Cleveland Indians @ Kansas City Royals Game Thread (8/24)

[alnorth]

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<td>Final</td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 2 </td><td> 3 </td><td> 4 </td><td> 5 </td><td> 6 </td><td> 7 </td><td> 8 </td><td> 9 </td><td> R </td><td> H </td><td> E </td></tr>
<tr> <td>CLE (70-57)</td> <td> 0 </td> <td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 6 </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
<tr> <td>KC (57-70)</td> <td> 0 </td> <td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> X </td><td> 2 </td><td> 5 </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
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Loss, (14-7) C.C. Sabathia 8IP 2R 2ER 2BB 6K

VS.

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Zack Greinke 3IP 0R 0ER 1BB 2K
Win, (1-1) John Bale 3IP 0R 0ER 0BB 5K
Hold, (12) Jimmy Gobble 0.2IP 1R 1ER 1BB 0K
Hold, (3) Joel Peralta 0.1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Hold, (14) David Riske 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Save, (14) Joakim Soria 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 0K

Starting Lineups

CLE

1. Kenny Lofton, LF
2. Casey Blake, 3B
3. Grady Sizemore, CF
4. Victor Martinez, C
5. Travis Hafner, DH
5. Josh Barfield, pr/DH
6. Ryan Garko, 1B
7. Jhonny Peralta, SS
8. Franklin Gutierrez, RF
9. Asdrubal Cabrera, 2B

KC

1. Esteban German, 3B
1. Ross Gload, 1B
2. David DeJesus, CF
3. Mark Grudzielanek, 2B
4. Billy Butler, DH
5. Emil Brown, RF
6. Alex Gordon, 1B/3B
7. John Buck, C
8. Tony Pena Jr, SS
9. Joey Gathright, LF

[Jenson71]

The White Sox are also playing a tough division leader (Red Sox). Whoever can overachieve this weekend can stay atop at 4th. The Twins have Baltimore, an easy series for them.

[Dave]

Ah, we own the Tribe...

[Nzoner]

The White Sox are also playing a tough division leader (Red Sox). Whoever can overachieve this weekend can stay atop at 4th. The Twins have Baltimore, an easy series for them.

I'd be pulling for the BoSox no matter who they're playing,anything to keep those damn yankees from making another post-season.

[Dr. Facebook Fever]

Thank goodness we're playing a good team agian. We do much better against good teams (except the Yankees) than we do bad ones.

[Jenson71]

I'd be pulling for the BoSox no matter who they're playing,anything to keep those damn yankees from making another post-season.

Oh yeah. And I've become quite the Mariners fan the past few weeks, too. :D

[Jenson71]

I completely forgot about last night's postponed Sox/Sox game! This afternoon, Boston beat Chicago 11-3 :clap:

They play tonight too.

[KcMizzou]

Buckner with the pink Hello Kitty backpack LMAO

A little rookie hazing going on.

[alnorth]

Gee, I'm glad to see that Pro-Zack's got such an easy pitching matchup for his return to the rotation.

I predict that most Royals fans will massively overreact to this game. If Greinke pitches well, the "he should be starting" camp will proclaim victory. If he pitches poorly, the other side will panic and say that we are ruining Zack, who gets bored starting and should be the closer for the rest of his career.

[KcMizzou]

Royals to have the biggest video board in North America.

[alnorth]

Top 1st

Lofton walks
Blake flies out to left
Sizemore strikes out (swinging) into a 2-6 double play, Lofton caught stealing and out at second

0 runs, 0 hits

Bottom 1st

German grounds out to first
DeJesus grounds out to second
Grudzielanek singles to center
Butler pops out to shortstop

0 runs, 1 hit

[alnorth]

Top 2nd

Martinez grounds out to second
Hafner strikes out (looking)
Garko flies out to right

0 runs, 0 hits

Bottom 2nd

Brown singles to center
Gordon flies out to center
Buck flies out to left
Pena Jr strikes out (swinging)

0 runs, 1 hit

[alnorth]

Top 3rd

Peralta singles to right
Gutierrez grounds into a 6-4-3 double play, Peralta out at second
Cabrera flies out to center

0 runs, 0 hits

Bottom 3rd

Gathright flies out to left
German pops out to shortstop
DeJesus grounds out to second

0 runs, 0 hits

[Jenson71]

The White Sox have taken an early 1-0 lead going into the 3rd in game 2 vs. the Red Sox.

