*** Official Boston Red Sox @ Kansas City Royals Game Thread (6/19) ***

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS (30-39)	0	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	7	16	0
KC (38-26)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	10	1

Win, (3-1) Eduardo Rodriguez 6⅓IP 1R 1ER 1BB 5K
Alexi Ogando ⅔IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Robbie Ross Jr. 1IP 1R 1ER 1BB 1K 1HR
Steven Wright 1IP 1R 1ER 0BB 0K

VS.



Loss, (0-2) Yohan Pino 5⅓IP 6R 6ER 1BB 0K 1HR
Brandon Finnegan 2⅔IP 1R 1ER 2BB 2K
Luke Hochevar 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

Home Runs

BOS

Hanley Ramirez, (14) - Top 5th solo shot to center

KC

Eric Hosmer, (8) - Bottom 8th solo shot blasted to deep center

AL Central

Final: DET 2, NYY 7
Final: TB 4, CLE 1
Final: CHC 2, MIN 7
Final: TEX 2, CWS 1

Starting Lineups

BOS

1. Brock Holt, 2B
2. Mookie Betts, CF
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Hanley Ramirez, LF
4. Rusney Castillo, RF
5. Xander Bogaerts, SS
6. Pablo Sandoval, 3B
7. Mike Napoli, 1B
8. Alejandro De Aza, RF/LF
9. Blake Swihart, C

KC

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

[Hootie]

Pino is the same guy as Blanton / Guthrie / Vargas / Young to an extent.

As long as he throws strikes and keeps the ball in the yard, our defense will make him look a lot better than he is.

If our offense scores 4 or 5 runs, we should be ok. Fortunately, our offense is on a nice little hot streak right now.

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by Amnorix

Worst $175 million or whatever the hell team evah! Pretty amazing that with the payroll they have had they have flat out sucked for 3 out of the last 4 years. That fourth year though -- go figure how the hell that happened...

The same team that tried "closer by committee" thought "Hey, we don't need a #1 or #2 starter. We can win with a bunch of #4s and #5s. We'll just pay them like aces, and that'll do the trick."

You've got to love that sort of stubbornness.

[Hootie]

hey Patriots bundle of stickss ...

go talk about your Boston teams on a Boston board

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

Pino is the same guy as Blanton / Guthrie / Vargas / Young to an extent.

As long as he throws strikes and keeps the ball in the yard, our defense will make him look a lot better than he is.

If our offense scores 4 or 5 runs, we should be ok. Fortunately, our offense is on a nice little hot streak right now.

I actually like Pino a little bit more than Blanton/Guthrie/Vargas from a talent prospective ... He has looked to have pretty good raw stuff in the outings I've seen this year. Good breaking pitch and good fastball command.

[KurtCobain]

Originally Posted by Amnorix

Worst $175 million or whatever the hell team evah! Pretty amazing that with the payroll they have had they have flat out sucked for 3 out of the last 4 years. That fourth year though -- go figure how the hell that happened...

Take that crap somewhere else. In a ****ing heartbeat would i take an actual championship surrounded by three shitty seasons compared to the championships my teams have never won in my lifetime.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

I actually like Pino a little bit more than Blanton/Guthrie/Vargas from a talent prospective ... He has looked to have pretty good raw stuff in the outings I've seen this year. Good breaking pitch and good fastball command.

But by them mentioning how overpaid the Boston roster is, we can then bring up the fact they owe Rick Porcello $25 million/year for the next 4 years.

Yup. That's right. That bum Porcello got a $100 million contract.

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

hey Patriots pillowbitergots ...

go talk about your Boston teams on a Boston board

Given that this is a Red Sox/Royals thread, and the Red Sox are a Boston team, this is weak trolling, even for you.

Oh, and, Hootie.....



Have a great day.

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

But by them mentioning how overpaid the Boston roster is, we can then bring up the fact they owe Rick Porcello $25 million/year for the next 4 years.

Yup. That's right. That bum Porcello got a $100 million contract.

4-7 with a 5.29 ERA

Meanwhile, Lester's struggling to adapt to the National League, but still has an ERA under 4.

[TomBarndtsTwin]

In for Yohan Pino night! . . . . . . . . . . God help us.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

But by them mentioning how overpaid the Boston roster is, we can then bring up the fact they owe Rick Porcello $25 million/year for the next 4 years.

Yup. That's right. That bum Porcello got a $100 million contract.

I never, ever, ever understood his hype. Ever. And that contract is hilarious. Who in god's name gave him that?

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

I never, ever, ever understood his hype. Ever. And that contract is hilarious. Who in god's name gave him that?

Boras factor is the only thing I can think of.

[WhawhaWhat]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

Boras factor is the only thing I can think of.

Same reason he didn't get picked until 27th in the first round. He wanted a lot of money and he got it too.

[MIAdragon]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

Shoulda kept Theo

**** no.

[MIAdragon]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

But by them mentioning how overpaid the Boston roster is, we can then bring up the fact they owe Rick Porcello $25 million/year for the next 4 years.

Yup. That's right. That bum Porcello got a $100 million contract.

Pitching is expensive, he got the market rate. If he pitches at his past average he will earn that contract.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by MIAdragon

**** no.

I'd hate to have a guy who flipped Cashner for Rizzo and then built a team featuring:

Rizzo
Russell/Baez
Castro
Bryant
Schwarber
Soler
Fowler
Montero

on offense!

That would suck!