*** Official Los Angeles Dodgers @ Kansas City Royals Game Thread (6/24) ***

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
LAD (43-36)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0
KC (40-37)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0

Win, (8-2) Clayton Kershaw 8IP 0R 0ER 1BB 8K
Save, (23) Kenley Jansen 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K

VS.



Loss, (4-7) Danny Duffy 6IP 1R 1ER 4BB 5K
Aaron Crow 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Kelvin Herrera 1⅓IP 1R 1ER 1BB 2K
Michael Mariot ⅔IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K

Home Runs

none

AL Central

Final: CWS 4, BAL 2
Final: DET 8, TEX 2
Final / 14: CLE 8, ARI 9
Final: MIN 6, LAA 8

Starting Lineups

LAD

1. Justin Turner, 3B
2. Hanley Ramirez, SS
scratched
2. Matt Kemp, LF
3. Yasiel Puig, DH
4. Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
5. Scott Van Slyke, CF/RF
6. A.J. Ellis, C
7. Jamie Romak, RF
7. Andre Ethier, ph/CF
8. Carlos Triunfel, SS
8. Dee Gordon, ph/2B
9. Miguel Rojas, 2B/SS

KC

1. Lorenzo Cain, CF
2. Eric Hosmer, 1B
3. Billy Butler, DH
4. Alex Gordon, LF
5. Salvador Perez, C
6. Omar Infante, 2B
7. Danny Valencia, 3B
8. Justin Maxwell, RF
9. Alcides Escobar, SS

[ROYC75]

Damn...... Damn damn damn

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Playing Valencia for Moose I can understand, Moose has not been on a streak or anything. But playing Maxwell for Dyson is the stupid part. Dyson has better speed, has been hitting good and isn't a strikeout king like Maxwell

"has been hitting good" seems irrelevant to me, given the tiny sample size. Dyson is likely who he always has been, and if thats the case, Maxwell is better if you want offense.

[petegz28]

And right there you miss Dyson\Cain in the OF. If Dyson doesn't make that catch Cain is there to back it up and the runner is at 2nd instead of 3rd.

[Al Bundy]

Originally Posted by alnorth

"has been hitting good" seems irrelevant to me, given the tiny sample size. Dyson is likely who he always has been, and if thats the case, Maxwell is better if you want offense.

Dyson gets to that ball, Maxwell is a huge turd.

[bsroyals54]

If we prevent this run that would be excellent indeed

[TLO]

Are you French, Bundy?

[stonedstooge]

DON'T START THINKING THIS EARLY IN THE GAME NED

[TLO]

What is Ned going out there for?

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by alnorth

"has been hitting good" seems irrelevant to me, given the tiny sample size. Dyson is likely who he always has been, and if thats the case, Maxwell is better if you want offense.

Maxwell and offense are two thing rarely seen together this year. Dyson on the other hand can get on in more ways than one and against a top-notch pitcher, manufacturing runs with things like stealing bases can be huge.

[bsroyals54]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Maxwell and offense are two thing rarely seen together this year. Dyson on the other hand can get on in more ways than one and against a top-notch pitcher, manufacturing runs with things like stealing bases can be huge.

dyson is better than maxwell in almost every aspect

[petegz28]

Pitch around Puig, not walk but pitch around and get the DP

[ROYC75]

Originally Posted by C3HIEF3S

That's just a good AB. Give him credit.

It was ....not picking here but Dyson in CF would have probably got that.
Can't fault Cain, hell of a try!

[bsroyals54]

blow him the **** away duff

[petegz28]

Ned....get your ass out there, he was out

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Maxwell and offense are two thing rarely seen together this year. Dyson on the other hand can get on in more ways than one and against a top-notch pitcher, manufacturing runs with things like stealing bases can be huge.

Maxwell is better in his career. I'll also point out that most of us were annoyed that Dyson made the team at all, and now we're hailing him as a good everyday player based on a few AB?