*** Official San Francisco Giants @ Kansas City Royals Game Thread (8/8) ***

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SF (62-54)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	3
KC (61-53)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	4	7	1

Greg Holland records the 100th save of his MLB career.

Madison Bumgarner throws the 5th Complete Game, and his 2nd Complete Game Loss of his MLB career.



CG, (3); Loss, (13-9) Madison Bumgarner 8IP 4R 3ER 0BB 5K 1HR

VS.



Jason Vargas 5IP 2R 2ER 0BB 5K
Win, (2-0) Jason Frasor 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Hold, (12) Kelvin Herrera 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Hold, (23) Wade Davis 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Save, (33) Greg Holland 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K

Home Runs

SF

none

KC

Billy Butler, (7) - Bottom 1st 2-run homer to left

Other Relevant Games

Final: CLE 6, NYY 10
Final: DET 5, TOR 4
Final: CWS 1, SEA 4

SF

1. Angel Pagan, CF
2. Hunter Pence, RF
3. Buster Posey, C
4. Pablo Sandoval, DH
5. Michael Morse, 1B
5. Travis Ishikawa, pr/1B
6. Joaquin Arias, 3B
6. Joe Panik, ph/2B
7. Matt Duffy, 2B/3B
8. Juan Perez, LF
8. Gregor Blanco, ph
9. Brandon Crawford, SS

KC

1. Norichika Aoki, RF
2. Omar Infante, 2B
3. Salvador Perez, C
4. Billy Butler, 1B
5. Alex Gordon, LF
6. Lorenzo Cain, CF
7. Erik Kratz, DH
8. Mike Moustakas, 3B
9. Alcides Escobar, SS

[SPchief]

Originally Posted by chiefsfan987

Just going by last years pricing, it doesn't look that expensive to me to attend a playoff game. Sure, it's more expensive than a regular season game, but it's not the thousands you're making it out to be. You'll be able to get into the stadium under 100 bucks if you really want to which to me isn't that expensive for a playoff game. It's cheaper than a lot of tickets to football games.

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb...-baseball.html

I'm just saying that for season ticket holders (where the bulk of true ticket sales is going to come from) it is expensive. Like 3X what the tickets costs

[okcchief]

IF we make the playoffs I'll make every attempt to go. It may be the last chance in my lifetime.

[cmh6476]

Originally Posted by okcchief

IF we make the playoffs I'll make every attempt to go. It may be the last chance in my lifetime.

did you follow through?

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

if it were a video game, and we did manage to get that play-in game...

here is how I'd do it!!!

Inning 1: Wade
Inning 2: Wade
Inning 3: Holland
Inning 4: Holland
Inning 5: Shields
Inning 6: Shields
Inning 7: Shields
Inning 8: Herrera
Inning 9: Ventura

PROFIT!

I change my mind:

Wade
Wade
Herrera
Herrera
Shields
Shields
Shields
Holland
Holland

PROFIT!

[okcchief]

Originally Posted by cmh6476

did you follow through?

Sure did. Saw game 3 of the ALDS. Haven't ruled out the World Series but damn that price tag hurts.