*** Official Kansas City Royals @ Arizona Diamondbacks Game Thread (8/5) ***
 

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Alex Gordon becomes the 10th player to reach 1,000 hits while playing for the Kansas City Royals

Norichika Aoki hits his first Grand Slam of his MLB career.

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

Win, (6-10) Danny Duffy 5IP 1R 1ER 1BB 7K
Jason Frasor 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 1K
Francisley Bueno 2IP 1R 1ER 0BB 1K
Aaron Crow 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K

VS.

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

Loss, (7-8) Wade Miley 4⅔IP 10R 10ER 3BB 4K 2HR
Bo Schultz 4⅓IP 2R 2ER 0BB 1K 1HR

Home Runs

KC

Salvador Perez, (13) - Top 3rd 3-run homer to center
Billy Butler, (6) - Top 5th 3-run homer to center
Norichika Aoki, (1) - Top 5th Grand Slam to right

ARI

none

Other Relevant Games

Final / 12: DET 4, NYY 3
Final: BAL 9, TOR 3
Final: ATL 2, SEA 4

Starting Lineups

KC

1. Norichika Aoki, RF
2. Omar Infante, 2B
3. Salvador Perez, C
4. Billy Butler, 1B
5. Alex Gordon, LF
6. Lorenzo Cain, CF
7. Mike Moustakas, 3B
8. Alcides Escobar, SS
9. Danny Duffy, P
9. Jason Frasor, P
9. Raul Ibanez, ph
9. Francisley Bueno, P
9. Aaron Crow, P

ARI

1. Ender Inciarte, CF
2. Jordan Pacheco, 1B
3. Aaron Hill, 2B
3. Didi Gregorius, 2B
4. Mark Trumbo, LF
5. Miguel Montero, C
5. Tuffy Gosewisch, C
6. Alfredo Marte, RF
6. Bo Schultz, P
6. David Peralta, ph
7. Andy Marte, 3B
8. Nick Ahmed, SS
9. Wade Miley, P
9. Roger Kieschnick, RF

I was 5 seconds away from starting this thread. Whew...pressures off.

Awww I missed my chance.

Nothing new there.

According to McCullough and Mellinger, Yost said he might use James Shields as a pinch-hitter to get through the pitcher spot since we only have 3 bench players (including the backup catcher) and he's our best-hitting pitcher.

Its unclear if he's joking.

So... if I understand this...

8 guys (minus pitcher) on the field, plus 3 bench players = 11 INF/OF/C, which means that the Royals are either carrying 13 or 14 pitchers, am I not mistaken?

I guess its 4 bench guys if you count the backup catcher, but its really risky to play him. But yeah, we're carrying 13 pitchers.

May the Royals give Duff some run support tonight. :grovel:

How in the hell can you be 5-10 with a 2.42 ERA? That simply does not compute.

Yankees up 1.

According to the preview piece on espn, he has gotten 8 runs of support in his last eight games.

Kansas City's Danny Duffy (5-10, 2.42 ERA) is 2-5 with a 1.74 ERA in his last nine starts, and received just eight runs of support in the last eight. Three of those came while he went 0-3 with a 2.01 ERA in five July outings, but none in the last two.

:eek:

Well, he has had the terrible misfortune of matching up with Kershaw, Kluber(x2), and Anibal(x2).

It doesn't get much more brutal than that.

Yeah, that's just dumb to carry 13 pitchers. One pitcher has to go to either Omaha or DFA'ed in order to get some bench and/or a bat.

Pitching isn't the problem for the Royals, IMHO. It's the offense.

Tigers need to get their ass in gear. We need them to beat the teams for us in the Wildcard race. We can take care of them when we play them.

This matter seems to be split among us on whether we want the Yankees to win or the Tigers to win.

We have to wait another hour for the game to start. YAY west coast!