*** Official Kansas City Royals @ Baltimore Orioles ALCS Game 1 Thread ***

[alnorth]

Final / 10	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
KC	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	8	12	1
BAL	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	6	14	1

The Kansas City Royals are the first team in MLB history to win 4 extra-inning games in a postseason

Royals Lead the Series, 1-0



"Big Game" James Shields 5IP 4R 4ER 1BB 3K
Blown Save Brandon Finnegan 0IP 1R 1ER 1BB 0K
Kelvin Herrera 2IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Win Wade Davis 2IP 0R 0ER 0BB 4K
Save Greg Holland 1IP 1R 1ER 1BB 1K

VS.



Chris Tillman 4⅓IP 5R 5ER 2BB 3K 1HR
Tommy Hunter ⅔IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Kevin Gausman 1⅔IP 0R 0ER 1BB 1K
Andrew Miller 1⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 3K
Zach Britton ⅓IP 0R 0ER 3BB 0K
Loss Darren O'Day 1IP 2R 2ER 1BB 1K 1HR
Brian Matusz ⅔IP 1R 1ER 0BB 1K 1HR

Home Runs

KC

Alcides Escobar - Top 3rd solo shot to left
Alex Gordon - Top 10th solo shot to right
Mike Moustakas - Top 10th 2-run homer to right

BAL

none

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
6. Alex Gordon, LF
7. Salvador Perez, C
8. Omar Infante, 2B
9. Mike Moustakas, 3B

BAL

1. Nick Markakis, RF
2. Alejandro De Aza, LF
3. Adam Jones, CF
4. Nelson Cruz, DH
5. Steve Pearce, 1B
6. J.J. Hardy, SS
7. Ryan Flaherty, 3B
8. Nick Hundley, C
8. Jimmy Paredes, ph
9. Jonathan Schoop, 2B
9. Delmon Young, ph
9. David Lough, pr

[wazu]

Any speculation out there on when the reschedule of this game would be?

[suzzer99]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

The rain will basically ruin my dream of Shields 1 4 7

I wonder how well that's worked out historically? It seems like I can remember a lot of aces having rough game 7s when they tried to do that.

[chefsos]

Originally Posted by wazu

Any speculation out there on when the reschedule of this game would be?

They'll just have Game 1 Saturday, and Game 2 Sunday (skipping the travel day).

[duncan_idaho]

This rain forecast sucks.

Cold and rainy isn't great for ANYONE playing baseball (Unless you're a power sinkerball pitcher).

It sucks for power hitters (ball doesn't carry)
It sucks for baserunners (hard to grip/get good jumps/run fast)
It sucks for fielders (ball comes up wet/slick, especially in the outfield, and sometimes muddy, the wetness/slickness significantly reduces your range)

The only areas where this could MAYBE help the Royals is that if you're putting a lot of balls in play, the fielders have more difficult chances on plays that make them move.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by suzzer99

I wonder how well that's worked out historically? It seems like I can remember a lot of aces having rough game 7s when they tried to do that.

I don't think it's worked out too well since teams went to 5-man rotations.

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by wazu

Any speculation out there on when the reschedule of this game would be?

They would knock out the travel day and play it Sunday afternoon.

[alnorth]

If this game is rained out, our pitching options for a potential game 5 on Wednesday will become sketchy. We could try pitching BGJ on 4 days rest.

[chefsos]

I just read something I didn't know (and I'm not sure if it's true), that if tonight's game is rained out, the clubs may make changes to the roster before Saturday's game. I could see someone adding a pitcher, if 5 games in a row are the result of the rain.

[wazu]

Originally Posted by alnorth

If this game is rained out, our pitching options for a potential game 5 on Wednesday will become sketchy. We could try pitching BGJ on 4 days rest.

Why? Shields is solid but doesn't seem so dominant that it's worth rushing him back.

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by alnorth

If this game is rained out, our pitching options for a potential game 5 on Wednesday will become sketchy. We could try pitching BGJ on 4 days rest.

Don't you mean 3 days rest?

Another alternative:

Go into this evening planning to use Shields for as long as you can. If he can get you through 6 IP, uninterrupted, awesome. If not, based on his pitch count (let's say he pitches 4 innings and is at 55 pitches), consider bringing him back as the starter for Game 3 (which would line him up to pitch a Game 7 on normal rest) or possibly Game 4 (which could still line him up to pitch Game 7 on 3-days rest) if the pitch count goes a little higher.

The nice thing is that Baltimore doesn't have as good a rotation (seriously, the Royals are better across the board, at each spot) as KC and would be in the same boat in terms of it screwing up their plans.

[Why Not?]

Well, whatever they do with the rotation, they better get to work on it. I highly doubt there's baseball tonight.

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

Don't you mean 3 days rest?

Another alternative:

Go into this evening planning to use Shields for as long as you can. If he can get you through 6 IP, uninterrupted, awesome. If not, based on his pitch count (let's say he pitches 4 innings and is at 55 pitches), consider bringing him back as the starter for Game 3 (which would line him up to pitch a Game 7 on normal rest) or possibly Game 4 (which could still line him up to pitch Game 7 on 3-days rest) if the pitch count goes a little higher.

The nice thing is that Baltimore doesn't have as good a rotation (seriously, the Royals are better across the board, at each spot) as KC and would be in the same boat in terms of it screwing up their plans.

You might wanna look at stats in 2014.

[TLO]

A little rain never hurt anybody. Play the damn game.

[DiaperBoy27]

Originally Posted by KChiefs1

100% chance of rain tonight.

100% chance from 5pm to 8am (and possibly beyond), according to sources (google).

[alnorth]

Another difference in rain rules during the playoffs, MLB decides if the game is postponed.

Normally the home team gets to decide if the game is postponed before the game starts, and the umpires decide after the game starts. In the playoffs, the umpires can stop play if they feel its unsafe, but they then have to stay at the stadium and wait for MLB to decide what to do. Only MLB can postpone a playoff game.