*** Official Baltimore Orioles @ Kansas City Royals ALCS Game 4 Thread ***

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BAL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
KC	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	2	5	0

The Kansas City Royals win the 2014 American League Pennant

The Kansas City Royals break the record for most consecutive wins to start a postseason.

Ned Yost will be the American League manager for the 2015 All-Star Game.



Loss Miguel Gonzalez 5⅔IP 2R 1ER 4BB 4K
Darren O'Day ⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Andrew Miller 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Zach Britton 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 1K

VS.



Win Jason Vargas 5⅓IP 1R 1ER 3BB 6K 1HR
Hold Kelvin Herrera 1⅔IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Hold Wade Davis 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Save Greg Holland 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 1K

Home Runs

BAL

Ryan Flaherty - Top 3rd solo shot to right

KC

none

Starting Lineups

BAL

1. Nick Markakis, RF
2. Steve Pearce, 1B
3. Adam Jones, CF
4. Nelson Cruz, LF
4. Alejandro De Aza, pr
5. Delmon Young, DH
6. J.J. Hardy, SS
7. Caleb Joseph, C
8. Ryan Flaherty, 3B/2B
9. Jonathan Schoop, 2B
9. Kelly Johnson, ph/3B

KC

1. Alcides Escobar, SS
2. Norichika Aoki, RF
2. Jarrod Dyson, CF
3. Lorenzo Cain, CF/RF
4. Eric Hosmer, 1B
5. Billy Butler, DH
5. Terrance Gore, pr/DH
6. Alex Gordon, LF
7. Salvador Perez, C
8. Omar Infante, 2B
9. Mike Moustakas, 3B

[WhawhaWhat]

Originally Posted by Big Smoke

Turned on 810 at 10 because I hate the mid-day guys n 610. Petro has talked about Mr. Goodcents for the first 15 minutes. about Goodcents or whatever you want to stuff your fat ****ing face with and AND TALK ROYALS.

/end rant

You are more than welcome to pay the money Goodcents does for those plugs.

[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by alnorth

Their pitcher isn't exactly great, and the game is in the K. Throw in the possibility of the Orioles being demoralized, and I can see it.

Showalter seems demoralized in his press conferences.

[Prison Bitch]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

Well, knock on wood everyone. For the first time in the postseason, we're favored today. In a Vargas start. Go figure, lol

Liar. We were faves game 3 Anaheim

[CaliforniaChief]

Cliche-ish, but hope to jump on them early. Go for the jugular.

[WilliamTheIrish]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

Showalter seems demoralized in his press conferences.

He's always kind of deadpan in his PC's, but I'm with you. He's sufficiently bummed by the results of this series. Who could blame him? He ran into an unexpected buzz saw.

[Coach]

I feel like John Candy saying "This is it folks, this is what it's all about. One game, there is no tomorrow. This is for the whole megillah, for the whole ball of wax, for the whole kit and caboodle, for the whole enchilada, for the whole shooting match. This is for all the marbles!"

I know that it's not one game, but the feeling/message is loud and clear in my mind.

This ends, today.

[Hootie]

The thing is...The Orioles aren't even playing poorly. We're just unstoppable right now. Nothing can be done. We're doing EVERYTHING right.

[tk13]

The first thought that goes through my head is we've spent all these years making "TO THE SHIP!" jokes. This is the first thread in the history of ChiefsPlanet where that phrase actually applies.

[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by tk13

The first thought that goes through my head is we've spent all these years making "TO THE SHIP!" jokes. This is the first thread in the history of ChiefsPlanet where that phrase actually applies.

Print 'Em

[Hootie]

The Royals have won as many playoff games in 15 days as the Chiefs have won since they moved to KC

[tk13]

The SportsCenter Top 10 they're playing right now are the top 10 defensive plays by the Royals in the playoffs.

[KCCHIEFS27]

Originally Posted by Big Smoke

Turned on 810 at 10 because I hate the mid-day guys n 610. Petro has talked about Mr. Goodcents for the first 15 minutes. about Goodcents or whatever you want to stuff your fat ****ing face with and AND TALK ROYALS.

/end rant

Just listen to Jay Mohr's show through iHeart Radio. Great stuff.

[Kidd Lex]

Was at the game yesterday, awesome environment, I didn't want to leave.

Get your brooms out folks, its t-minus 3 hours to showtime!!!

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by tk13

The SportsCenter Top 10 they're playing right now are the top 10 defensive plays by the Royals in the playoffs.

Saw it earlier. Hilarious. Cain is a bona fide SUPERSTAR thanks to this postseason

[Coach]

Originally Posted by alnorth

Their pitcher isn't exactly great, and the game is in the K. Throw in the possibility of the Orioles being demoralized, and I can see it.

All Vargas needs to do is keep the ball low in the strike zone.

If he's leaving gophers in the middle, it could be a very potentially dangerous situations.

He just needs to keep the ball down, nibbling at the corners of the strike zone.