Toronto Blue Jays @ Kansas City Royals Game Thread (7/9)
 

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<tr> <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> </td><td> </td><td> E </td></tr>
<tr> <td> TOR (49-39) </td> <td> 3 </td> <td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 6 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
<tr> <td> KC (31-56) </td> <td> 0 </td> <td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 1 </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
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Win, (12-2) Roy Halladay 7IP 1R 1ER 1BB 6K
Scott Downs 1IP 1R 1ER 2BB 0K
Ty Taubenheim 0.2IP 1R 1ER 2BB 1K
Brian Tallet 0.1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

VS.

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Loss, (3-2) Jimmy Gobble 3.1IP 5R 5ER 2BB 4K
Todd Wellemeyer 1.2IP 4R 4ER 1BB 0K
Joe Nelson 1IP 2R 2ER 0BB 2K
Jeremy Affeldt 2IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Ambiorix Burgos 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

Starting Lineups

TOR

1. Reed Johnson, LF/CF
2. Aaron Hill, SS
3. Vernon Wells, CF
3. Chad Mottola, ph/LF
4. Troy Glaus, 3B
5. Shea Hillenbrand, DH
6. Bengie Molina, C
7. Lyle Overbay, 1B
8. Eric Hinske, RF
9. John McDonald, 2B

KC

1. David DeJesus, LF
2. Tony Graffanino, 2B
2. Esteban German, ph/2B
3. Doug Mientkiewicz, 1B
4. Emil Brown, RF
5. Matt Stairs, DH
6. Mark Teahen, 3B
7. Angel Berroa, SS
8. Joey Gathright, CF
9. John Buck, C

Let's get this. End thr first half of the season with a high note and build some momentum for the 2nd half of the season.

Gonna be a tough one going up against Hallday. Let's hope Gobble keeps it close, the offense works Halladay's pitch count up and they get to the bullpen. Of course, that didn't help yesterday.

Futures game is on today as well, Butler and Gordon will be playing at 4ET on espn 2. I will def. check that out.

1st inning
 

Top 1st

Johnson walks
Hill singles to right, Johnson to second
Wells flies out to left
Hill steals second, Johnson steals third on double steal
Glaus homers to deep left, Hill and Johnson scores
Hillenbrand pops out to third
Molina grounds out to pitcher

3 runs, 2 hits

Bottom 1st

DeJesus grounds out to second
Graffanino singles to center
Mientkiewicz lines into a 4-3 double play, Graffanino out at second

0 runs, 1 hit

2nd inning
 

Top 2nd

Overbay flies out to left
Hinske strikes out (swinging)
McDonald doubles to left
Johnson singles to left, McDonald scores, Johnson to second on the throw to home
Hill hits infield single to second, Johnson to third
Wells grounds out to third

1 run, 3 hits

Bottom 2nd

Brown grounds out to third
Stairs grounds out to first 3-1
Teahen grounds out to first

0 runs, 0 hits

3rd inning
 

Top 3rd

Glaus strikes out (looking)
Hillenbrand doubles to left
Molina flies out to center, Hillenbrand to third
Overbay strikes out (swinging)

0 runs, 1 hit

Bottom 3rd

Berroa singles to left
Gathright grounds out to first 3-4, Berroa to second
Buck grounds out to third
DeJesus pops out to second

0 runs, 1 hit

4th inning
 

Top 4th

Hinske walks
McDonald singles to right, Hinske to third
Johnson strikes out (swinging)
Hill singles to left, McDonald to second, Hinske scores

Todd Wellemeyer relieves Gobble

Wells walks, Hill to second, McDonald to third
Glaus grounds into a 6-4-3 double play, Wells out at second

1 run, 2 hits

Bottom 4th

Graffanino hits infield single to shortstop
Mientkiewicz singles to left, Graffanino to third
Brown reaches on a 5-4 fielder's choice, Mientkiewicz out at second, Graffanino scores
Stairs lines out to right
Teahen strikes out (swinging) 2-3

1 run, 2 hits

superbowl bound

I feel stupid asking this but are there any Royals message boards around kinda like Chiefsplanet ??(but obviously nothing will be as good)

I don't think so. There is a ESPN message board there, but I doubt that it's worth a shit.

Yeah I didnt really think so either, I was just wondering. Thanks though.

