*** Official St. Louis Cardinals @ Kansas City Royals Game Thread (5/22) ***

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
STL (27-15)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
KC (27-14)	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	5	11	0

Loss, (3-4) Lance Lynn 6IP 5R 5ER 1BB 4K 2HR
Carlos Villanueva 2IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K

VS.



Win, (4-0) Chris Young 6IP 0R 0ER 2BB 2K
Franklin Morales 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 0K
Ryan Madson 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 1K
Jason Frasor 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 1K

Home Runs

STL

none

KC

Kendrys Morales, (5) - Bottom 1st 3-run homer to right
Kendrys Morales, (6) - Bottom 3rd 2-run homer to right

AL/NL Central

Final: NYM 1, PIT 4
Final: HOU 2, DET 6
Final: CIN 3, CLE 7
Final: MIL 11, ATL 0
Final: MIN 2, CWS 3
Final / 13: CHC 4, ARI 5

Starting Lineups

STL

1. Kolten Wong, 2B
2. Matt Carpenter, 3B
3. Matt Holliday, DH
4. Matt Adams, 1B
5. Jhonny Peralta, SS
6. Randal Grichuk, LF
7. Yadier Molina, C
8. Jason Heyward, RF
9. Peter Bourjos, CF

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. Salvador Perez, C
8. Omar Infante, 2B
9. Paulo Orlando, RF

[KChiefs1]

[MTG#10]

Originally Posted by kstater

Prepared for a lot of you got lucky posts after Royal's win 4-0

BRC started making excuses yesterday...

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

We are on the tail end of playing 36 games in 37 days. Also played 16 extra innings. Might sweep us the way you guys are playing.

[Fairplay]

I don't know anything about Lance Lynn, you Cardinal fans weigh in his strengths and weaknesses that have watched him this season.

[SPchief]

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[WilliamTheIrish]

I had tickets given to me for tonight and Sunday. I'd rather see the Astros. I've reached the point where this inter league series needs to end.

[Kidd Lex]

Originally Posted by KChiefs1

Such beautiful memories for my 5 year old self - lets sweep em!!!

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Fairplay

I don't know anything about Lance Lynn, you Cardinal fans weigh in his strengths and weaknesses that have watched him this season.

He just throws fastballs. 92-94 MPH. It has a natural darting movement. Hitters can't square it up even though they know its coming. He use to have issues with composure but it looks like he has put that behind him.

He will be tough. For whatever reason hitters cant hit that fastball regularly. He can go 7-8 innings with 0 runs and 4 hits. Or if you work the counts and get his pitch count up you can get him out after 5-6 innings with a run or two.

In 2 years he could possibly get a $200 million contract from some team. He has flown under the MLB fan radar but not GM's.

[Fairplay]

Thanks BRC for your input that's what I was looking for not just a win and loss column and ERA number.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

He just throws fastballs. 92-94 MPH. It has a natural darting movement. Hitters can't square it up even though they know its coming. He use to have issues with composure but it looks like he has put that behind him.

He will be tough. For whatever reason hitters cant hit that fastball regularly. He can go 7-8 innings with 0 runs and 4 hits. Or if you work the counts and get his pitch count up you can get him out after 5-6 innings with a run or two.

In 2 years he could possibly get a $200 million contract from some team. He has flown under the MLB fan radar but not GM's.

So you're saying we got a chance !

[King_Chief_Fan]

Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish

I had tickets given to me for tonight and Sunday. I'd rather see the Astros. I've reached the point where this inter league series needs to end.

The Astros?....you must live in Arkansas

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Hog Farmer

So you're saying we got a chance !

If he is on, he is one tough pitcher to get to. You can threaten him but, he seems to have this ability to make a pitch when he has to. Several times lately he has loaded the bases with 0 or 1 outs and nothing scored. He just made the perfect pitch.

Part of it is Yadi. He is getting old and you will be able to run on him this weekend. But, his ability to call a game is still the best in the game.

[RollChiefsRoll]

The tag sums up my feeling quite succinctly.

[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by RollChiefsRoll

The tag sums up my feeling quite succinctly.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball

Lil bro

Always wanted an older bro named Ferguson.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

If he is on, he is one tough pitcher to get to. You can threaten him but, he seems to have this ability to make a pitch when he has to. Several times lately he has loaded the bases with 0 or 1 outs and nothing scored. He just made the perfect pitch.

Part of it is Yadi. He is getting old and you will be able to run on him this weekend. But, his ability to call a game is still the best in the game.

How have the Giants traditionally done against Lynn? That's probably the best comparison for the Royals' offense. I see he only has two regular season starts against them in the past 3-4 years and two postseason starts. ERA in the 5s, but that's a small sample size.

The Royals will put the ball in play and force defenses to make outs. They won't strike out very often in a men-on situation. Makes it tougher to get out of jams...