*** Official Kansas City Royals @ Chicago White Sox Game Thread (9/25) ***

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC (87-72)	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	6	14	1
CWS (72-87)	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	0

"Big Game" James Shields 6IP 3R 3ER 2BB 4K 1HR
Win, (4-3) Kelvin Herrera 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Hold, (32) Wade Davis 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Save, (45) Greg Holland 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 2K

VS.



Loss, (9-11) Jose Quintana 7⅓IP 5R 5ER 0BB 7K 1HR
Jake Petricka ⅔IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Eric Surkamp 1IP 1R 0ER 1BB 0K

Home Runs

KC

Eric Hosmer, (9) - Top 6th solo shot to right

CWS

Josh Phegley, (1) - Bottom 2nd 2-run homer to left

Other Relevant Games

Final: SEA 7, TOR 5
Final: MIN 2, DET 4
Final: OAK 1, TEX 2

Starting Lineups

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

CWS

1. Adam Eaton, CF
2. Alexei Ramirez, SS
3. Jose Abreu, 1B
4. Conor Gillaspie, 3B
5. Avisail Garcia, RF
5. Moises Sierra, RF
6. John Danks, LF
7. Dayan Viciedo, DH
8. Josh Phegley, C
9. Marcus Semien, 2B

[Don Corlemahomes]

Originally Posted by Fruit Ninja

I'd rather play Oakland then Seattle. You dont want to have to face Felix. 5 or 7 game series, then yes Seattle. 1 game play off? Oakland. felix or lester hmmm. yeah.

Yeah, but a Seattle vs. Oakland play-in might use both Lester AND Felix, hence making it a moot point. I'd love to see that.

[suzzer99]

Originally Posted by ROYC75

We are going to lose the division tie by 1 game, outright win by 2 games!

Oh so many games we gave away or never took care of business with Detroit!

Yeah but then there was the Dyson/Gore miracle that has never happened and will never happen again in 1000 years of pro baseball.

[Chiefs Pantalones]

Originally Posted by alnorth

Believe it or not, I'm only 36. And I started following the Royals at about 1998

My dad was getting choked up on the phone a couple days ago when we were talking about the Royals. My parents were at G7 of the 85WS. I envy them lol. Been a long time since playoff ball.

[Coach]

[Chiefs Pantalones]

This Jeter thing is making me sick. He's not even in my lineup of best players at their positions of all time if I'm putting one together. It's not like he's MJ for crying out loud. You don't have farewell tours for guys like Jeter I'm sorry. It's just weird.

[Prison Bitch]

Quintana, one of the best LH in baseball, falls to 0-6 vs KC. Weird. We are 6-1 at Comiskey (oops! Cellular field) in 2014

[KChiefs1]

[ROYC75]

NO MICKEY MOUSE OPERATION

There was quite a scene in the visiting clubhouse before the game. Royals RHP Liam Hendricks was on all fours while leading the charge to capture a mouse hiding in one corner. He eventually trapped it in a box and took it to the bullpen for the game, with the players dubbing it the "Rally Mouse."

Hendricks hopes to find the same mouse -- or another one -- before Saturday's game and keep it in the bullpen.

"Whatever works, man," manager Ned Yost said.

[ChiTown]

Originally Posted by Simplicity

I'm 17 so I've never really see this much success come from the Kansas City Royals.

and it's so AWESOME!!!!

Wow. I had no idea you were that young. You are about my Son's age. You come across a lot more savvy than your age. And with that, I'm officially old

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by Chiefs Pantalones

This Jeter thing is making me sick. He's not even in my lineup of best players at their positions of all time if I'm putting one together. It's not like he's MJ for crying out loud. You don't have farewell tours for guys like Jeter I'm sorry. It's just weird.

I hate the Yankees but,

Jeter is a living legend.

[ROYC75]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

I hate the Yankees but,

Jeter is a living legend.

This, I can respect him, easily.

But I hate the Yankees!

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by suzzer99

Yeah but then there was the Dyson/Gore miracle that has never happened and will never happen again in 1000 years of pro baseball.

Yeah, whenever you go down that rabbit hole of remembering games that got away, no one seems to think of those flukey miracle wins or situations when Ned made a bad decision that improbably worked and led directly to a win, where making the right decision probably would have led to a loss.

Those wins are all just in the bag and taken for granted, we only focus on the losses that should have been wins added to the total.

[CaliforniaChief]

Ok, so can Terrance Gore be on the playoff roster or not?

[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by alnorth

Yeah, whenever you go down that rabbit hole of remembering games that got away, no one seems to think of those flukey miracle wins or situations when Ned made a bad decision that improbably worked and led directly to a win, where making the right decision probably would have led to a loss.

Those wins are all just in the bag and taken for granted, we only focus on the losses that should have been wins added to the total.

Or that the Tigers or A's or Mariners can point to 6-8 games of their own that they let get away.

[penbrook]

Originally Posted by CaliforniaChief

Ok, so can Terrance Gore be on the playoff roster or not?

No they will keep Dyson over Gore