The Royals board at scout.com has a few people

Would it kill our starters to go 6 or 7? Damn.

5th inning
 

Top 5th

Hillenbrand pops out to first
Molina grounds out to shortstop
Overbay grounds out to pitcher

0 runs, 0 hits

Bottom 5th

Berroa grounds out to second
Gathright grounds out to shortstop
Buck grounds out to shortstop

0 runs, 0 hits

It must be nice to be able to see the game... SIGH...

Moooo

6th inning
 

Top 6th

Hinske homers to deep right
McDonald singles to left
McDonald steals second
Johnson hits infield single to third
Hill singles to right, Johnson to second, McDonald scores

Joe Nelson relieves Wellemeyer

Wells strikes out (swinging)
Glaus strikes out (swinging)
Hillenbrand doubles to left, Hill and Johnson scores
Molina homers to left, Hillenbrand scores
Overbay grounds out to first

6 runs, 6 hits

Bottom 6th

DeJesus strikes out (swinging)

Esteban German bats for Graffanino

German strikes out (swinging)
Mientkiewicz strikes out (swinging)

0 runs, 0 hits

Futures game is on Butler and Gordon are on the USA team, Gordon is starting at 3b....check it out on espn 2

I dont agree

btw-Gordon is batting 3rd and Butler 7th, i believe butler is in RF.

7th inning
 

Top 7th

German comes in at 2B

Jeremy Affeldt relieves Nelson

Hinske singles to right
McDonald grounds into a 5-4-3 double play, Hinske out at second
Johnson flies out to center

0 runs, 1 hit

Bottom 7th

Brown grounds out to shortstop
Stairs strikes out (swinging)
Teahen walks
Teahen to second on defensive indifference
Berroa strikes out (swinging)

0 runs, 0 hits

Gordon just got owned.

A-Gord just struck out looking. :(

all 1st 3 hitters just got owned. i'll give gordon a 2nd look.

8th inning
 

Top 8th

Hill lines out to right

Chad Mottola bats for Wells

Mottola flies out to right
Glaus grounds out to shortstop

0 runs, 0 hits

Bottom 8th

Johnson moves to CF

Mottola comes in at LF

Scott Downs relieves Halladay

Gathright walks
Buck grounds out to third, Gathright to second
DeJesus grounds out to second, Gathright to third
German walks
Mientkiewicz singles to center, German to third, Gathright scores
Brown grounds out to second

1 run, 1 hit

BILLY BUTLER 2-R HOME RUN

That'd be great if a Royals player won Futures Game MVP two years in a row. (Huber won last year)

Butlers gonna be a horse...

I thinks so too. Guy's 20 years old, is hitting .320-ish at AA in his first ful season there. At 19 years old last year he absolutely destroyed the California High-A league. Great approach, takes walks, hits for power and average. He looks to be a lot like Sweeney at his best (and healthiest) only with more power potential.

Everybody at RoyalBoard wants to trade him, though. Meh.

i see thier point...the outfield is getting rather crowded...Dejesus,Gathright,Gordon/?.......Huber 1b....

9th inning
 

Top 9th

Ambiorix Burgos relieves Affeldt

Hillenbrand grounds out to second
Molina grounds out to pitcher
Overbay hits infield single to pitcher
Hinske flies out to center

0 runs, 1 hit

Bottom 9th

Ty Taubenheim relieves Downs

Stairs hits a ground rule double to center
Stairs to third on Wild Pitch
Teahen walks
Berroa singles to left, Teahen to third, Stairs scores
Gathright pops out to second
Buck strikes out (swinging)
DeJesus walks, Berroa to second

Brian Tallet relieves Taubenheim

German flies out to right

1 run, 2 hits

Blue Jays win, 11-3

Alex Gordon, RBI single.

Why trade one of our two best stud hitting prospects? I am hoping if we did trade Butler it was for a "sure" thing at SP. So far the Royals players are doing some good hitting!

Now, there's really no need to insult these young guys.

They are Wichita players.

Alex Gordon with an RBI double.

Gordon - 2 for 3, 1 single, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K

Butler - 2 for 2, 1 single, 1 HR, 2 RBI

If we trade Butler Moore better be sure he's getting the next Roger Clemons in return or he can go back to ATL and wait for Scheurholz to retire.