*** Official Kansas City Royals @ Houston Astros Game Thread (6/29) ***

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC (44-29)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0
HOU (45-34)	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	X	6	7	0

Loss, (2-1) Joe Blanton 2⅔IP 5R 5ER 4BB 2K 1HR
Brandon Finnegan 3⅓IP 1R 1ER 2BB 2K 1HR
Luke Hochevar 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Jason Frasor 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 2K

VS.



Win, (4-2) Lance McCullers 7IP 1R 1ER 2BB 6K 1HR
Joe Thatcher ⅔IP 0R 0ER 1BB 0K
Will Harris 1⅓IP 0R 0ER 1BB 0K

Home Runs

KC

Salvador Perez, (13) - Top 7th solo shot to left

HOU

Jose Altuve, (7) - Bottom 3rd solo shot to left
Chris Carter, (14) - Bottom 5th solo shot to center

AL Central

Final: CLE 7, TB 1
Final: MIN 7, CIN 11

Starting Lineups

KC

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

HOU

1. George Springer, CF
2. Jose Altuve, 2B
3. Carlos Correa, SS
4. Luis Valbuena, 3B
5. Chris Carter, 1B
6. Jon Singleton, DH
7. Preston Tucker, LF
8. Domingo Santana, RF
9. Jason Castro, C

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by baitism

Should have done that sooner.

Before the 3rd inning?



You are terrible at understanding baseball.

[eDave]

Originally Posted by alnorth

eh, well it doesn't count if its just a couple random stones thrown

Usual suspects

[petegz28]

i think we've checked out for the game

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by lewdog

Before the 3rd inning?



You are terrible at understanding baseball.

I have bad news for you. You just woke up from a 3 month coma, this is game 4 of the ALDS.

[baitism]

Originally Posted by lewdog

Before the 3rd inning?



You are terrible at understanding baseball.

Actually, you are. You base things on the score or the inning. Anyone with a brain could see he wasn't fooling any hitters and he was mentally flustered. Why not put Finnegan in at 3-0 which still gives the Royals a chance. 5-0 is a much more difficult hill to climb.

[C3HIEF3S]

Originally Posted by alnorth

I have bad news for you. You just woke up from a 3 month coma, this is game 4 of the ALDS.

If I didn't know any better, that's what the GDT's feel like.






But only when we're losing.

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by alnorth

eh, well it doesn't count if its just a couple random stones thrown

Hardly that.. It's just another case seeing that Blanton was toast before some others. The smoke from the walks was the first smoke-sign. Now, if the bats can get to this pitcher, we'll see if we can scare them a bit, but right now we're the guy on the left:

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by alnorth

I have bad news for you. You just woke up from a 3 month coma, this is game 4 of the ALDS.

Play everyday like it's your last!!!!!

Originally Posted by baitism

Actually, you are. You base things on the score or the inning. Anyone with a brain could see he wasn't fooling any hitters and he was mentally flustered. Why not put Finnegan in at 3-0 which still gives the Royals a chance. 5-0 is a much more difficult hill to climb.

You can't play every ****ing game like it's your last. You can't assume Finnegan does something much different than Blanton.

Find one person that agrees with you.
Go ahead, I'll wait.

[petegz28]

blanton was fine until he didn't get a call then his skirt got all twisted in his pantyhose

[Chiefs Pantalones]

Six Astros players have reached base. Just one has a batting average better than .250. Three of them are .215 or worse. Astros are frauds. Oh, Joe Blanton.

Anywho, sup Cueto? How you doin' girl? How about you, Sale? Looking good.

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by petegz28

blanton was fine until he didn't get a call then his skirt got all twisted in his pantyhose

yeah, in retrospect, the umpire kinda F'd his mind up a bit. Oh, well

[baitism]

Originally Posted by lewdog

Play everyday like it's your last!!!!!



You can't play every ****ing game like it's your last. You can't assume Finnegan does something much different than Blanton.

Find one person that agrees with you.
Go ahead, I'll wait.

What is the downside to pitching Finnegan? He hasn't thrown in two weeks. Why not put him in a long-distance situation and get him some work. Unless of course, you think Joe Blanton is the future of your franchise.

[Al Bundy]

Originally Posted by petegz28

blanton was fine until he didn't get a call then his skirt got all twisted in his pantyhose

Seems that was a bit of a turning point.

[petegz28]

they've taken more walk this game than we have this month

[eDave]

Originally Posted by baitism

What is the downside to pitching Finnegan? He hasn't thrown in two weeks. Why not put him in a long-distance situation and get him some work. Unless of course, you think Joe Blanton is the future of your franchise.

Then you get into the bullpen too early.