*** Official Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins Game Thread (6/9) ***

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC (33-23)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	9	0
MIN (33-25)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Chris Young had a no-hitter through 6⅓IP, broken up by a triple to right by Trevor Plouffe.



Win, (5-2) Chris Young 6⅓IP 0R 0ER 3BB 2K
Hold, (2) Franklin Morales ⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Hold, (8) Kelvin Herrera ⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Hold, (6) Wade Davis 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Save, (11) Greg Holland 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 1K

VS.



Loss, (4-4) Trevor May 6IP 1R 1ER 3BB 5K
Casey Fien 1⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Brian Duensing ⅓IP 0R 0ER 1BB 0K
Ryan Pressly ⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Blaine Boyer 1IP 1R 1ER 0BB 0K 1HR

Home Runs

KC

Salvador Perez, (9) - Top 9th solo shot blasted to deep left

MIN

none

AL Central

Final: CHC 0, DET 6
Final: SEA 3, CLE 2
Final: HOU 2, CWS 4

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

MIN

1. Brian Dozier, 2B
2. Torii Hunter, RF
3. Joe Mauer, 1B
4. Trevor Plouffe, 3B
5. Eddie Rosario, LF
6. Kurt Suzuki, C
7. Kennys Vargas, DH
8. Eduardo Escobar, SS
9. Aaron Hicks, CF

[lewdog]

Salvy interviews are the best!



Mike Moustaka!

[Coach]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

Nice win. Time to wake up the bats tomorrow against Gibson.

I don't think upper 90s Holland is coming back. But I like to see him adapting to who he is now. Adding a third pitch to the mix can help him make up for the lost velocity.

I agree. Occasionally, he'll reach back and hit 95, but I think we should still be content with a 92-94 Holland as long as his slider and split is spot on.

I wonder if he would experiment a cut fastball, like Davis has....

[KChiefs1]

[Three7s]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

Nice win. Time to wake up the bats tomorrow against Gibson.

I don't think upper 90s Holland is coming back. But I like to see him adapting to who he is now. Adding a third pitch to the mix can help him make up for the lost velocity.

Ah yes, Gibson. The guy we can't seem to hit despite how mediocre he is. We did get him once, but it took awhile......

[srvy]

I dont know has Holland been a guy who hit upper 90s early in the year? Or is he one those guys who start bringing it as the weather and humidity spikes up. It has been unseasonably cool most the year. Just asking dont know.

[KChiefs1]

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by srvy

I dont know has Holland been a guy who hit upper 90s early in the year? Or is he one those guys who start bringing it as the weather and humidity spikes up. It has been unseasonably cool most the year. Just asking dont know.

He's normally been sitting 95-96 at this point with his fastball, occasionally touching 98.

He's either still hurt or has lost some velo, period.

[mr. tegu]

Funny how three games ago we were 2-8 in our last ten. Now we are 5-5 in our last ten and the back end starters have looked really good.

[srvy]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

He's normally been sitting 95-96 at this point with his fastball, occasionally touching 98.

He's either still hurt or has lost some velo, period.

Well cross my fingers he doesn't break down in the stretch run.

[Great Expectations]

We've looked better at the plate the last few games, but we still aren't scoring near enough runs. I wonder if Rios injury is going to plague him all season. He was still in some pain when he returned to the line up. Infante is obviously sucking it up.

[mr. tegu]

Our timely hitting was previously ridiculous and unsustainable. Now we are at the other extreme. We will even out and score more runs eventually.

[BigCatDaddy]

Still worried about Vargas. Petro was saying today he thinks they yanked him after 70 in attempt to preserve him as long as possible and TJ could be needed at any moment.