[alnorth]

They are really being careful with Zack tonight I guess. Out after 3 scoreless innings, 48 pitches

[alnorth]

Top 4th

John Bale relieves Greinke

Lofton grounds out to shortstop
Blake flies out to center
Sizemore strikes out (swinging)

0 runs, 0 hits

Bottom 4th

Grudzielanek walks
Butler doubles to left, Grudzielanek to third
Brown grounds out to shortstop, Grudzielanek scores
Gordon grounds out to pitcher
Buck grounds out to third

1 run, 1 hit

[Jenson71]

Royals take a 1-0 lead!

[alnorth]

Top 5th

Martinez singles to center
Hafner strikes out (looking)
Garko flies out to center
Peralta strikes out (swinging)

0 runs, 0 hits

Bottom 5th

Pena Jr hit by pitch
Pena Jr to second on a Passed Ball
Gathright sacrifices (bunt) to third, Pena Jr to third
German sacrifices (fly) to center, Pena Jr scores
DeJesus doubles to left
Grudzielanek strikes out (swinging)

1 run, 1 hit

[SCTrojan]

They are really being careful with Zack tonight I guess. Out after 3 scoreless innings, 48 pitches

I was thinking the same thing - can't go from a 1-2 inning reliever throwing 15-20 pitches to a 6-7 inning starter throwing 100 or so pitches. Gotta get that arm stretched out.

[alnorth]

Gee, I'm glad to see that Pro-Zack's got such an easy pitching matchup for his return to the rotation.

I predict that most Royals fans will massively overreact to this game. If Greinke pitches well, the "he should be starting" camp will proclaim victory. If he pitches poorly, the other side will panic and say that we are ruining Zack, who gets bored starting and should be the closer for the rest of his career.

So much for my prediction. Neither side of the Zack Greinke holy war can declare a premature victory tonight.

[Jenson71]

Boston is now lead Chicago 6-1 in the top of 5th

[Jenson71]

9-1 now :eek: Still top of 5th

[Jenson71]

And Pena scores!

[alnorth]

Top 6th

Gutierrez strikes out (swinging)
Cabrera singles to left
Lofton sacrifices (bunt) to third, Cabrera to second
Blake strikes out (swinging)

0 runs, 1 hit

Bottom 6th

Butler strikes out (swinging)
Brown grounds out to shortstop
Gordon strikes out (swinging)

0 runs, 0 hits

[Jenson71]

Baltimore's bullpen blows another lead. Twins now ahead of them 7-4 in the 9th inning.

[alnorth]

Top 7th

Jimmy Gobble relieves Bale

Sizemore walks
Martinez pops out to first
Hafner grounds out to second, Sizemore to second

Joel Peralta relieves Gobble

Garko singles to center, Sizemore scores
Peralta strikes out (swinging)

1 run, 1 hit

Bottom 7th

Buck strikes out (swinging) 2-3
Pena Jr flies out to right
Gathright grounds out to third

0 runs, 0 hits

[alnorth]

Top 8th

David Riske relieves Peralta

Ross Gload replaces German and comes in at 1B

Gordon moves to 3B

Gutierrez flies out to right
Cabrera triples to right
Lofton strikes out (swinging)
Blake grounds out to second

0 runs, 1 hit

Bottom 8th

Gload grounds out to first
DeJesus strikes out (swinging) 2-3
Grudzielanek walks
Butler singles to center, Grudzielanek to second
Brown grounds into a 5-4 fielder's choice, Butler out at second

0 runs, 1 hit

[alnorth]

Top 9th

Joakim Soria relieves Riske

Sizemore walks
Martinez lines out to center
Hafner singles to center, Sizemore to second

Josh Barfield runs for Hafner

Garko called out (infield fly rule) on a popup to shortstop
Peralta grounds out to shortstop

0 runs, 1 hit

Royals win, 2-1

[Dartgod]

Nice win tonight

[Nzoner]

Holy shit what a 8th and 9th inning,I think our team is starting to grow up.

[DJJasonp]

a game and a half ahead of last place!

Woo hoo!

[Nzoner]

I'll be there Sunday with a die hard Indian fan,oh how I'd love to be able to take a broom

[VonneMarie]

I can't believe we won. When was the last time we beat Sabathia atleast twice in one season? PBJ PBJ PBJ

[Nzoner]

So far this night has been excellent,Royals with a great win,White Sox lose twice,Yankees getting beat,Cubs win and Brewers getting handled.