***Official Kansas City Royals @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Game Thread (4/10)***

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC (4-0)	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	9	0
LAA (2-2)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	7	2

Win, (1-0) Jason Vargas 6IP 2R 2ER 1BB 3K 1HR
Hold, (1) Jason Frasor 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Hold, (2) Kelvin Herrera 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Save, (1) Wade Davis 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 3K

VS.



Loss, (0-1) Hector Santiago 5⅓IP 3R 3ER 1BB 4K 1HR
Vinnie Pestano 1⅔IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Jose Alvarez ⅔IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Mike Morin ⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Fernando Salas ⅓IP 1R 1ER 1BB 0K
Cesar Ramos ⅔IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K

Home Runs

KC

Kendrys Morales, (1) - Top 6th solo shot to left

LAA

David Freese, (2) - Bottom 6th solo shot to center

AL Central

Final: DET 8, CLE 4
Final: MIN 6, CWS 0

Starting Lineups

KC

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

LAA

1. Kole Calhoun, RF
2. Mike Trout, CF
3. Albert Pujols, 1B
4. David Freese, 3B
5. C.J. Cron, DH
6. Erick Aybar, SS
7. Chris Iannetta, C
8. Collin Cowgill, LF
8. Matt Joyce, ph/LF
9. Johnny Giavotella, 2B

[CaliforniaChief]

I hate these teams so much I hope they just keep playing. All night long. YES, to the 19th.

[tk13]

And the Yankees couldn't finish it. Onto the 19th. Maybe they can just keep playing and turn this into a doubleheader tomorrow.

[Hootie]

I am not bashing Holland ... at all. He's excellent. I've just never seen something like Davis before. I've never seen hitters just have no idea and look so awful against a pitcher in my life. I mean, the dude doesn't give up anything but walks or clumsy ass lucky singles. He never gets squared up. Every swing is a guess swing.

...and he was the same guy tonight as he was last year. So was Herrera. Both of them had their velocity.

This is a 95 win team. We even have injury insurance for a bullpen guy and Cain (god forbid) ... and a starter (or two when Medlen is ready).

I mean, the only absolutely devastating injury right now would be to Salvy ... this team can withstand a few 15 day DL stints if need be (let's hope not).

Dayton has built one hell of a roster.

[Hootie]

when are they going to have to start bringing in position players to pitch?

They're lucky it's early and they can burn a starter or two because of the extra rest days at the beginning of the year.

[Hootie]

wow Yankees Stadium is DEAD

[mr. tegu]

They have to play again in twelve hours.

[Hootie]

stadium slumber party! Rush Hour 3 movie night! Don't eat any A-Rod gummies!

[CoMoChief]

K now it's Alex Gordon's turn to go deep. He's in a funk and is healing a wrist so it may take a while...but he's due up to take one over the fence.

[Coach]

Really, Holland, Davis, or Herrera could be our 9th inning guy on a given day, and not a single **** would be given.

I cannot, for the life of me, really recall any MLB team that has this deep back-end of the pen in quite some time with 3 legit closers (and the middle relievers, albeit a small sample size, is looking solid for the most part) other than that I could think of NYY in 1998.

[Hootie]

The AL Cy Young this year:

Kelvin Davis Holland

An all-time great year!

205 IP
0.95 ERA
0.80 WHIP
265 K's
11-0
54 Saves

[Hootie]

I can say, without even being a homer, that the Royals could very well have the greatest defense in decades as well as the best bullpen in modern day baseball history.

...72 wins!

[Hootie]

they have a top 4 or top 5 defensive OF who had a WAR high enough last year to start on most MLB teams that has yet to play an inning just chilling on their bench

[bsroyals54]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

I can say, without even being a homer, that the Royals could very well have the greatest defense in decades as well as the best bullpen in modern day baseball history.

...72 wins!

And we hit home runs now. Uh, 162-0 anyone?

[Coach]

Oh, and what channel is the Bos/NYY gam on uVerse?

[tk13]

Originally Posted by Coach

Oh, and what channel is the Bos/NYY gam on uVerse?

It's on MLB Network.