*** Official Kansas City Royals @ Houston Astros Game Thread (6/29) ***

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC (44-29)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0
HOU (45-34)	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	X	6	7	0

Loss, (2-1) Joe Blanton 2⅔IP 5R 5ER 4BB 2K 1HR
Brandon Finnegan 3⅓IP 1R 1ER 2BB 2K 1HR
Luke Hochevar 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Jason Frasor 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 2K

VS.



Win, (4-2) Lance McCullers 7IP 1R 1ER 2BB 6K 1HR
Joe Thatcher ⅔IP 0R 0ER 1BB 0K
Will Harris 1⅓IP 0R 0ER 1BB 0K

Home Runs

KC

Salvador Perez, (13) - Top 7th solo shot to left

HOU

Jose Altuve, (7) - Bottom 3rd solo shot to left
Chris Carter, (14) - Bottom 5th solo shot to center

AL Central

Final: CLE 7, TB 1
Final: MIN 7, CIN 11

Starting Lineups

KC

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

HOU

1. George Springer, CF
2. Jose Altuve, 2B
3. Carlos Correa, SS
4. Luis Valbuena, 3B
5. Chris Carter, 1B
6. Jon Singleton, DH
7. Preston Tucker, LF
8. Domingo Santana, RF
9. Jason Castro, C

[C3HIEF3S]

Here is Minute Maid Park, with an overlay of the Kauffman Stadium dimensions. Two extremes right there.


A "towering" shot that reaches the back of the Crawford Boxes in Houston would be lucky to get to the warning track in KC.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by BWillie

Sounds like a park left hand pull hitters would love to go.

???

[C3HIEF3S]

Blanton, keep the ball on the ground tonight.
This is what the Astros live and die by:
http://m.mlb.com/video/v203938883/?game_pk=414777
Routine, playable fly-outs to 29 parks, except for Houston.

[Bob Dole]

BTW, that park is what you get when you try to shoehorn in a downtown ballpark.

No thank you, hipsters.

[C3HIEF3S]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

???

I think he means RHH.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Bob Dole

BTW, that park is what you get when you try to shoehorn in a downtown ballpark.

No thank you, hipsters.

Because they couldn't have found 15 more feet? I doubt that.

[Rudy tossed tigger's salad]

Originally Posted by C3HIEF3S

Blanton, keep the ball on the ground tonight.
This is what the Astros live and die by:
http://m.mlb.com/video/v203938883/?game_pk=414777
Routine, playable fly-outs to 29 parks, except for Houston.

48 HRs in 37 away games

[Mama Hip Rockets]

Originally Posted by alnorth

Here's minute maid park, which I believe is the dumbest ballpark in baseball. (freaking hill in center, and a flag pole in the field of play)



Right is fair, dead center is very deep, but the left field is a joke, especially near the line.

I agree. I've always hated this ridiculous stadium.

[C3HIEF3S]

If Minute Maid Park and Yankee Stadium had a baby, it would be Polo Grounds light.

[Bob Dole]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

Because they couldn't have found 15 more feet? I doubt that.

45 pretty much touches the stadium.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Bob Dole

45 pretty much touches the stadium.

There are seats behind the wall.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

???

Sorry, RH...still the RF wall isn't real deep either. Pull hitters of any variety paradise.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by Bob Dole

BTW, that park is what you get when you try to shoehorn in a downtown ballpark.

No thank you, hipsters.

This is not the reason, but carry on.

[Rudy tossed tigger's salad]

Stop complaining about Minute Maid and enjoy getting to watch Carlos Correa

1.75 WAR in his first 20 MLB games at 20 years old

[Rudy tossed tigger's salad]

Hopefully McCullers is on, too. He has great stuff when he is.