*** Official Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers Game Thread (5/9) ***

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC (19-11)	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	13	1
DET (19-12)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	9	1

Win, (2-2) Jeremy Guthrie 7⅓IP 2R 2ER 1BB 3K
Luke Hochevar ⅔IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Greg Holland 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

VS.



Loss, (2-4) Anibal Sanchez 6IP 6R 5ER 3BB 2K 1HR
Blaine Hardy 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Al Alburquerque 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Joba Chamberlain 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K

Home Runs

KC

Alcides Escobar, (1) - Top 1st solo shot to left, on the first pitch of the game

DET

none

AL Central

Final: MIN 7, CLE 4
Final (Game 1): CIN 10, CWS 4
Final (Game 2): CIN 2, CWS 8

Starting Lineups

KC

1. Alcides Escobar, SS
2. Lorenzo Cain, CF
3. Eric Hosmer, 1B
4. Kendrys Morales, DH
5. Alex Gordon, LF
6. Omar Infante, 2B
7. Christian Colon, 3B
8. Jarrod Dyson, RF
9. Drew Butera, C

DET

1. Anthony Gose, CF
2. Ian Kinsler, 2B
3. Miguel Cabrera, 1B
4. Victor Martinez, DH
5. Yoenis Cespedes, LF
6. J.D. Martinez, RF
7. Nick Castellanos, 3B
8. James McCann, C
9. Andrew Romine, SS
9. Rajai Davis, ph

[Hootie]

ha! Two insane OF's with insane range had no idea who should go for that one. Can't fault them there. Almost made an incredible play. At least it looked athletic as opposed to the October Aoki miracle

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

Guthrie should pitch today until his arm falls off ... or the Tigers get within 3.

Love to see him go at least 8.

naw, I'm bringing davis and holland in

[Bl00dyBizkitz]

I would pull Guts here. They're starting to really drive the ball now, worried that lead could disappear really quickly.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

ha! Two insane OF's with insane range had no idea who should go for that one. Can't fault them there. Almost made an incredible play. At least it looked athletic as opposed to the October Aoki miracle

i think dyson ****ed that up but whatever

[C3HIEF3S]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

ha! Two insane OF's with insane range had no idea who should go for that one. Can't fault them there. Almost made an incredible play. At least it looked athletic as opposed to the October Aoki miracle

Yeah, no one should be too upset over that. That was amusing if anything.
Guts needs to get through one more inning at least.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by Bl00dyBizkitz

I would pull Guts here. They're starting to really drive the ball now, worried that lead could disappear really quickly.

yea 2 solid hits, one that almost went yard. I'm definitely not letting him face the top of the order again after that unless we tack some on

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by C3HIEF3S

Yeah, no one should be too upset over that. That was amusing if anything.
Guts needs to get through one more inning at least.

I think cain has that if dyson isn't in the way

[C3HIEF3S]

All you guys do is complain about how our starters don't get us innings. Now we're up 4 runs and Guthrie is at what 85 pitches going into the 7th and you're not at least letting him start the inning?

[petegz28]

swing the bat, gordon, ffs, it's not against the rules

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by C3HIEF3S

All you guys do is complain about how our starters don't get us innings. Now we're up 4 runs and Guthrie is at what 85 pitches going into the 7th and you're not at least letting him start the inning?

our pen tends to do better when they start an inning clean, for whatever reason

[milkman]

Originally Posted by petegz28

I think cain has that if dyson isn't in the way

But you can't lay blame on Dyson for attempting to make a play.

That's one time when speed doesn't pay dividends.

[Blankey]

What the hell...

[tk13]

Hey look, Hootie's back to pick a fight in a 6-1 game.

Nothing I said was inaccurate. I said the same things last year. He can't blow guys away, which is why he has to locate and needs this defense behind him. His changeup is much better after working with Shields for two years. That's what turned him into an effective pitcher. Go back and watch September last year, it was really moving like an old Greg Maddux changeup, and that's when he was performing really well. Of course he's a #4 or 5 starter. He just has to keep the ball down.

[baitism]

One out. Why the hell would you run there?

[petegz28]

wtf did you send him??? god damn we have the most idiotic 3rd base coach in baseball