*** Official Detroit Tigers @ Kansas City Royals Game Thread (8/11) ***
 

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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> DET (54-59) </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> 4 </td><td> 1 </td></tr>
<tr><td> KC (68-44) </td><td> 2 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 3 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> X </td><td> 6 </td><td> 9 </td><td> 1 </td></tr>
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Yordano Ventura ties his season high in strikeouts and his career high in walks

http://mlb.mlb.com/images/logos/80x80/det.png

Loss, (10-10) Anibal Sanchez 5⅓IP 5R 5ER 1BB 4K 3HR
Neftali Feliz ⅔IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Al Alburquerque 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Tom Gorzelanny 1IP 1R 0ER 1BB 1K

VS.

http://mlb.mlb.com/images/logos/80x80/kc.png

Win, (7-7) Yordano Ventura 6IP 0R 0ER 6BB 8K
Franklin Morales ⅓IP 1R 1ER 1BB 0K
Save, (1) Luke Hochevar 2⅔IP 0R 0ER 0BB 3K

Home Runs

DET

none

KC

Eric Hosmer, (12) - Bottom 1st 2-run homer to left
Lorenzo Cain, (12) - Bottom 6th solo shot to left
Mike Moustakas, (11) - Bottom 6th 2-run homer to center

Starting Lineups

DET

1. Anthony Gose, CF
1. Rajai Davis, ph/CF
2. Jose Iglesias, SS
3. Ian Kinsler, 2B
4. Victor Martinez, DH
5. J.D. Martinez, RF
6. Tyler Collins, LF
7. James McCann, C
8. Jefry Marte, 1B
9. Andrew Romine, 3B

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
7. Drew Butera, C
8. Paulo Orlando, RF
9. Jarrod Dyson, LF

Lets Go ROYALS.

I'll be in the Diamond Club, so win or lose it's gonna be a fun night

Vegas likes our chances. Royals -140

51 games left this season. I'd guess we will be favored in about 35 of them.

It's funny to think back just a couple of years ago and remember how bad we were as a franchise. If there was a player with a no trade clause...even if there were only 3-5 teams on it...you pretty much assumed that we were on it. How depressing was it to know that players wrote into their contracts the right to not play for the Royals?

I don't think we should be favored tonight. My money would be on the Tigers.

No Rios or Infante on tonights lineup, will edit this post when I embed

edit:
Zobrist at 2b, Orlando in rf, Dyson on left
@GrindersLive: #Royals lineup vs Tigers: Escobar; Zobrist; Cain; Hosmer; Morales; Moustakas; Perez; Orlando; Dyson

Wouldn't it be nice if Yordano snapped back into Game 6 form tonight?

Not really liking our chances tonight but it'd be awesome if this lineup proved me wrong. I'm ecstatic we have a guy as flexible as Zobrist.

We only get 5 more wins for the rest of the season :(

We traded Infante with Dyson and Rios with Orlando ... What's not to like?

Wish I could watch Zobrist at 2nd base.