*** Official Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals Game Thread (8/26) ***
 

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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> H </td><td> E </td></tr>
<tr> <td> MIN (58-73) </td> <td> 0 </td> <td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 5 </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
<tr> <td> KC (73-58) </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> 2 </td><td> 2 </td><td> 5 </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
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Ricky Nolasco 7IP 0R 0ER 1BB 6K
Hold, (13) Jared Burton 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Blown Save, (5); Loss, (3-1) Glen Perkins 0IP 2R 2ER 0BB 0K 1HR

VS.

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Danny Duffy 6⅔IP 1R 1ER 2BB 4K
Kelvin Herrera 1⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Win, (7-2) Wade Davis 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

Home Runs

MIN

none

KC

Alex Gordon, (16) - Bottom 9th 2-run walk-off homer to right

Other Relevant Games

Final: TB 2, BAL 4
Final: NYY 2, DET 5
9:10 pm, TEX @ SEA

Starting Lineups

MIN

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

KC

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

Why is Raul Ibanez still on our roster?

I understand why we picked him up, we were desperate for a bat and hoped he could turn it around late, but now we have Willingham. There is no reason why Ibanez should be starting.

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Best game thread starter EVAR.

Holding Hosmer's spot.

Raul should be cut but he can wait I guess until FauxHawk returns

You are late to that argument:D

I feel ya, Brother. I do.

Yeah Willingham should be starting every game.

Amazes me that Ned really started him 2 games over Willingham

Ibanez will be here the rest of the season, especially since its close to the September call up time. He should only be used if he has the splits that warrant him being played ie if he is known to rake against a certain pitcher. I think he has had a presence in the clubhouse though.

2 consecutive games in which we lost, and scored a combined 2 ****ing runs! Ned needs to stop over-thinking the righty lefty shit with Ibanez and just play Willingham. If he wants to PH Ibanez against a Righty late in the game, fine. But, enough of this shit already. FFS

They both went 0-2 yesterday to be fair

Don't care. Willingham has been swinging a productive bat. He needs to play and Ibanez needs more time on the bench.

Gotcha. For a moment I thought you were blaming Raul for the offense yesterday despite going 0-2 like Josh also did

Ricky Nolasco is really shitty. Chances are, he's throwing a shutout.