? Do you deny yourself all earthly pleasures?

You know what is really sad, CoMo has posted more in this thread than entire game thread from Game 1.

fyp

Como is the reason the gene pool needs a lifeguard

CoMo logged out so that he could stand out in center field and tip pitches for the Astros in game 1.

How's that sad?

The game was over when this thread was made.

I was busy watching the game with a couple friends so I wasn't online but for maybe a few mins throughout the night...what were you doing?

I posted in royals thread numerous times throughout the season.

feel free to search yourself.

*** Official Houston Astros @ Kansas City Royals ALDS Game 2 Thread ***
 

I'm for having a temporary ban on CoMo. He posted the thread at exactly 12:00am, to be a wise guy, after losing game one. Bad mojo.

Everyone knows what ever CoMo touches or predicts turns into a loss.

Stop it.

I'm for having a temporary ban on Silock, too. [emoji23][emoji97]

Not you. CoMo.

A descent person in this situation would ask the mods to delete her thread.

Especially someone who follows so many GDT's. You know the playoff thread etiquette. And if you don't, ask. I did.

Not you though.

Good night Sir!

Mods could have easily deleted my thread the same time they decided to screw around w/ my profile. It's up to them.

Congrats for you asking though. I really don't care enough to ask. Nor is it not that big of a deal to begin with. Love to watch CP members freak out over some of the dumbest shit. LMAO

It is dumb shit. But it's our dumb shit. :harumph:

In for the season saving win, but probably booted before 1st pitch.

I fear if we don't win this game we go out quietly. We better win this! We have an ace going against a pitcher who has been absolute garbage for a while now . There is no reason to lose. I am confident we knock Kazmir out early but we better score the knockout runs before they get a chance to pull him.

They really shouldn't be starting him, honestly. I am thinking they feel pressure to do it since they traded for him mid season.

Go ROYALS







**** the CoMosexuals thread

You don't have to worry about his dumb ass in this thread anymore.

Thanks for taking care of the douchebag.

Not a problem. For whatever reason he went full attention whore.

There's a game 2?!

Sweet.

My apologies for the loss. I'll take the blame for that last night. Will make up for it at game 2. I got this one!

Mods, please delete this mother ****er.

THANKS

Put me down for Johnny Beisbol and that winning shimmy

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Bob Dole deleted the douchebag thread about 4am.

Wow I thought we were eliminated last night.

A new hope......

We need good Johnny Cueto now more than ever

This is probably obvious, but if we lose this game, we're toast.

Feel free to go fist yourself.

Need this one. Let's go!

IN FOR THE WIN

Anyone got a good go to stream site? Stuck at work ffff.....

ROFL

IDK why but this made me laugh.

We are slight favorites today at -135. I think we were -137 yesterday at this time.

Yesterday you could watch the Toronto game on the Fox Sports app. You might be able to watch it on their web site by signing in with your cable provider.

Leaving for the K now, but just popping in to say WE ****ING GOT THIS!!!

Get excited! It's baseball with the Royals!

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Back at it today. Hopefully we can right some wrongs, make some plays, and win this one. Not easy!

It will be with Kaz on the mound. He's been the worst pitcher on the staff the last 7-8 weeks or so. I cant believe A.J. is gonna stick with him b/c there are better options.

Why do i feel like we are already bounced from the playoffs?
I never felt like we were in the game last night. I don't know why.

Kazmir owned us when he was with the A's earlier this year, though, so he shouldn't be underestimated.

Because its funny - and the obvious truth. Which is why I cant believe how negative so many Royals fans were on the game 1 thread. The Royals, who are the best team in the AL, only lost one game - they get another chance today at home. The season is not over.

My shoes are still wet!

Must win game this afternoon.

Yep. If we even want a chance at moving on, Cueto has to go out there and deal.

Thats the only reason I think Hinch is starting him. Deal is, he's not the same. He's not even the same pitcher he was when he first joined the Astros. I bet he wont last 4 innings.

Because it felt like we were playing our 2014 postseason selves.

Huge game today.

Today is the reason the Royals traded for Johnny Cueto. If he pitches as he is capable of pitching and brings home a win, I think you can forget about/forgive the stumble in August.

Win today, and the series becomes manageable again. You're probably going down 2-1 in Houston in Game 3, with Keuchel on the mound, but with Ventura in Game 4 and Cueto again in Game 5, KC will be set up to put its best foot forward.

Side note, somewhat related to Cueto: I noticed a few pitches yesterday where Ventura seemed to be experiencing the same problem that Cueto had with Perez ... Perez would call for a pitch low-and-away, then not move his glove to that spot until after Ventura started his wind-up, with the ball ending up in the spot his glove was in before he moved it. Could be random, but I do wonder how many pitchers are bothered by that.

On pinetar press or royals review there was analysis showing the heart of the Astros order was very good at hitting curveballs, but way below average at hitting four seam fastballs. A lot of the singles in the first yesterday were against Ventura's curve.

Yep- lots of national critics are saying the Royals are in deep trouble. Royals just don't seem to play with any spark since the All Star break. Many think they will be swept in 3 games. :deevee:

Astros look better in every way. :(

I think expectations were unreasonable-we swept through the playoffs last year-and most did not expect them to come out and play like shit.

I guess we will find out very soon if they will start playing with some urgency and passion again.

Because we lost the exact same way other teams lost to us in the playoffs last year.

We don't have that small ball edge anymore. We're now the idiot team that tries to swing for the fences every pitch instead of just worrying about getting dudes on base pushing them along through bunts, sacrifices, and steals. And then we throw our arms up in exasperation when a good outfield catches our shit when we put it in play.

It's exactly why if Cueto isn't nails tonight, we're ****ing toast. Even with Kazmir's struggles, the Astros still have one hell of an edge both in play on the field and in terms of the Royals needing to win 3 of the next four..

We won th WC game by stealing at will on John Lester who was psychologically unable to throw to first base.

What playoff/WS game did we win with small ball?

We won the LDS with the long ball.

I'm against 5-game series. I'd rather not have the WC games, and all 7-game series. If you lose game one, it makes it so difficult. Now you have to win 3 of 4.

I would imagine, we were at 57% to win the series before it started, now we are probably at 22%. Just because of one game.

On 610 this morning they said the game loser goes on to win the series 31% of the time.

I still think the Astros are making a mistake in starting Kazmir. I know he has done well against us in the past but I don't think he is Danks.

I am wondering if part of their decision is based on the fact that they traded for him and feel like he has to get a start. I am glad they are doing it though because I think we will get him out of there quickly and up big.

time for Cueto to show his worth ... to this I have little faith