*** Official St. Louis Cardinals @ Kansas City Royals Game Thread (5/24) ***

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
STL (28-16)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	6	10	1
KC (28-15)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	0

Win, (7-0) Michael Wacha 7IP 1R 0ER 2BB 4K
Kevin Siegrist 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Trevor Rosenthal 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K

VS.



Loss, (3-4) Yordano Ventura 7IP 4R 4ER 2BB 7K 1HR
Luke Hochevar 1IP 2R 2ER 0BB 1K
Joe Blanton 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 2K

Home Runs

STL

Matt Carpenter, (8) - Top 6th 2-run homer to right

KC

none

AL/NL Central

Final: HOU 10, DET 8
Final: CIN 2, CLE 5
Final: MIL 1, ATL 2
Final: NYM 1, PIT 9
Final: MIN 8, CWS 1
Final: CHC 3, ARI 4

Starting Lineups

STL

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

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
7. Drew Butera, C
8. Omar Infante, 2B
9. Paulo Orlando, RF

[Fansy the Famous Bard]

Originally Posted by Three7s

Large area of rain between Wichita and Springfield heading northeast. If this game gets called, that will be why.

Shiiite.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by RollChiefsRoll

Wacha has some pretty numbers for us to **** up.

Every pitcher can have a bad day but, some consider him the best pitcher in the NL. He is the real deal. Natuaral talent. plays with passion. Continues to learn. He is the pitcher you want on your staff to stop a losing streak. In only his 2nd year(last year was a lost year) he is looking like a #1 starter. And the great part of him falling to us in the draft, it was the extra pick for Pujols who left for $20 million because he had his feelings hurt.

You rough up Wacha? Well done.

[Hootie]

I told you guys the Royals were gonna go on a streak

[Great Expectations]

People consider him to be better than Kershaw?

[dlphg9]

I hate the Cardinals and their fans. Wacha the best pitcher in the NL? Lance Lynn is going to get a 200 mil contract?

[kcfanXIII]

Is this on fskc today or is it another national game?

[Dunit35]

Originally Posted by kcfanXIII

Is this on fskc today or is it another national game?

MLB network. It's on fskc for me also.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Great Expectations

People consider him to be better than Kershaw?

Right now. That was the talking heads on MLB tonight. I don't think that. He is good but not the best.

[KevB]

Yeah, he's better than Kershaw, Bumgarner, Greinke, Cueto, Harvey, Scherzer, Zimmerman, etc. Wacha is a really nice young pitcher, but give me a break.

[BigCatDaddy]

Well, lets see how he does against an A league offense.

[RealSNR]

Do the Royals know Wacha?

God have mercy on our souls if we don't!

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy

Well, lets see how he does against an A league offense.

Just a JAG it appears.

Wacha is 0-1 with a 2.77 ERA in two starts against the Royals and 0-3 with a 3.60 ERA in six in interleague play. The Cardinals lost his first five starts against the AL before a 2-1 win at Cleveland on May 14.

[mr. tegu]

Unless something more severe develops past what will be moving through soon this game should be played. A delay is definitely in play though.

[-King-]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

I told you guys the Royals were gonna go on a streak

Good call Penbook.

[Three7s]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

Unless something more severe develops past what will be moving through soon this game should be played. A delay is definitely in play though.

Yeah, I just looked at radar again, and there really isn't anything serious until you get to Joplin points south and west. Unless something develops between it or it speeds up, things should be fine. (the batch of rain heading in now should be out by or slightly after game-time.